Our client, located in the Virginia Beach area has an opening for a strong Manufacturing Production Manager.

Responsibilities of the job include:

• Oversee all production processes
• Plan and organize production staffing schedule. Adjust work schedules as necessary to meet customer demands
• Supervise the work of production staff. Establish priorities & adjust as needed to changes in customer demand or equipment downtime
• Help establish budget production rates by machine type, and achieve expected rates
• Hold employees accountable for expected performance, recognize good performance, and follow progressive discipline process when expectations are not met
• Ensure health and safety regulations are followed. Maintain area housekeeping level
• Help determine quality standards for both upstream processes and finished product, and maintain performance to standards
• Build skill-level of production staff. Organize & conduct relevant training sessions
• Conduct initial safety training for new team members and document. Ensure operations training is conducted by a knowledgeable employee for new employees and for established employees when assigned to new equipment.
• Organize the repair and routine maintenance of production equipment together with Maintenance
• Investigate root causes of customer complaints, and put in place solutions to prevent reoccurrence
• Assess project and resource requirements
• Identify improvement opportunities and lead through implementation
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, word, etc.
• Hiring and firing responsibilities
• Quality control responsibilities
• Reading and understanding of production reports.
• LMS, 5S or Sigma 6 background helpful.
• Working closely with Maintenance Department on machine issues.
• Lead Production floor meetings and established good production relation with employees.
• Attending and participation in weekly production meetings.

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