Production Manager 2018224

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Job#: 2018224

Job Description:

This role is for a Production Manager at our clients Manufacturing Site
in Joliet, IL! This will be a permanent full time position with a
7:00am-4:00pm schedule, Monday-Friday. If you are interested, please
apply and we will reach out right away!

The Joliet Production Manager is responsible for all metrics of safety,
quality, production, cost, productivity, and people development and
engagement for several production areas across all shifts. This person
displays ownership mentality to keep equipment healthy through a Total
Productive Maintenance culture (TPM) and tool utilization and to develop
and engage the production associates and area-level leadership through
High-Performing Organization (HPO) methodologies to do the same. This
person shall act as the single point of contact for activities and work
in the Department. This person will analyze losses, develop strategic
plans, and coach teams to improve these metrics through developing
standards, work processes, staffing strategies, and maintenance
strategies in a PDCA methodology. This person serves as liaison to
interface with support Departments and report results through daily
operational meetings. The Production Manager will directly lead the
Department, including a team of Production Area Leaders and Production
Team Leaders, and all hourly employees for the designated Department to
make chemical products in this ISO 9000 certified facility. You will
also lead production engineers and a maintenance planner with a dotted
line reporting structure to you. You will interact with Divisional
Business Leaders, Global Supply Chain functional leaders, and peers on
the Site Leadership Team to continuously improve and develop the
processes in chemical manufacturing: Engagement, Safety, Quality,
Planning, Procurement and Distribution.

What You Will Do:

– Ensure safe work practices at all times
– Create a healthy employee relations climate. Support a team-based
environment with engagement and communication at the forefront
– Create/improve Autonomous Maintenance standards
– Create staffing strategies to optimize the Operation
– Improve new Team Member onboarding materials and processes
– Set Clear Team Goals & continuously coach Team Members
– Monitor key metrics and use loss analysis to drive improvement
projects
– Support continuous improvement through building the capability of
Team Members and executing projects
– Oversee Department maintenance strategies
– Establish strong relationships with other key Departments: Safety,
Quality, Engineering, etc.
– Expand and grow personal capability
– Embody the clients Leadership Model
– Budget ownership for the Department
– Manage Employee Performance, Development and Qualification plans for
the Department
– Inspire your manufacturing team as you embrace TPM practices and use
your ability to listen and communicate transparently to encourage
every single person to think and act proactively to make changes
that will save time and reduce manufacturing waste.
– Promote full team engagement and witness their ability to achieve
continuous improvement of throughput in chemical production to
reduce product cost per kilogram.
– Join cross-functional team efforts to effectively launch new FDA
products / lines

Minimum Qualifications:

– Bachelors Degree
– 5 years manufacturing experience
– 2 years manufacturing direct-line leadership (supervisory)
experience
– 1 years experience in at least 2 operations functional areas, e.g.,
Production, Distribution, Planning, Purchasing, Quality,
Engineering, Compliance or HR

Preferred Qualifications:

– Bachelors Degree preferably in an engineering related field
– TPM Experience
– 2 years experience applying TPM / Toyota Production Principals in a
Manufacturing environment
– 3 years experience in consumer products industry; regulated
production, ISO 9001, RD&E or related
– Knowledge of Supply Chain financial measurements of Operational,
Capital Management experience
– Extensive experience using MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel and
PowerPoint), ERP and other relevant computer software and systems
effectively

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or
allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex
(including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical
conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,
ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner
status, marital status, disability, stat