Senior Production Manager

Senior Production Manager

The Senior Production Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, and monitoring production to ensure that goods are produced efficiently, on time and within budgets and to standards.  The Senior Production Manager will oversee daily production schedules, seek out creative solutions, and develop processes, utilizing systems and resources to deliver against targets in a fast-paced environment.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management or related field required.
• Minimum of 3 years of knowledge and experience in production and manufacturing processes and techniques

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily workflow of production staff
• Manages Production Supervisors
• Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed an in accordance with company policy
• Works with department leaders to monitor each department and make recommendations to improve performance that impacts the organization

Position Responsibilities

• Strong ability to hire, coach and train employees to develop skills and increase results
• Ability to address workflow inefficiencies, improve management practices, guide financial decisions, and cultivate a strategic attitude
• Bring clarity on requirements aligned cross-functionally and be clear success-criteria data-driven
• Lead, motivate, and support a team within a time sensitive and demanding environment, including career development plans, professional development and
• Accountable for daily production goals and metrics to ensure that customer requirements are met
• Ensuring staffing levels in the department are adequate to meet the customer needs
• Oversee and report metrics to senior management and business teams
• Make recommendations and drive process improvements and adoption of best practices to improve efficiency and effectiveness
• Oversee the production process to ensure delivery of high-quality products that meet the customers’ needs
• Ensures appropriate production rate to reduce delivery delays
• Partner and collaborate with cross functional teams to identify and resolve production and quality concerns.
• Build relationships with internal and external customers
• Identifies any bottlenecks or delays in production; ensures necessary labor, materials and other resources are available to relieve production bottlenecks and delays
• Uses production planning and scheduling to limit material shortages
• Ensures production machinery complies with professional and safety standards
• Effectively and clearly communicates potential risks in a timely manner.
• Resolve employee, customer or contractor issues.
• Coordinate with internal and external parties to exchange relevant information.
• Prepare staff schedules and determine work assignments including timeline completions for projects.
• Represent the organization in external relations including negations.
• Act as liaison between departments or other groups to improve function, performance or communication.
• Set meetings as needed to communicate and evaluate issues to internal customers and stakeholders appropriately.
• Confer with management and team members and develops alternative approaches and ideas
• Review applicable organizational policies and procedures ensuring accuracy and relevance, communicate said policies and procedures, updating as necessary.

Tasks

• Direct or plan a production schedule for the job
• Implement and control the production schedule; review and adjust the schedule when needed
• Determine the materials and human resources needed to meet production targets
• Assign or delegate responsibilities to appointed managers.
• Analyze operations to evaluate performance of organization and staff in meeting determined objectives or to determine areas of potential cost reduction, program improvement or policy change.
• Direct, plan, or implement policies, objectives or activities of organization to ensure continuing operations to maximize returns on investment or increase productivity.
• Prepare and manage production reports and budgets, estimate production costs and implement cost control programs.
• Confer with organizational team members at all levels to discuss issues, coordinate activities or resolve problems.
• Implement corrective actions to address organizational or departmental issues.
• Establish departmental responsibilities and coordinate functions.
• Ensure efficient collaboration and coordination between relevant departments including procurement, distribution and management.
• Coordinate the development or implementation of budgetary control systems, recordkeeping systems or other administrative control processes.
• Deliver speeches, write documents or present information at meetings to promote organization, departmental tasks, exchange ideas or accomplish objectives.
• Interpret and explain policies, rules, regulations and document poor performance
• Monitor and review the performance of staff
• Implement and review standard operating procedures and ensure all procedures are being followed.
• Implement and enforce quality control to detect and correct problems
• Act as liaison between organization and outside organizations.