#3207 Production Manager Retail Fixture/Custom Architectural/Displays/Trade Show Manufacturing $75-$90K starting annual salary commensurate, exceptional benefits and relocation assistance

Summary:

• Responsible for the overall successful operation of the production floor, ensuring that production targets are met, and that the production process is efficient and sustainable.

Essential Functions:

• Manage the production team: Set daily/weekly/monthly objectives and assign tasks to production employees, while guiding and coaching all direct reports.
• Maintain safety: Follow all safety policies and procedures, ensuring and enforcing that the production workspace is safe and clean, and that equipment is used safely and maintained regularly.
• Troubleshooting: Identify and resolve issues that arise during production.
• Communicating: Keep all departments informed of production status.
• Reporting: Prepare production reports on performance and progress as needed.
• Successfully move project work orders through production via the accurate scheduling of labor and resources on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
• Schedule and engage in project kick-offs and closeouts for seamless handoff to production.
• Organize and create continuous workflow through the production floor, utilizing Innergy to optimize workflow.
• Supervise shipping & receiving on production floor.
• Maintain maintenance schedules, general shop and vehicle up-keep, including the purchase of needed tools and tooling.
• Schedule and conduct monthly safety training.
• Review, edit, and approve production employee timesheets.
• Support estimating in development of required hours for projects/operations.
• Manage and supervise all remote warehouses.

Additional Duties & Responsibilities:

• Improvement of manufacturing processes, utilizing lean processes when necessary.
• Communicate and coordinate with project coordinator, project managers, and engineers to meet customer expectations and deadlines.
• Collaborate with HR to determine and communicate wage increases.

Key Competencies

• Possess excellent problem solving, multitasking, time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to overlap projects to effectively execute and manage available resources.
• Prioritize needs and adapt to changes with ease.
• Possess solid communication skills and communicate effectively and professionally with direct reports, vendors, customers, and colleagues.
• Aptitude for creating and implementing best practices to streamline production to improve efficiencies and strengthen the organization.
• Capacity to make accurate and quick judgement calls.
• Follow an initiative-taking philosophy and approach.

Education & Experience

• High-school diploma or equivalent
• Bachelor’s degree in business management, or equivalent
• Management certification or adequate firsthand experience
• Minimum five years’ experience in production supervisory role.
• Knowledge of the design of furniture/fixtures and architectural millwork from previous work
• Proficiency in reading architectural
• Strong computer skills (i.e., Microsoft Office, ERP systems).

Physical Demands

• Working at desk and on feet on a regular basis as needs throughout locations arise.
• Able to physically perform routine maintenance checks.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, or moving items up to 75 pounds.

Work Environment

• Occasional exposure to woodworking shop odors and noises.
• Occasional exposure to hazardous materials.
• Occasional exposure to hazards on the production floor.

For immediate consideration forward your resume to ryan@tradejobplacement.com or call (417) 682-3056.