Production Manager

Production Manager

Direct the manufacturing operations involved in the production of cylinder liners. Incorporate customer purchase orders into a realistic manufacturing plan that will insure delivery of product on a timely basis. In doing so, successfully work directly with Supervisors, Maintenance, and Engineering, Accounting, and HR to ensure production goals are met.

Specific Responsibilities :

• Supervise employees and assign work to meet production schedules; provide shift-to-shift continuity.
• Enforce plant rules covered by labor contract; resolve labor problems.
• Maintain two-way communications between management and hourly employees.
• Enforce safety rules and oversee housekeeping.
• Meet predetermined annual goals in the area of labor efficiency, productivity improvement, cost reduction, scrap reduction, safety performance, and absenteeism.
• Schedule and acknowledge delivery dates on customer purchase orders while striving to meet customer requirements
• Monitor production capacities on a regular basis and communicate with management as required to insure sufficient capacities are available to manufacture scheduled product.
• Coordinate manning and overtime requirements to insure a flow of product to meet forecasts and customer delivery dates.
• Meet plant objectives for stock investment of work in process and finished goods.
• Participate in the progressive system improvement activities relative to production planning, and stock investment control.
• Coordinate the logistics and transportation of finished goods to meet customer delivery dates.
• Communicate with Federal Mogul Departments to establish shipping and packaging needs to meet customer requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.
• The person assigned to this job has the authority and responsibility for the tasked designated in the EMS (Environmental Management System) procedures and for the tasks described below.
• Understanding and assuring conformance with the plant's Environmental Policy as it relates to their job responsibilities.
• Understanding identified facility Significant EMS Aspects relating to their job and conforming to related facility operational controls.
• Understanding and assuring conformance with facility EMS Legal and Other requirements relating to their job responsibilities.
• Suggesting appropriate modifications of facility EMS documents to the EMS coordinator.
• Reporting any observed facility non-conformances to the EMS coordinator.
• Supporting and offering to their supervisor or EMS coordinator suggestions for the improvement of the facility EMS.