Production Manager

at  Pratt Retail Specialties Production Facilities

POSITION SUMMARY:

This person will report to the Plant Manager. Direct and manage plant operations with overall responsibilities for production, quality and other production related activities. This position requires that the Production Manager to spend a significant amount of time on the production floor. In doing so, he/she will work with direct reports to uncover opportunities for process improvement, improved downtime, reduce waste, cost reduction and quality enhancements all in a safe manner. In short, this individual must develop future leaders off the floor by mentoring developing and challenging them.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering or a related field preferred or equivalent experience or, a
• minimum of 3 to 5 years related experience and or training in a manufacturing environment
• Extrusion, plastic bag converting, paper converting experience is a plus
• Proven technical and leadership ability to utilize structured problem solving to deliver results
• Demonstrated competence to work with minimal supervision effectively at all levels within the organization
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with the willingness to learn new systems.
• Superior problem-solving and coaching capabilities
• Ability to relate to people at all levels of an organization
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example
• Strong team building, decision making and people management skills.
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources)
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret complex documents and statistical information
• Request and/or build computer generated reports that measure and track performance of one or more departments
• Exceptional organizational, priority setting and time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communications skills

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from employees, managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts and ease of numbers.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

The individual must have a working knowledge of the following:

• Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation. This also supports the supervisor’s role of teacher and trainer for his/her personnel.
• Cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.
• Budget development, adherence and analysis.
• Quality standards.
• Regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements including OSHA, DEQ and EEO.