Production Manager

Rangen, LLC•Buhl, ID

About The Position

The Production Manager is responsible for overseeing daily operations of a feed manufacturing facility to ensure efficient, safe, and high-quality production. This role manages production teams, coordinates with procurement, maintenance, and quality assurance, and drives continuous improvement as the company scales operations. The Production Manager ensures production targets are met while maintaining strict compliance with feed safety regulations, quality standards, and operational best practices.

Requirements

Requires a minimum of three years’ experience in managerial position in feed processing; experience in managing manufacturing operations.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel, Outlook, Teams, and Word, for reporting, production tracking, communication, and documentation
Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate and train others with a safety-first culture.
Ability to keep up with a fast-growing need for increased production, which is demanding more automation and modernization, and to train and develop a team of employees that will effectively deal with the growing and rapidly changing facility.
Strong technical knowledge in manufacturing production practices and best practices.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to interact with all levels of the organization and represent the production department in a professional and positive manner.
Strong ability to maintain confidentiality.

Nice To Haves

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of budgeting and accounting. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and Proportions to practical situations.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondences, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the board of directors.
Assist in the development of the operations portion of the plant budget.
Support the Plant Manager in continuing efforts to develop and implement a human resource management plan that addresses manpower planning and training at all levels.
Communicate with the production scheduler and purchasing department to review the scheduled plant production and set priorities.
Develop and effectively use reporting systems to inform operating and managerial personnel of the factory performance on a timely basis.
Experience implementing Lean manufacturing or continuous improvement initiatives in a production environment is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Direct plant operations to manage and coordinate the manufacturing of products in a way that ensures products are produced safely, efficiently, and with the highest quality.
Work closely with production planning to effectively coordinate and control inventory levels of finished goods.
Manage plant operations to meet or exceed direct cost standards for labor and materials controlled and within the scope of the business requirements.
Ensure compliance with all Good Manufacturing Practices to keep the plant’s quality assurance programs successful and to ensure all finished products meet all specifications and regulatory compliance. Partner with Quality team to maintain product consistency and standards.
Support the safety teams to ensure the plant’s employee safety programs provide a safe working environment and regulatory compliance.
Perform annual goal setting with plant functions around safety, quality, cost, and service and employee development.
Work closely with Senior Production Manager and Engineering Manager to assist in the identification of long-range capital requirements necessary to drive improvements and maintain plant infrastructure.
Analyze production data and implement process improvements to reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve the safety culture.
Communicate/visit the other plants and meet with the Production Managers to focus on best practices.
Maintain a strong culture by creating positive working relationships and a collaborative approach toward achieving department and plant goals. Build relationships with our teams and our people.
Through coaching, training, communicating, problem solving, leadership and recognition develop a focus for others in creating and maintaining a continuous improvement environment that includes proper interpretation and application of company policies as well as legal and regulatory compliance.
Become a mentor to the Leads so they become effective leaders by maintaining a management development process and reinforce by motivating, encouraging and training.