Job Description
- Plan, determine optimal utilization of manufacturing workers and equipment to meet manufacturing goals.
- Determine if new manufacturing machines, methods are needed.
- Ensure that manufacturing stays on schedule and within budget.
- Coordinate manufacturing with Sales, Marketing, Procurement, and other departments, as well as with vendors and shippers.
- Help ensure that customer, statutory, standards, and internal requirements are met or exceeded.
- Hire, train, and evaluate manufacturing workers; monitor workers to ensure they meet performance and safety requirements.
- Analyze manufacturing data and identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement; identify and utilize methods of making manufacturing process more efficient and effective (reducing waste, using lean).
- Write manufacturing reports and present to top management.
- Direct corrections (corrective action) of any manufacturing problems that may arise; development and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
- Reports directly to the production manager, Assists and works in conjunction with Sales, Marketing, Logistics (Warehousing), and Procurement management, as well as vendors and shippers.