Production Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

• Ensuring all safety and health standards are met to keep an organization accident-free 

• Conducts safety initiatives (safety & behavioral observations), investigates and documents all incidents together with EHS; conducts safety meetings; authorizes work and signs permits; participates in the plant safety committee

• Overseeing the entire production process, from planning to completion 

• Managing production schedules and resource allocation to meet specifications and deadlines (lead times)

• Monitor production (KPI) to resolve issues; set up the goals

• Liaise with other managers to formulate objectives, understand requirements and control results 

• Cooperate with other Production Managers from other facilities (in other sites/countries) to share experiences

• Focus on continuous improvement (eliminating bottlenecks) by initiating LEAN project (with support of active project leaders)

• Estimate costs and implement cost-saving strategies

• Supervise and evaluate performance of production personnel (skill matrix)

• Determine number of necessary resources (workforce), track the absenteeism level

• Ensure output meets quality standards

• Report to upper management

To become a production manager, you will be required to have a range of skills. These include:

• Positive attitude – focusing more on opportunities to solve the problem than problem itself!

• Communication skills, both written and verbal at the different level (with Operators and with upper management)

• Leadership skills as well as the ability to work within a team

• Ability to motivate people

• Out of the box thinking and an open mind

• Good organization and planning skills

• Attention to detail

• Working under pressure

• Confidence

• Education: technical background (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, eg. Production Management or Industrial Engineering)

• Proven experience as a Production Manager or similar role (min 5 years)

• Manufacturing experience – preferably in the plastics industry

• Experience in Lean Manufacturing (5S, Kaizen, Six Sigma)

• Knowledge of QC/QA (Quality Control/Quality Assurance) and health & safety standards (HSE)

• Budgeting and cost control experience

• Fluent English