Prodution Manager

Nexxta; Jonesville (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexxta, a U.S.-based manufacturing partner, seeks a Production Manager to ensure equipment performs optimally and drives efficiency across production control, maintenance, and engineering. You will lead continuous improvement initiatives and partner with cross-functional teams to meet schedules and quality targets.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree (Business/Engineering) with 5+ years in manufacturing, and preference for experience in plastic injection molding, ERP proficiency, and lean

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or related field.
• MBA or strong experience in plant financials preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive manufacturing experience.
• Experience across Quality, Materials, Maintenance, Value Stream Management, or Health & Safety is preferred.
• Experience in plastic injection molding manufacturing is highly desired.
• Excellent computer and ERP skills.
• Lean/continuous improvement methodology experience.

Responsibilities

• Creates vision, goals and initiatives to deliver consistent manufacturing schedule execution.
• Develops and implements processes to control quality and production costs.
• Leads daily plant floor execution and supervises Production Supervisors.
• Manages cost centers, budgeting, forecasting and cost reduction efforts.
• Drives continuous improvement to overall plant performance.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering or related field

MBA or strong experience in plant financials

Job description

NEXXTA is a U.S.-based manufacturing partner with four Great Lakes facilities delivering precision, speed, and scale. We serve industry leaders across transportation, energy, medical, and defense, offering tariff-free production, open capacity, and rapid ramp-up. With in-house R&D and engineering, we help customers strengthen supply chains and build confidently in America.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Production Manager role ensures that manufacturing equipment and tools function properly and increase an organizations efficiencies. They drive continuous improvement in production control and methods, engineering, maintenance, and other operations.

JOB DUTIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Creates the vision, mission, goals, initiatives and organizational capability to deliver: Consistent execution of manufacturing schedule based on sales and production capacity.
• Develops and implement processes designed to control quality and production related costs.
• Maintains the physical appearance of the facility by leveraging 6s tools across the site.
• Leads the daily execution on the plant floor.
• Manages the Production Supervision team.
• Builds a culture of health and safety within the department and in accordance with the Plants future state strategy.
• Owns the outgoing quality of product shipped from the department as measured by the final good audit, which includes participation in product development, release to production, active process auditing, and formal response to quality holds.
• Manages cost including oversight of cost center. Budgeting, forecasting, variance explanation, and measured cost reduction are all financial responsibilities managed by the Manufacturing Manager at the department level.
• Builds a high performing organization on the manufacturing floor with respect to both operational discipline as well as positive employee relations.
• Participate in the process of guiding new products on time and profitably into the Plant facility.
• Drives continuous improvement activities to improve overall performance of the plant.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field is required; MBA or strong experience in plant financials is highly desired.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience. Demonstrated cross functional experience in at least 3 of the following areas strongly prefered: Quality, Materials, Maintenance, Value Stream Management, Supplier Quality Management, Production Supervision, Process Engineering, Human Resources or Health & Safety.
• Experience in a progressive manufacturing environment including time spent as a second level manufacturing manager is highly desirable.
• Manufacturing experience in a plastic injection molding manufacturing environment is highly preferred.
• Excellent computer and ERP skills
• Demonstrated continuous improvement/lean methodology experience