Production Manager

Production Manager

We are seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead day-to-day manufacturing operations for a growing organization. This individual will be responsible for driving safety, quality, productivity, and employee performance while developing a strong production team and supporting continued growth.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on manufacturing leader who enjoys being visible on the production floor, developing employees, improving processes, and holding teams accountable to operational goals. Bilingual English/Spanish is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily production operations to ensure safety, quality, productivity, and schedule goals are achieved.


• Manage, coach, and develop Production Supervisors, Leads, and production employees.


• Establish clear performance expectations and promote accountability across the production team.


• Monitor production KPIs including throughput, efficiency, downtime, labor utilization, scrap, yield, and quality.


• Identify production issues and implement corrective actions to improve overall performance.


• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on productivity, cost reduction, workflow, and process efficiency.


• Ensure employees follow company safety policies, SOPs, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.


• Support staffing, scheduling, training, cross-training, performance management, and employee development.


• Lead daily production meetings and communicate priorities, performance, and operational expectations to the team.


• Help build scalable processes and a strong production culture as the company continues to grow.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience, preferably within a high-volume production environment.


• Previous experience managing production teams, supervisors, and/or frontline employees.


• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production planning, KPIs, and continuous improvement.


• Demonstrated ability to improve productivity, efficiency, quality, and employee performance.


• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.


• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, hands-on manufacturing environment.


• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, or other continuous improvement methodologies preferred.


• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.