Production Manager

This is an exciting opportunity for a strong manufacturing leader who is passionate about driving results, developing people, and creating a culture of continuous improvement.

Job Summary

The Production Manager is a key operational leader responsible for driving manufacturing excellence, optimizing performance, and leading teams to achieve world-class results. This role oversees plant operations and multiple production departments, ensuring the safe, efficient, and profitable production of high-quality products while fostering a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

As a strategic leader, the Production Manager creates and executes production plans that balance customer demand, operational capacity, inventory requirements, and business objectives. Working cross-functionally with Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Engineering, this individual ensures seamless operations and delivers exceptional results in safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, inspires high-performing teams, and continuously seeks opportunities to improve processes, eliminate waste, and drive operational excellence.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Formulates long and shortrange business plans and goals.
• Ensure that all plant assets in area of responsibility are properly managed and safeguarded.
• Staff assigned operations to meet production levels consistent with cost objectives.
• Ensure that employees are properly trained.
• Supervises activities directly or through supervisors and lead operators.
• Coaches and develop subordinates, evaluates performance and initiates corrective action as required.
• Establishes work center operation efficiency standards.
• Monitors performance to establish efficiency and quality standards and initiate corrective action as required.
• Ensure performance reviews are conducted in accordance with policy in area of responsibility.
• Ensures that yard conditions and housekeeping conform to company standards in area of responsibility.
• Analyzes production operations and workflow and develops improvement recommendations.
• Monitors output, cuts yields and scrap to ensure efficient resource utilization and initiates corrective action as required within area of responsibility.
• Manages inventory in area of responsibility, ensures inventory is rotated in accordance with operational policy, and participates in month end inventory.
• Ensure that machinery in area of operation is properly maintained.
• Orders supplies, initiates purchase orders and approves timecards and incentives.
• Manages finished goods packaging as required.
• Prepares various reports and logs as required.
• Participates in the Safety Committee process and ensures that assigned operations are performed consistently with company and OSHA policies, practices and procedures.
• Ensures that operations are performed with Federal, State and local laws and regulations, and Company policy and procedure.
• Lead daily production operations to ensure safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives are achieved.
• Develop and execute production strategies that support customer requirements and business goals.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, waste reduction, and operational excellence.
• Partner with Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams to optimize production performance.
• Build, coach, and develop high-performing teams while fostering a culture of accountability and engagement.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, safety regulations, and quality standards.
• Manage resources effectively to maximize productivity and profitability.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of experience as production supervisor or equivalent
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Preferred experience and knowledge on UFP's organization, culture, and product lines