Production Manager (1st Shift)

WHY WERNER? BECAUSE WE ARE THE PRO'S CHOICE! You will find our market leading products and brands on trucks and job sites all over the world. Focusing on end users' needs drives our success. Our entire product development process—from research to engineering to manufacturing to commercialization—creates products that ensure ease of use, productivity, durability and safety for the end user. On jobsites across America and the world, WernerCo brands are most preferred.

Join us at WernerCo, where a fantastic opportunity awaits for a skilled Production Manager to thrive on our dynamic team! We're searching for a proactive professional to lead and optimize our manufacturing operations with precision and dedication. Picture yourself at the forefront, ensuring quality and efficiency resonate throughout every phase of production. At WernerCo, we prioritize innovation, teamwork, and a commitment to excellence in our manufacturing approach. Step into a role where your leadership is key, and where growth opportunities abound in our thriving workplace. If you're ready to make a lasting impact, apply now and become an integral part of our production excellence journey!

What we offer:

• Culture based on integrity, teamwork, accountability, and operational excellence
• Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision – several plan options to choose from
• Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) with a  100% match on the first 3% of compensation deferred, and 50% of next 2% compensation deferred
• Opportunities for training and development

Manage operations for the department, execute department goals and achieve desired results. Lead and empower team to improve the following core metrics with a sense of urgency and ownership using data driven methods based on lean

Manufacturing philosophy. 

Key Responsibilities (Essential Job Functions):

• Develops, implements, and monitors department budgets; manages expenses within approved budget constraints
• Design, develop, and implement processes that increase throughput, reduce cost, and/or improve quality for all manufacturing.
• Maintains knowledge of department manufacturing capacity and develops solutions for efficient utilization. Schedule Management: Schedule and allocate plant resources to complete production requirements as planned and scheduled.
• Ensures all safety rules and government regulations are followed; including but not limited to development of and training on safety processes. Personally investigates or oversees the investigation of accidents in a timely, accurate, and complete manner.
• Ensures that employees have the required safety training and are consistently working in a safe manner; coordinates, develops and implements safety processes to reduce accidents and injuries. Drive safety improvements through rigorous STOP audits and follow-up.
• Drives lean culture in manufacturing using principles of Lean manufacturing (TPS, WCM OR 6 sigma). Works to achieve visual factory with visible flow and effective communication.
• Ensures approved manufacturing best practices, work instructions, control plans and methodologies are being followed.
• Provides leadership cultivating an employee environment of trust, teamwork, accountability, self-confidence, problem solving and business ownership.
• Reviews, analyzes, modifies, and implements effective and efficient manufacturing processes, policies, and procedures.
• Plans, organizes, and directs production activities to meet or exceed established production schedules and goals in a cost-effective manner and interfaces with others department managers to control operating costs.
• Leads root cause analysis efforts to address challenges including product quality, equipment downtime and gaps to goals.
• Interfaces with Quality personnel to ensure Built in quality process is attained and develop new and better-quality methods. Coordinates with managers and supervisors to establish production and quality control standards.
• Communications: Support development and delivery of division communication plans. Ensure key metrics and progress is regularly communicated using visual techniques. Maintain strong relationships with marketing and engineering.
• Benchmark: Visit other Werner Co. facilities and other companies and benchmark against the best.

Experience & Education:

• Manufacturing experience required
• 5+ years’ experience in a manufacturing environment as a supervisor
• BA/BS degree a plus 

Key Competencies:

• Adaptability
• Decisiveness
• Emotional Composure
• Learning
• Problem Solving
• Communications
• Work Effectiveness
• Mechanical aptitude
• Strong quantitative skills
• Financial competency
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with groups across disciplines
• Self-starter with high energy level

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WernerCo is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. WernerCo is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All qualified applicants to WernerCo are considered for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status or any other protected characteristic. WernerCo will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind based on these characteristics.