Production Manager
manufacturing › Production · M3 — M3 — Senior Manager · Management
Manages the day-to-day operations of a production area or shift, overseeing supervisors and staff to meet output, quality, and safety targets.
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What this role is
Manages the day-to-day operations of a production area or shift, overseeing supervisors and staff to meet output, quality, and safety targets. At the Senior Manager (M3) level, the role owns multiple teams or a sub-function, multi-team execution and resourcing trade-offs, and drives sub-function outcomes. Manages managers and/or several teams.
What this level does
- Serves as Production Manager over the full manufacturing lifecycle of the plant's production, ensuring operations are efficient, cost-effective, on time, within budget, and to required quality standards
- Owns and tracks the production budget and expenditures for the department — the dividing line from supervisory roles
- Evaluates diverse operational issues and production trends, leading structured continuous-improvement initiatives (Six Sigma, Lean) to raise throughput and reduce scrap
- Manages performance of supervisors and skilled ICs, fosters a safe and motivated work environment, and resolves escalated cross-functional conflicts
- Coordinates with planning, quality, and maintenance to sequence orders and allocate capacity across the department
- Knowledge applied
- Applies full manufacturing-lifecycle knowledge and budget management to run the department's production.
- Complexity & problem solving
- Evaluates diverse operational issues and trends; leads Lean/Six Sigma initiatives to improve throughput and cost.
- Collaboration & interaction
- Leads a functional production team; coordinates with planning, quality, and logistics.
- Typical experience
- 5–7+ years managing production professionals and owning a production budget.
Skills at this level
- Production Operations Management
- — Oversees the full manufacturing lifecycle of a production area or plant, ensuring output is efficient, cost-effective, on time, within budget, and to required quality standards.
- Machine Operation Oversight
- — Directs and troubleshoots production machinery — CNC machines, injection molders, packaging lines, and fabrication tools — and ensures pre-run equipment checks and staged materials before line start.
- Production Budget Management
- — Manages and tracks production budgets and expenditures for a department or plant — the dividing line that distinguishes a Production Manager from a supervisor.
- Lean and Six Sigma Improvement
- — Leads structured continuous-improvement initiatives such as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing to eliminate bottlenecks, cut scrap, and raise throughput on the floor.
- Shift and Line Supervision
- — Supervises operators and technicians across shifts, sequencing crew and machines against order priority and enforcing safety and housekeeping standards.
- Shift Handoff Communication
- — Communicates equipment status, open issues, and output progress across shift handoffs and with maintenance, quality, and process engineering teams.
- Production Planning Coordination
- — Coordinates with planning, quality control, and logistics to sequence orders, allocate capacity, and align production output to demand.
- Quality and SOP Enforcement
- — Verifies work against SOPs and quality standards through in-line inspection and process documentation to hold output to specification.
- Workforce Development and Performance Management
- — Trains production staff, manages performance, fosters a safe and motivated work environment, and builds team production expertise.
- Strategic Production Planning
- — Shapes the broader strategic direction and operational efficiency of a plant or division, including capacity, capital, and multi-plant footprint decisions.
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