Production Manager Operational Excellence

Skills/Experience:

• Lean principles and project facilitation strongly desired.
• Logistics, inventory control, and strong analyzation skill required.
• Global manufacturing experience preferred.
• Site to site coordination/planning needed.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Listen and responds persuasively in positive or negative situations.
• Works with management in planning, decision-making, facilitating and process improvements. 
• Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals.
• Prioritizes and plans work activities.  Organizes and schedules employees and their tasks.
• Continually look for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Observes safety and security procedures and reports unsafe conditions, etc.
• Experience with MRP/ERP system, preferably MAPICS.
• Ability to read and understand blueprints and mechanical drawings.
• Must have good time management and organizational skills.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business and/or equivalent manufacturing experience of 4-6 years in a supervisory or leadership role with a proven track record of continuously improving operations.

Physical Demands:

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 75lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employee’s ability to see near and far distances.

DISCLAIMER: The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

 At Hillenbrand we strive to build a diverse workforce through equal opportunity employment that embraces and leverages the differences each individual has to offer. Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer of minorities/females/disabled/veterans.