Production Manager

Location: Hanover (Plant), PA, United States 
Job ID: 89107 

We Elevate... Quality of urban life

Our elevators, escalators, and moving walks safely transport more than two billion of us up and down buildings and across transportation hubs every day. As part of the Schindler team, you’ll discover meaningful work that enhances quality of life for communities, and contribute to making places more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable for all. By joining us, you don’t just become part of our success story; you help shape the future and continue our rich legacy that started back in 1874.

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Production Manager

Your main responsibilities

•    Ensure a qualified and highly motivated working team on all levels and carry out our management responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies, practices, and Code of Conduct, as well as all applicable laws and regulatory requirements.  Responsible for performance management, including coaching, training, rewards and recognition, and corrective action processes, for supervisors and hourly associates.  Work with Human Resources to select qualified candidates.  Support and foster employee engagement through open communications, employee involvement, and problem resolution. 
•    Lead, direct, and motivate the Manufacturing team across all shifts to achieve Management Results.  Responsible for the effective utilization of manpower and facilities to manufacture quality products at the lowest cost while achieving customer satisfaction.  Direct Supervisors for all manufacturing processes.  Provide daily leadership and direction to first-line supervisors, work group leaders, and hourly associates.   
•    Drive safety culture and results through a proactive safety program focusing on risk analysis and accident prevention.  Maintain a safe work environment by conducting safety walks, audits, and inspections.  Conduct or coordinate training as required.
•    Drive for continuous product/material/process cost reduction.  Responsible for meeting financial targets for Manufacturing, including efficiency, labor, and machine rates, management of OT, scrap reduction, etc.  Control spending against the budget and in response to changes in production volume.
•    Oversee or create plans and standard operating procedures that improve throughput and minimize manufacturing costs through effective utilization of materials, manpower, equipment, facilities, materials, and capital.  Maximize plant efficiency, product quality, throughput, delivery performance, profitability, cash flow, and return on investment. 
•    Establish and track KPI’s in the areas of safety, quality, cost, efficiency, on-time performance, and other related metrics.
•    Support new product introduction.  Work collaboratively with other functions to facilitate the launch of new products to meet quality, cost, and schedule milestones.
•    Ensure a qualified and highly motivated working team on all levels and carry out our management responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies, practices, and Code of Conduct, as well as all applicable laws and regulatory requirements.  Responsible for performance management, including coaching, training, rewards and recognition, and corrective action processes, for supervisors and hourly associates.  Work with Human Resources to select qualified candidates.  Support and foster employee engagement through open communications, employee involvement, and problem resolution. 

To perform this job successfully, the incumbent should demonstrate the following competencies: 

Understands Customers and Market- Identifies and assesses information to achieve the most effective analysis of competitive, industry, market, governmental, and technological factors that influence our business.
Develop & communicate a shared ambition - Brings fresh insight and forms ambitious plans for the achievement of goals.  Consistent communication of these plans to a wide audience, ensuring that all employees understand the way forward and their role in the achievement of team, department, and organizational goals.
Inspire people - The ability to energize and inspire others with an unshakeable belief and passion for the success of Schindler by providing purpose and direction, showing courage and encouraging others to do the same.  
Promote teamwork - Builds strong, cohesive teams and work across organizational, functional, geographic, and zone boundaries.  Leverage best practices from different parts of the organization, and maximize economies of scale.  
Develop people - Creates a learning environment and commitment to building capability of people within the organization.  Establishes feedback and development opportunities to bridge knowledge and skill gaps, allocates challenging responsibilities for development purposes, and adopting a coaching, mentoring and facilitative approach to leadership that continuously nurturing of talents and aspirations.  
Think & act like an entrepreneur - Demonstrates the capacity to view a situation, problem, or opportunity from multiple perspectives at the same time and to develop alternative solutions to support business decisions.
Drive for results -Focuses on the achievement of business results for a team, branch, or organizational unit by overcome obstacles and barriers and deliver to the highest possible standards.  Consistently hitting goals and objectives and pushing oneself and others to achieve stretch goals.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management or Engineering
• Experience with lean manufacturing and 5S
• Previous experience with a complex, variable product in a fast-paced manufacturing operation with tight lead times preferred
• Experience with Shipping, Receiving, inventory management and production scheduling desirable
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with and influence all levels of management and employees
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint, SAP, or other similar systems 
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
• Lean and/or Six Sigma certification preferred 

What’s in it for you?

• Fully vested 401k match, up to 7% of total eligible compensation.
• Competitive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans - Effective from first day of hire.
• 3 weeks’ vacation which increases with tenure, 7 sick days, 3 floating holidays and 8 Company Observed Holidays.
• Tuition Reimbursement - Eligible after 6 months of service.
• Parental Leave – 100% base pay for 6 consecutive weeks within first year of a child’s birth or adoption.
• A wide range of development opportunities to boost your professional and leadership growth.

We Elevate… Your Career

For Questions, please contact Makayla Jay Cameron at View email address on job.schindler.com.

• Safety: Uphold the highest safety standards for all.
• Integrity and Trust: Foster honest, ethical relationships.
• Create Value for the Customer: Deliver innovative, reliable solutions.
• Quality: Ensure excellence in every product and service.
• Commitment to People Development: Nurture our people, they are the heart of our success.

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At Schindler Group we value inclusion and diversity, and practice equity to create equal opportunities for all. We endeavor that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, ethnic background, color, religious affiliation, union affiliation, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, nationality, genetics and health, disability or veteran status.