Director of Production

What You’ll Do This role sits at the center of our sales and project teams: you’ll create accurate, competitive, and beautifully presented budgets and proposals that help us win automotive showroom projects. Lead the production team responsible for outsourcing manufacturing of fixtures and printed materials. Estimate, select suppliers, ensure quality assurance, on‑time delivery, and manage budgets across projects of varied complexity. Collaborate closely with sales, design, project management, installation, logistics, and client relations to meet budget, schedule, and quality targets. Act as a technical resource: address and resolve inquiries and problems for team members. Provide training, mentorship, and development for department team members and manage employees. Maintain supplier base: build relationships with key suppliers, resolve grievances, claims, conflicts, and quality issues. Oversee production and estimating: determine total cost, quality, warranty, and on‑time delivery; estimate costs of fixtures, tooling, overhead, supplier costs, margins, packaging, quantities; prepare final quotes to meet timeline and budget. Serve as a resource on materials, estimates, scheduling, and production needs; work cross‑functionally to ensure timely deliverables. Develop and track KPIs, driving continuous improvement. What You’ll Need 10+ years of related experience and a bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, manufacturing (preferred). Knowledge and understanding of the manufacturing of retail fixtures and point‑of‑purchase displays. Effective communication across multi‑functional teams and suppliers. Familiarity with a variety of manufacturing processes, printing, and related materials. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and ERP systems. Strong negotiation, written and oral communication skills. Passionate, energetic, and engaging; self‑motivated ownership of work. 10–20% travel may be required. Organized, detail‑oriented, good follow‑up skills. Effective problem‑solving skills. Demonstrated leadership across a wide spectrum of teams and situations; high aptitude for mentoring. Equal Employment Opportunity We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without regard to membership in any protected class. If required, please email your accommodation request to View email address on click.appcast.io, including the title and location of the position. #J-18808-Ljbffr