Production Manager - Birmingham, United States - Carlisle SynTec

Description

Primary Purpose
The production manager is responsible for the production and output for CCM Polyiso.

Major accountabilities include safety, product quality and quantity, personnel hiring, development and training, departmental budgets, cost reduction and control, teamwork development, clear and effective communication, and maintaining a union-free environment.

Position also serves as a key interface between manufacturing plants and with all supporting departments R&D, Maintenance, Technical Services, Quality Assurance, Central Engineering, Scheduling, Shipping/Warehouse, and Sales & Marketing.

The incumbent directly supervises production shift supervisors and the quality department.
Essential Functions
Personnel Management

• Leadership is required to counsel coach and develop not only direct reports but to accomplish the same both directly and indirectly for the hourly positions. Training needs are continually reviewed and programs identified and implemented to address needs. As weaknesses within the production group are identified, strategies are developed in order to strengthen the critical positions. Performance appraisals are conducted for the direct report positions and will review all the hourly positions as well.
• Staffing requirements are established as schedule changes warrant and are continually re-evaluated to accommodate changes in the business climate. Participate in a variety of meetings and problem solving groups to ensure they are properly resourced and that effective use of time is occurring.
• Continually interface with departmental personnel, as well as supporting departments, to ensure that a team-building atmosphere is being enhanced and fostered at all levels and positions.
• Major participant in new hire screening and interviewing process. Also involved in interviewing and selection of crew leader positions.

Projects

• Provide the necessary leadership and direction for initiating and implementing a variety of projects. Projects typically will impact the operation from a productivity, inventory or quality standpoint.
• Initial justification is provided by thoroughly reviewing the impact on the operations and coordinating the overall project scope with affected departments including R & D, Central Engineering, Sales and Marketing as well as all support groups.

Cost and Budget Control

• Establish annual expense budgets including labor and supplies measuring in the millions of dollars. Appropriate justifications are provided to reflect proposed changes or requested levels.
• Budget results are reviewed monthly to analyze variances and determine necessary adjustments. Daily decisions concerning controllable costs are made to reflect the proper balance between production requirements and budget allowances.
• Support for company cost reduction program is provided through production's implementation of projects originating in other departments as well as initiating projects of a cost reduction nature such as expense control, methods improvement, capacity or machine improvement.

Administrative

• Review daily communications in the form of e-mails, phone calls and voice mails.
• Review an assortment of daily, weekly, and monthly reports and take appropriate action on same to maintain and improve daily operation. Reports include daily production levels, quality levels including defects and scrap, overall plant schedules, manpower reports including overall requirements, vacation, absentee, and a variety of SFIS, Wonderware, Hunter Analyzer reports some of which are of an ad hoc nature.
• Attend meetings as required to provide proper interface with various company support and staff groups. Information must be provided relative to the capabilities and capacities of the production department so that informed decisions can be made and the staff departments can establish effective strategies.
• Meet with Vendors in relations to the process and cost savings initiatives.

Core Competencies

Essential Full Performance Knowledge:

• Knowledge of CCM Polyiso processes and products
• Product cost structure
• Spreadsheet, word processing, presentation software, SAP, SFIS, Wonderware, Hunter Analyzer & e-mail
• Operations research/process flow & scheduling
• Human relations/psychology
• Government regulations - OSHA, EPA, FLSA, ADA, Workmen's comp, unemployment, FMLA. etc.
• Company policies & procedures
• ACE justification procedures
• Financial accounting
• Lean enterprise systems
• Quality system literacy and quality assurance basics including SPC
• Procedures including payroll, productivity, job evaluation and posting, SFIS safety
• Performance appraisal system
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma

Essential Full Performance Skills:

• Personal Computer skills
• Team facilitation skills
• Oral communication skills - ability to make clear and concise presentations to both management and hourly personnel
• Written communication skills - Ability to write with proper grammar and structure for memos, policies and procedures, technical reports
• Effective delegation skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills
• Organizational skills
• Strong math skills
• Time management
• Employee discipline/conflict resolution

Equipment Used

Equipment Operated:

• Personal computer
• Calculator
• Telephone
• Fax
• Copying machine
• Printer

Data Used:

• Plant information systems (SFIS, Wonderware, Hunter Analyzer)
• MSDS
• Inventory reports
• Budgets
• Cost reduction report
• Trial requests and reports
• Attendance reports/data
• Cost information - product, equipment, labor
• SAP data
• Goals & objectives
• Production schedules
• Incident reports
• ACE forms & justifications
• Various Plant 6 quality system data
• Data Analysis Software (Minitab, JMP, Spreadsheets)

Interactions with Others:

• Customers - plant tours
• Vendors
• Management staff
• Hourly employees
• Division officers/management
• Other departments (R & D, MCS, Central Engineering, Accounting, IT, Purchasing, Scheduling, Shipping/Warehouse, Sales & Marketing)
• Consultants

Working Conditions

Work Environment:

About 85% of work time is spent in an office environment both inside and outside of the manufacturing environment.

The other 15% is spent on the plant floor. Crisis situations routinely occur and require a fast pace which can be stressful. Priorities change rapidly and require constant re-prioritization of tasks and projects.

Time Worked:
Hours Worked -Roughly 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with other hours as needed. The heavy workload and need to interface with a three/four shift operation requires hours beyond the normal business hours.

Days of Week Worked -Usually Monday through Friday, weekends are required when needed to meet the production schedule or personal workload demands it.

Comments - Beyond the hours and days listed above, this position requires the incumbent to be "on-call". The 24-hour operation involves
Physical Requirements

• Sitting - at desk, at PC.
• Standing
• Walking - all areas of the operation must be accessed.
• Climbing - all areas of the operation must be accessed.
• Sight and hearing - Must be able to effectively communicate on factory floor, meetings, telephone, etc. The need to listen and observe is critical to maintaining an effective awareness of the events occurring in the plant environment.
• Stooping and bending - Required in some confined situations in order to observe or gather information to assist with problem solving.

Desired Minimum Requirements

Education:
Bachelor's degree in business or technical area preferred

Experience:

Five years progressively responsible experience in a urethane foam, extrusion, lamination or plastics manufacturing environment with three years in at least a supervisory capacity.

Experience should include interacting with a variety of personnel levels and work teams and should exhibit the ability to simultaneously handle multiple projects and priorities.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Organizational Structure:
# Employees Job Titles Reporting to Incumbent
3/4 Production Supervisors
30-60 Hourly production employees

Tasks:

• Interview and selection of employees
• Assigning and delegating work
• Goal setting and review
• Performance appraisals
• Coaching
• Training
• Disciplinary actions and documentation

Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.

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