Production Manager

SMC Corporation


Date: 1 day ago
City: Noblesville, IN
Contract type: Full time
PURPOSE

  • Production managers are responsible for the technical management, supervision, and control of industrial production processes. These include providing the highest quality product, on time, and at a fair value. This will be done using production tools and expertise when completing the job duties as detailed below:

Essential Duties

  • Resource Requirements: Assure the proper resources are in place to administer the production schedule to deliver quality products on the customer request date while constantly striving for improved utilization of available resources
  • Equipment Requirements: Help in determining new equipment and facility requirements; Ensure effective and efficient operation
  • Work with the manufacturing engineers to produce production layouts and capacity requirements to meet the production objectives
  • Labor Requirements: Ensure the hiring and retention of production team members to facilitate the accomplishments of SMC's goals; This includes the negotiation of compensation with the new hire candidates.
  • Communication: Communicate with internal and external customers to keep them informed of the production department's activities and capability for service; Generate monthly reports showing the performance related to the department goals and objectives.
  • Communicate all corporate information to the production employees
  • Quality: Assure compliance to all work methods and procedures that are contained in the SMC quality plan; Identify areas of quality improvement activities to improve overall business performance
  • Support and keep current all ISO9001 and ISO14001 requirements and MC's QMS. Identify quality measurements showing continuous improvement both internal and external
  • Productivity: Develop and implement programs to reduce scrap and improve productivity/product quality so that all key factors of performance are achieved or exceeded; Conduct audits of work team to monitor progress to expectations
  • Typical productivity objectives are lead-time and on-time to schedule and managers must have practical user-level knowledge of ERP and make data-driven decisions for their respective areas
  • Continual Improvement: Daily analysis of team performance with the utilization of industry-standard problem-solving tools, including on-time delivery analysis, delinquent analysis, productivity analysis, and claims analysis; True root cause analysis with documented corrective actions using the proven PDCA process is required to show continuous improvement of Team(s)
  • Inventory: Responsible for maintenance, accuracy, and condition of parts used in production
  • Policies & Procedures: Ensure proper policies and procedures are in place and followed to meet the corporate objectives
  • Strategy development/execution of self-directed work teams; Develop / implementation of programs to illicit and apply team member suggestions where applicable
  • Conduct employee evaluations on a regularly scheduled basis
  • Throughput Projects: Create initiatives and lead all machinists/ assemblers on cost reduction efforts at SMC through machine tooling automation, in machining and assembly by applying process elimination methods (i.e. Kaizen)

Financial Management

  • Help in the creation of annual budgets for the department and monitor/control spending to exceed or achieve the plan
  • Participation in cost control relating to departmental budget
  • Manage participation with QA and Manufacturing engineers to reduce production errors both internal and external
  • Help in determining new equipment and facility requirements

Development Of Others

  • Assessment of individual/organizational capabilities with action plans for improvement
  • Administration and facilitation of team member training by Job proficiencies and other organizational requirements
  • Identify training needs, develop training programs and assist in the training of team members
  • Develop/implementation of programs to illicit and apply team member suggestions
  • Participate in the hiring of new team members and supervisors
  • Provide ongoing feedback to work teams and team members

Housekeeping/Safety

  • Create a world-class environment that reflects pride in our products, processes, and people
  • Perform a regular 5S review of all managed production processes
  • Be responsible for the safe operation of equipment and work practices

Direct Reports

  • Production Supervisors

Indirect Reports

  • Material Handlers
  • Assemblers
  • Operators
  • CNC Programmers
  • CNC Operators
  • Manual Machinists
  • Cycle Counters

All other duties as assigned

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • The ability to manipulate/lift/transport SMC products as required
  • 60% floor/40% office/work split
  • Must have the ability to perform process functions (example: product assembly and test)

Minimum Requirements

  • A four-year degree in a related field (i.e. Engineering or Technology field, Operations Management)
  • A minimum of three years in Production, Distribution or Manufacturing supervision or Manufacturing Engineering
  • Strong time management skills
  • Excellent communication skills both oral and written
  • Strong problem-solving / troubleshooting skills
  • Strong systems abilities and knowledge of personal computer applications (i.e. spreadsheet, database, word processing, E-mail, ERP(Syteline))
  • Experience in a team-based environment
  • Ability to work and direct in a team environment

Strong system abilities and knowledge of personal computer applications (ie. spreadsheet, database & word processing)

For internal Use Only- Production001

Other details

  • Job Family Production
  • Job Function Management
  • Pay Type Salary
  • Travel Required No
  • Required Education Bachelor's Degree

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  • Noblesville, IN, USA

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