Production Manager

POSITION SUMMARY: The Production Manager will provide overall direction to manufacturing teams producing products that meet or exceed customer requirements while adhering to corporate policies and cultural tenants. This individual will establish and achieve aggressive targets for cost management, safety, schedules, employee relations, customer satisfaction, quality systems deployment, and other directives on a multi-shift basis, in a complex operational environment. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Leads and manages operation members who are charged with ensuring safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives are met on daily basis to implement effective operator control systems and to comply with International Organization of Standardization (ISO) 9001 standards. Primary focus is fulfillment of customer orders on-time, complete, and error-free shipments. Provides leadership and initiates corrective action to resolve non-conformance issues to achieve established objectives. Achieves schedule completion consistent with customer demands and expectations. Participates, with peers, key support elements of operations (staffing, equipment, tooling, technical services, and others) to improve overall business results. Understands customer satisfaction requirements and plant or product deficiencies; initiates activities to improve plant staff and support departments. Provides leadership to ensure effective training on methods, equipment, processes, quality standards, safety, material resource planning, communication, and teamwork. Provides member work environment that meets all safety needs. Champions and works with various teams to achieve member security consistent with Polycorp policies, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and CAL OSHA standards, and ISO 9001. Implements improvements to planning, methods, products, processes, and work habits to increase efficiency and productivity, resulting in cost savings consistent with business plans. Serves as visible role model for members. Demonstrates, on daily basis, excellence in leadership, and consistency in actions to support Polycorp principles. Promotes and leads Total Process Management (TPM) process to improve overall effectiveness of operation. Provides team and member goals, direction, training, support, feedback, and recognition to improve both team and member performance. Assists with training effort to change and improve culture in manufacturing to support engaged members and team-based problem solving. Spends significant time on shop floor; flexes schedule and effectively interacts with members across 7-day 24 hours operation; presents pertinent information to members. Climbs above floor level and around or over equipment, walks on screen guards, and works in other awkward areas of manufacturing environment. Champions, supports, and facilitates change initiatives through training, hiring, and directing members to ensure Corporate…