Senior Production & Warehouse Leader | Lean + ERP/MRP

Motion Recruitment

Arlington (TX)

On-site

USD 95,000 - 120,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Job summary

Motion Recruitment is representing a client in Arlington, TX, seeking a Senior Production Manager to lead manufacturing, production, and warehouse operations. You will drive operational excellence through Lean Six Sigma, data-driven decision making, and disciplined execution across safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets.

The role emphasizes throughput, inventory accuracy, labor efficiency, quality, and capacity planning while developing scalable systems for growth.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years leading manufacturing, production, or warehouse operations; 8+ years strongly preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, 5S, Kanban, standard work, line balancing, and root-cause analysis.
  • Demonstrated success improving production efficiency, quality, throughput, cycle time, labor utilization, and inventory performance.
  • Experience with time studies, capacity planning, bottleneck analysis, labor modeling, and operational KPIs.
  • Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, production planning, inventory management, and advanced Excel.
  • Experience managing supervisors and frontline production or warehouse employees.
  • Strong leadership, communication, coaching, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher is preferred; equivalent hands-on experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

  • Lead production, configuration, and warehouse operations while meeting safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people-performance targets.
  • Establish, track, and improve KPIs including efficiency, cycle time, First Pass Yield, Defects per Unit, On-Time In Full, inventory turns, and labor utilization.
  • Conduct time studies, capacity analysis, and labor modeling to improve line balance, takt time, throughput, layouts, and material flow.
  • Lead root-cause analysis using 5-Why, Fishbone, A3, DMAIC, and similar methodologies.
  • Drive Lean initiatives involving 5S, Kanban, standardized work, waste reduction, inventory optimization, and continuous improvement.
  • Develop production schedules, labor plans, and sequencing strategies based on customer demand and operational capacity.
  • Partner with Engineering, Quality, Materials, and Supply Chain to resolve constraints, reduce defects, and improve operational flow.
  • Support new product introductions through manufacturability analysis, pre-production builds, and process validation.
  • Develop dashboards, reporting tools, and scalable operational controls that improve visibility and decision-making.
  • Lead, coach, and develop supervisors and frontline employees while promoting safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership
Warehouse leadership
Lean Manufacturing
Lean Six Sigma
5S
Kanban
Standard work
Line balancing
Root-cause analysis
ERP/MRP
Advanced Excel
Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Operations/SC/Math

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Motion Recruitment is representing a client in Arlington, TX, seeking a Senior Production Manager to lead manufacturing, production, and warehouse operations. You will drive operational excellence through Lean Six Sigma, data-driven decision making, and disciplined execution across safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets.

The role emphasizes throughput, inventory accuracy, labor efficiency, quality, and capacity planning while developing scalable systems for growth.

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