Automotive Production Manager — Lean & Quality

About the role

The Production Manager is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating work activities and resources needed to manufacture products, while meeting continuous improvement objectives in accordance with cost, quality, quantity, and safety goals and specifications.

Artistree Canada — Mississauga, Ontario.

This posting is for an existing vacancy, and the employer is actively recruiting to fill this position. Applicants in Canada must satisfy federal, provincial, and local legal requirements of the job.

Responsibilities

Production Management

• Reviews daily plan, forecast, and production orders concerning inventory and staffing requirements; work procedures and duty assignments; to successfully meet timeline and budget goals.
• Directs and/or coordinates production activities while driving safety, quality, and efficiency to meet facility objectives.
• Prepares and maintains production reports.
• Develops budgets and approves expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, and/or equipment are used efficiently to meet production goals.
• Initiates inventory and cost control programs.
• Coordinates and recommends procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.

Leadership

• Trains, develops, and evaluates production supervisors.
• Supports other leaders in strategic objectives; drives SQET.
• Resolves employee relations issues.
• Leads and promotes positive Team Member engagement.
• Implements and monitors plans in support of Team Member development in QMP.
• Manages Team Member performance and development.
• Provides administrative support for Supervisory staff.
• Drives continuous improvement and teams, and is a change leader for new projects, processes, standards, and procedures.

Quality

• Develops or implements production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, and other operation reports to detect production issues/problems.
• Reviews operations and confers with technical and administrative staff to resolve production issues/problems.
• Ensures all equipment is functioning at optimal levels. Coordinates and recommends procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
• Creates professional presentations that include detailed product introduction timelines and raw material delivery schedules; provides weekly progress reports.

Safety & Organization

• Demonstrates leadership to maintain a clean plant, promoting safe and efficient operation.
• Follows and proactively drives all safety requirements; communicates and/or addresses safety concerns in a timely manner.
• Wears appropriate safety equipment at all times.

Requirements

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in lieu of degree.

Minimum Type of Experience the Job Requires

• Minimum 3 years in progressive leadership roles, preferably within a manufacturing environment.

Other

• Ability to read, write, and speak English fluently; convey and receive information.
• Knowledge of products, production processes, quality control, strategic planning, costs, and efficiency, resulting in maximum effectiveness of the manufacturing process.
• Detail-oriented and accurate.
• Keen sense of urgency.
• Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills, including coaching, collaborating, and providing constructive feedback.
• Ability to critically analyze problems and develop effective solutions.
• Excellent time management, organizational, and prioritization skills.

Preferred Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering or related field preferred.

Preferred Special Certifications or Technical Skills

• 2 years' Lean Manufacturing; Six Sigma.

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally walk and stand; frequently sit.
• Frequently bend from waist and twist.
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 30lbs/13.6kgs above shoulders and reach overhead.
• Occasionally push/pull total body and reach horizontally.
• Feel with the touch of the fingers.
• Constantly grasp, carry, and push with both hands.
• Constantly move arms, hands, and fingers to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Review physical requirements matrix for all requirements.

Work Environment

• High noise levels and moving machinery.
• Work environment is not climate-controlled and subject to dust, high/low temperatures.
• Ability to work safely within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.