Shift Production Leader: Drive Efficiency & Quality

Legacy Farms; Anaheim (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Legacy Farms is seeking a hands-on Production Manager to own the manufacturing, repackaging, and sorting operations on a shift. You will solve real-time problems, keep departments in sync, and drive metrics like volume, waste, and cost while maintaining safety and quality.

This role requires leadership in a fast-paced environment with short lead times; you’ll coach teams, improve SOPs, and coordinate with Safety, Receiving, Shipping, Dispatch, and Maintenance to ensure on-time performance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree as listed; relevant experience may substitute.

Responsibilities

• Own production activities in a fast-moving, cost-sensitive environment with short lead times, customer-specific requirements, and complex regulatory demands.
• Review production reports, orders, and schedules to keep operations running at their best.
• Troubleshoot operational, manufacturing, and maintenance issues in real time to control costs and avoid delays.
• Keep equipment maintained and running at optimum performance and utilization.
• Build and refine standard operating practices, and coach the floor to follow them consistently.
• Coordinate daily with Production Leads, Safety, Receiving, Shipping, Dispatch, and Maintenance to keep everyone in sync.
• Champion a shared vision and goal alignment across every function that touches the production floor.
• Support long-term growth by planning and executing strategies that get the most out of equipment and people.
• Drive financial performance: monitor inventory, cut waste, and boost productivity.
• Establish and maintain quality standards and service levels that keep customers satisfied.
• Meet performance standards and financial goals set by leadership.
• Ensure compliance with company policy and continuously improve processes.
• Direct, coordinate, and evaluate production activities on shift — interviewing, hiring, training, scheduling, coaching, and addressing performance and conflict.
• Promote health and safety of the team and uphold safety policy.
• Stay steady under pressure and keep the team working well together on busy shifts.

Skills

Production leadership

Budget & cost control

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Engineering/Operations

Job description

Legacy Farms is seeking a hands-on Production Manager to own the manufacturing, repackaging, and sorting operations on a shift. You will solve real-time problems, keep departments in sync, and drive metrics like volume, waste, and cost while maintaining safety and quality.

This role requires leadership in a fast-paced environment with short lead times; you’ll coach teams, improve SOPs, and coordinate with Safety, Receiving, Shipping, Dispatch, and Maintenance to ensure on-time performance and