Production Manager

Summary
Under the direction of the Director of Operations, the Shower Door Assistant Production Manager ensures the production of company products is of the highest quality, meeting company performance standards and customer specifications and delivery requirements, in accordance with company policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.

1. Prioritize, schedule, and delegate work assignments, and directly supervise to ensure the production of company products at the highest quality, meeting company performance standards, and customer specification and delivery requirements, in accordance with company policies and procedures.
2. Review & maintain raw material inventory with purchasing and adjust schedules, as necessary.
3. Ensure the training of new and present employees in the processes and methods required to achieve the company’s standards for quality, safety, and delivery.
4. Participate in Production Meetings, recommending space, personnel, and equipment requirements.
5. Assist Inventory Management Team with Cycle Counts, Semi and Annual inventories.
6. Communicate with Manager, Dealer Support and Fulfillment regarding delivery dates of possible back orders.
7. Have a broad knowledge and understanding of Lean Concepts i.e. Streamlined Processes, Kaizen, JIT, SMED, FIFO etc.
8. Ensure compliance with 5S standards and all safety and work rules and regulations.
9. Approve vacation schedules.
10. Establish and maintain operational documentation controls, and standard operating procedures i.e. records, documentation, such as timecards, quality records, etc.
11. In Collaboration with Quality and Safety Managers, develop and implement SOPs for best practices.
12. Follow all Safety, Quality and Environmental Procedures.
13. Continually evaluate processes and methods, recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment, performance, utilization of people, and quality of product.
14. Maintain departmental supplies, tools, equipment, and order, as necessary.
15. Act as a technical resource to address and resolve inquiries and problems; analyze and resolve work problems and assist workers in solving work problems.
16. Uphold the Company Code of Conduct Standards.

  Education and/or Experience

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 7 – 10 years of related experience; or an associate degree and 5 years of progressively responsible related experience or a combination of both.          
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Ability to work with others across all teams/departments.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
While performing the duties and responsibilities of this position, the employee is occasionally required to sit.  He/she will regularly walk, talk and listen, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and reach above shoulders and he/she will frequently stand, use hands to finger, handle or touch, use foot/feet to operate machine and move from place to place.  Specific vision requirements for this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
During the performance of his/her work duties regularly lift up to 50 pounds and will frequently lift up to 25 pounds, such as removing materials from shipping containers.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee works in a warehouse environment and is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, work in high places, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions and risk of electrical shock.  The noise level in the work environment is loud.
The above statement reflects the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation describes and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work that may be inherent in the occupation.

Bath Concepts is an Equal Opportunity Employer