Production Supervisor - Scale & Improve Hardware Assembly

Cantos Ventures; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vital Lyfe is seeking a Production Manager to coordinate daily activities of production technicians and assemblers, ensuring manufacturing, testing, and packaging meet quality and schedule targets.

You will establish standards, coach staff, collaborate with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality, and drive continuous improvement and cost reduction while maintaining a safe work environment. Onsite in Torrance, CA.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• Bachelor's degree; or 3+ years of professional experience in a manufacturing/production environment.
• 1+ years of experience leading a team or project.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead the daily activities of production technicians and assemblers responsible for the manufacturing, testing, and packaging of Vital Lyfe systems.
• Establish, maintain, and enforce production standards, work instructions, safety protocols, and quality requirements.
• Conduct employee performance evaluations, provide coaching and development, and administer corrective actions when necessary.
• Interface with Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Leadership teams to prioritize work based on production schedules, company objectives, and customer demand.
• Identify production risks and develop mitigation plans to ensure schedule adherence and operational continuity.
• Manage non-conforming hardware through inspection, troubleshooting, disposition, and corrective action processes to return products to a conforming state as efficiently as possible.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity.
• Identify and eliminate sources of waste, defects, rework, and inefficiencies within the manufacturing value stream.
• Reduce equipment, material, and personnel downtime through proactive planning, process improvements, and resource management.
• Support the transition of products from engineering development, prototyping, and pilot builds into repeatable, scalable production processes.
• Provide constructive feedback to engineering and product development teams regarding design improvements, assembly challenges, process optimization, and cost reduction opportunities.
• Support and report key manufacturing metrics including throughput, yield, first-pass quality, labor efficiency, on-time delivery, and production capacity utilization.
• Foster a culture of accountability, urgency, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across the production team.
• Build and maintain a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Support hiring, training, performance management, and workforce development initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Quality systems

Lean manufacturing

ERP/MRP

Engineering drawings

Root cause analysis

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Tools

ERP/MRP

Job description

Vital Lyfe is seeking a Production Manager to coordinate daily activities of production technicians and assemblers, ensuring manufacturing, testing, and packaging meet quality and schedule targets.

You will establish standards, coach staff, collaborate with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality, and drive continuous improvement and cost reduction while maintaining a safe work environment. Onsite in Torrance, CA.