Production Manager (1st Shift)

Overview

The Production Manager is responsible for the Production team’s performance in meeting client requirements, productivity goals and quality standards.

Responsibilities

Primary Tasks:

• Managing Production team activity and may include Training activity
• Supervising production filling and down packing team
• Advise and Assist Planning and scheduling for production thruough coordination with Production Scheduler
• Managing decisions on Production labor and Labor scheduling
• Managing process and workflow documentation related to Filling/ packaging, updates, and communication
• Ensuring a safe work environment in production area
• Identifying issues and managing issue resolution
• Managing the production team’s productivity performance
• Collecting data for labor inputs and productivity output measurements
• Reviewing and validating labor and productivity data
• Acting based on labor inputs and productivity performance
• Managing the production team’s quality performance to goals
• Maintaining relevant and effective quality audits
• Collecting data for quality measurement
• Reviewing and validating quality measurement data
• Acting based on quality performance
• Managing workforce issues
• Working with corporate human resources on employee hiring, termination and performance issues
• Assisting production supervisors in managing employee issues

Secondary Tasks:

• Maintaining a safe, clean and orderly work area
• Finding and supporting opportunities for improved performance, cost-savings and efficiency

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Skills:

• Flexibility in daily hours worked based on workloads
• Ability to travel (infrequently)
• On-call accessibility
• Ability to stand or sit for extended periods of time.

Experience:

• Minimum five years related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Desired Skills:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Team management skills
• Ability to follow work instructions and procedures
• Strong organizational skills
• Aptitude for project management
• Aptitude for problem-solving
• Ability to delegate effectively

Desired Traits:

• Self-motivated
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast paced, stressful environment
• Ability to work with and meet deadlines

Group O is an end-to-end business process outsourcing provider offering a wide range of innovative, technologically driven marketing, supply chain, and packaging solutions. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Milan, IL, Group O is one of the largest Hispanic-owned companies in the United States with more than 1,200 employees both domestic and internationally.  To learn more, visit www.GroupO.com.

Group O is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Our employment practices are based upon an individual's capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.