Production Manager
- Complete Staffing Solutions
- Leominster, MA, USA
Job Description
.Position Summary:
Essential Job Functions:
Production & Operations
• Lead and manage all production activities ensuring consistent performance and handover between crews.
• Achieve production targets related to output, efficiency, scrap, and on-time delivery.
• Optimize press utilization, cycle times, and labor allocation for high-volume tote production.
• Coordinate production scheduling and sequencing to meet customer demand while minimizing WIP and downtime.
• Support mold changes and setups, ensuring adherence to standardized processes and SMED principles.
Safety & Compliance
• Champion a strong safety culture across all shifts, ensuring compliance with PPE, LOTO, and safety procedures.
• Ensure product quality meets internal standards and customer expectations for storage tote products.
• Partner with Quality to maintain process control, reduce defects, and investigate non-conformances.
Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement
• Lead and facilitate Kaizen events focused on safety, productivity, quality, and cost reduction.
• Support Lean Manufacturing tools implementation including SMED, 5S, Standard Work, Visual Management, and 3M analysis (Muda, Mura, Muri).
• Analyze Uptime, Efficiency, OEE, downtime, scrap, and changeover data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Coach supervisors and team leads on problem-solving methods such as root cause analysis, A3, and 8D.
Leadership & Workforce Development
• Directly lead production supervisors and indirectly lead operators, setup technicians, and material handlers.
• Build strong engagement and accountability across a diverse workforce operating 24/7.
• Conduct performance reviews, coaching, and development planning.
• Ensure effective communication and shift-to-shift handovers.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with Maintenance, Process, Tooling to support preventive maintenance and mold readiness.
• Partner with Engineering on process improvements, new mold launches, and equipment upgrades.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain on material availability, inventory control, and cost reduction initiatives.
Qualifications:
Experience & Technical Skills
- 5+ years of experience in plastic injection molding manufacturing.
Minimum 2 years in a production leadership role
- Proven experience in a Plant Manager, Production Manager, or similar senior manufacturing leadership role.
- Proficiency with computer skills (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Outlook, TEAMS) and manufacturing systems such as ERP/MRP/MES systems such as Netsuite, SAP, BEAS/BEAR, or comparable production management tools.
- Fluent in English and proficient in Spanish (spoken and written).
- Strong knowledge of high-volume injection molding operations and automation.
- Demonstrated experience leading Kaizen events and implementing Lean Manufacturing tools.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field preferred, or equivalent experience.
Language
- Bilingual English/Spanish required
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About
Mission Statement
The mission of Complete Staffing Solutions is to provide our clients with access to the best and brightest talent available. We offer comprehensive solutions that will increase productivity and empower our clients and their employees to achieve their goals and experience the highest level of success possible. Our specialists focus on permanent and consulting services where our proven experience is unmatched in the marketplace.
Our Service Commitment to You
Every candidate represented by Complete Staffing Solutions is thoroughly interviewed in person and evaluated (including reference checks) before joining your team. Our thorough interview process ensures that a candidate’s skills, experience and personality are well matched to each job and to the culture of the hiring organization. The success of our clients and our candidates is supremely important to us, and Complete Staffing has an unparalleled customer service approach that has proven to be an integral part of our success. We promise to make your staffing needs our number one priority.
Overview
Complete Staffing Solutions is a premier finance, accounting & administrative staffing firm that has been in business for over 25 years. We have the resources, experience and expertise required to coordinate the ideal match between hiring organization and candidate. We have a dedicated permanent placement team that focuses on Finance, Accounting, and Healthcare roles across a multitude of industries. Our temporary staffing consultants offer a wide array of industry knowledge that ranges from accounting/finance to healthcare/administrative and beyond. Here at Complete Staffing, we are confident that our team of committed professionals will provide your company with top-tier talent and be a proven resource to contribute to the immediate and long-term success of your business.
