Production Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Why Join the Rangen Group?

As a newly formed independent global company with a 100-year legacy, we are poised for significant growth and opportunity. You will play a role in shaping our future, strengthening customer trust, and unlocking unlimited growth potential. We are a safety-first organization, and we make our customers and employees priority.

The formal job description is below but first let me ask you a few questions:

Are you looking to build your career with a rapidly growing pet, livestock & aquaculture nutrient manufacturer where your ideas and contributions can make a real impact from day one? We are a proud American Manufacturer.

Do you want endless growth opportunities, clear career pathways, and the chance to advance as the company continues to expand? We offer attractive market wages (in many cases-above market). We're looking for talent and we reward for that talent. We also offer top tier benefits, bonuses and much more!

Are you excited to join a business on a fast track to becoming an employer of choice, where innovation and ambition are encouraged?

Do you value working in an environment where passion for quality products, and continuous improvement drive everything we do?

Are you ready to be part of a dynamic leadership team? You will have full exposure to senior leadership and the C-Suite!

If this sounds like a place that motivates you, we welcome you to apply! With our new leadership team formed, we are reshaping the landscape and invite you to join an exciting opportunity. You will help us shape our future.

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Production Manager is responsible for overseeing daily operations of a feed manufacturing facility to ensure efficient, safe, and high-quality production. This role manages production teams, coordinates with procurement, maintenance, and quality assurance, and drives continuous improvement as the company scales operations. The Production Manager ensures production targets are met while maintaining strict compliance with feed safety regulations, quality standards, and operational best practices.

Specific Responsibilities and Key Deliverables Include:

• Direct plant operations to manage and coordinate the manufacturing of products in a way that ensures products are produced safely, efficiently, and with the highest quality.
• Work closely with production planning to effectively coordinate and control inventory levels of finished goods.
• Manage plant operations to meet or exceed direct cost standards for labor and materials controlled and within the scope of the business requirements.
• Ensure compliance with all Good Manufacturing Practices to keep the plant’s quality assurance programs successful and to ensure all finished products meet all specifications and regulatory compliance. Partner with Quality team to maintain product consistency and standards.
• Support the safety teams to ensure the plant’s employee safety programs provide a safe working environment and regulatory compliance.
• Perform annual goal setting with plant functions around safety, quality, cost, and service and employee development.
• Work closely with Senior Production Manager and Engineering Manager to assist in the identification of long-range capital requirements necessary to drive improvements and maintain plant infrastructure.
• Analyze production data and implement process improvements to reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve the safety culture.
• Communicate/visit the other plants and meet with the Production Managers to focus on best practices.
• Maintain a strong culture by creating positive working relationships and a collaborative approach toward achieving department and plant goals. Build relationships with our teams and our people.
• Through coaching, training, communicating, problem solving, leadership and recognition develop a focus for others in creating and maintaining a continuous improvement environment that includes proper interpretation and application of company policies as well as legal and regulatory compliance.
• Become a mentor to the Leads so they become effective leaders by maintaining a management development process and reinforce by motivating, encouraging and training.

Requirements of the Role:

• Requires a minimum of three years’ experience in managerial position in feed processing; experience in managing manufacturing operations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Word, for reporting, production tracking, communication, and documentation
• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate and train others with a safety-first culture.
• Ability to keep up with a fast-growing need for increased production, which is demanding more automation and modernization, and to train and develop a team of employees that will effectively deal with the growing and rapidly changing facility.
• Strong technical knowledge in manufacturing production practices and best practices.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization and represent the production department in a professional and positive manner.
• Strong ability to maintain confidentiality.

Qualifications Preferred:

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of budgeting and accounting. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and Proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondences, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the board of directors.
• Assist in the development of the operations portion of the plant budget.
• Support the Plant Manager in continuing efforts to develop and implement a human resource management plan that addresses manpower planning and training at all levels.
• Communicate with the production scheduler and purchasing department to review the scheduled plant production and set priorities.
• Develop and effectively use reporting systems to inform operating and managerial personnel of the factory performance on a timely basis.
• Experience implementing Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement initiatives in a production environment is highly desirable.

Rangen, LLC Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. Rangen, LLC considers all qualified applicants and employees for hiring, placement, and advancement, without regard to a person's race, color, religion, national origin, age, genetic information, military status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or protected veteran status. We invite you to join our diverse & growing team.