Production Manager

AAF International offers the most comprehensive clean air solutions available across the globe. Selling under the American Air Filter® and the AAF International® brand names, AAF International has been an industry pioneer since 1921 with manufacturing operations in 22 countries and over 6000 employees globally. Our products are the industry benchmarks for quality and performance. Our applications include commercial, industrial and residential solutions from the filters used in your home to the most critical cleanroom and power generation applications.

We are a member of the Daikin Group, the world's largest air conditioning provider with $30 billion in revenue and over 75,000 employees worldwide. Founded in 1924, Daikin has grown into a diversified industrial manufacturing company offering solutions in clean, air, air conditioning, refrigeration, chemicals, oil hydraulics, defense systems and electronics.

Our culture of continuous improvement, safety and world class operations is driven by our people-centered management philosophy. This philosophy is built around mutual selection: that while AAF seeks top talent people to join and deliver on our team, we also want each team member to receive job satisfaction, growth & development, and continued happiness in being a long-term member of the AAF family. This is fueled by our belief in treating our people, our supply partners, our customers and our environment with the trust and respect we each require, and our passion to give back to our community for our success.

Read more about our philosophy at: http://www.daikin.com/about/corporate/philosophy/index.html

AAF International is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran.

Position Objective:

The Production Manager is responsible for providing effective direction and coordination of all filter productions. Drives continuous improvement, reduce cost and increase efficiencies. Sustain a positive employee relations environment offering opportunities to develop talents. Capable of providing constructive feedback, reward and recognize staff achievements. Maintain safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel to ensure safety and health policy are being followed properly.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manages 3 Production Supervisors on all 3 shifts.
• SAP reports production and monitors the production orders for 3rd shift.
• Utilizes Paylocity for all of the production employees to ensure they are paid properly.
• Responsible for all of the safety requirements for the employees.
• Responsible for monitoring all of the quality policies on all 3 shifts.
• Lead and direct filter productions and drives continuous improvement in all aspect of operations; productivity, quality assurance, safety, operating efficiencies and waste reductions.
• Work closely and effectively with the General Manager and other associates to ensure smooth operations.
• Facilitate production meeting to discuss planning, materials availability and staffing issues to ensure all areas are covered for any planned and unplanned absences.
• Engage the team in identifying and implementing continuous improvement in the areas of Safety, Quality, Cost, Productivity and Customer Satisfaction.
• Ensure all employees are working in a safe manner by developing a culture for where employees address unsafe conditions, unsafe behavior and participate and make suggestions for improvement.
• Engage production floor employees in problem resolution in order to improve production utilizing Lean Manufacturing Methodology.
• Review production forecast to coordinate production with other Managers to meet and complete filters production in a timely manner.
• Perform administrative functions such as employee’s performance review and counselling.
• Review and update key performance indicators (daily, weekly, monthly) to ensure facility is on track to meet production goals.
• Conduct daily production GEMBA walks to optimize production flows and efficiencies.
• Coordinates with Maintenance department to prioritize repairs in an effort to improve OEE and reduce down time.
• Ensures employees are properly trained in all aspect of their jobs to include safety, quality and productions. Identifies gap and develop training plans.
• Strictly adhere to facility safety, housekeeping and quality guidelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager.

Position Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Operations management; experience in manufacturing environment or an equivalent combination of education and experience;
2. Must have 5+ years of experience in a leadership role and manufacturing or production environment;
3. Must have knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel;
4. Process improvement knowledge in a manufacturing environment such as LEAN Methodology, 5S, Six Sigma, etc., to drive manufacturing excellence practices is a plus;
5. Problem solving/root cause analysis;
6. Leadership and interpersonal skills;
7. Ability to motivate teams to exceed expectations;
8. Clear communication, planning and organizational skills, sense of urgency, accountability and customer focus;
9. Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment, and the desire to advance in responsibility within the filters manufacturing arena.