Shingle Line Production Manager - Lean & Growth

IKO Industries; Kankakee (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Health Spending Account

401k Match

Paid vacation

Floating days

Employee Assistance Program

Short term disability

Tuition Reimbursement

Awards and Recognition

Employee Perks & Discounts

Job summary

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in roofing and building materials with global facilities. The Production Manager in Kankakee leads plant operations, coaches supervisors, and drives Lean initiatives to meet safety, quality and cost goals. Collaboration across Quality, Maintenance, HR and Logistics is essential for reliability and customer service.

The role emphasizes employee development, TPM, and continuous improvement to sustain operational excellence at the facility.

Qualifications

• Technical four year degree required.
• Minimum of 5 years supervisory experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated experience with continuous improvement initiatives including Lean.
• Proficient with MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Proven track record of operational enhancement and improvements through employee engagement.
• Excellent communication (written, verbal, and presentation) skills.
• Demonstrated team building talent and hands-on problem-solving skills.
• Ability to achieve results individually and as a member of a team.

Responsibilities

• Providing leadership and coaching to production supervisors and employees to meet all safety, environmental, quality, cost and service goals and objectives.
• Partnering with the Quality Control Coordinator to ensure that finished product meet all customer requirements through continuous improvement and utilization of the plant quality management system.
• Partnering with the Maintenance Supervisor to ensure equipment reliability at optimal efficiency and cost.
• Providing leadership and support to the overall reliability strategy including the involvement of production employees in TPM.
• A partner with the Shipping and Receiving Supervisor to assure that the manufacturing schedule is optimized and makes adjustments as necessary to provide required levels of service to our customers in the most cost effective manner.
• Providing the leadership to maintain a highly engaged workforce.
• Partners with HR in areas of performance management, employee involvement, organizational change, staffing and employee development.
• Providing leadership to drive continuous improvement through the application of Lean Manufacturing concepts such as Kaizen events working directly with the production and maintenance teams.
• Assuring employee training (quality, safety, process, etc.) is effective and completed.
• Mentoring immediate direct reports and establishes an effective team that is accountable and capable to achieve all performance goals.
• Assuring plant housekeeping meets company standards and implements and maintains a 5S program to sustain improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Lean/Continuous improvement

Communication

Team building

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Employee engagement

Education

Technical four year degree

Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt (plus)

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

PowerPoint

Job description

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in roofing and building materials with global facilities. The Production Manager in Kankakee leads plant operations, coaches supervisors, and drives Lean initiatives to meet safety, quality and cost goals. Collaboration across Quality, Maintenance, HR and Logistics is essential for reliability and customer service.

The role emphasizes employee development, TPM, and continuous improvement to sustain operational excellence at the facility.