Production Manager
@ Whitby Packaging LimitedWhitby Packaging Limitedwhitbypackaginglimited.com
Production Manager
Whitby, ON
Posted 1 day ago
About the job
Our company is a manufacturing firm focused on quality and efficiency. The Production Manager role leads teams, improves processes, and ensures safety and production targets are met to support growth.
Requirements
- 5+ years manufacturing leadership
- Manage production supervisors
- Knowledge of production planning
- Lean Manufacturing experience
- Data analysis skills
Qualifications
- Post-secondary education in related field
- Strong communication skills
- Problem-solving ability
- Safety-focused mindset
- Experience with shift work
Full job description
Lead. Improve. Deliver.
We’re looking for a hands-on Production Manager to lead our manufacturing operation and help drive our next stage of growth.
Pay Range: $120,000 to $125,000
If you’re energized by the production floor, passionate about developing people and always looking for a better way to do things, this is an opportunity to make your mark.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and support Production Supervisors and hourly teams across multiple shifts, creating a culture of safety, accountability and teamwork.
- Own day-to-day production performance, ensuring we meet safety, quality, schedule and productivity targets.
- Work closely with supervisors to plan labour, manage priorities and keep production moving.
- Coach and develop your leadership team, helping supervisors build their skills and confidence.
- Monitor key performance metrics including productivity, downtime, scrap, labour and efficiency, and turn the data into action.
- Be visible on the production floor, identify issues early and work with the team to solve problems at the source.
- Partner with Maintenance, Quality, HSE and Continuous Improvement to improve equipment reliability, processes and overall plant performance.
- Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives that reduce waste, improve flow and increase productivity.
- Ensure production teams follow company policies, safe work practices, quality standards and operating procedures.
- Support employee engagement, training, performance management and workforce development.
- Help build a strong pipeline of talent and develop the next generation of production leaders.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of progressive manufacturing or production leadership experience.
- Previous experience managing production supervisors and hourly employees in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production planning and performance management.
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a fast-paced production environment.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement or similar methodologies.
- Strong communication, coaching and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to analyze production data and translate it into actionable improvements.
- Strong commitment to workplace safety and quality.
- Experience in a 24/7 or rotating-shift manufacturing environment is an asset.
- Post-secondary education in Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Business or a related field is an asset.
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