Benefits:
- Employee discounts
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
- Parental leave
- Signing bonus
About LDB LDB Beverage produces canned beverages for its clients. It is a contract manufacturer producing products which fall under FDA guidance. LDB maintains a third party is a contract packaging with an SQF II Certification. For the past ten years, we have built strong relationships that add value to products and processes. We believe in collaboration, transparent communication,and collaborative relationships for both LDB and our partners.
Job Summary The Production Manager is responsible for directing, coordinating, and overseeing all packaging floor activities to ensure safe, efficient, and consistent production. This position has direct responsibility for the operational performance of the packaging system including food safety, product quality, production efficiency, and documentation accuracy.
The Production Manager is accountable for ensuring that their shift meets company established production goals, customer specific requirements and all food safety requirements. The Lead must possess the ability to direct employees within the production process and manage in the areas of attendance, effort, hygiene, workplace safety, and cultural appropriateness. It is important to LDB that its floor leads accept both the authority and accountability of the position.
General Accountabilities
- Direct and oversee packaging operations to ensure production schedules, project requirements, and production output expectations are met.
- Monitor production progress and adjust employee placements or operational priorities as needed Coordinate employee assignments and production activities to maintain consistent production flow.
- Identify bottlenecks and proactively address issues that may impact production efficiency or output.
- Ensure proper production changeovers, startup procedures, and shutdown activities are completed.
- Take ownership of packaging floor performance and communicate production challenges, delays, and results to management.
- Establish clear expectations regarding employee responsibilities, productivity, attendance, hygiene, and workplace conduct.
- Identifies maintenance needs and communicates to the Maintenance crew.
- Train and evaluate packaging personnel to ensure employees are capable of performing assigned responsibilities safely and effectively.
- Ensure employees follow company policies, safety requirements, and established operating procedures.
- Communicate employee performance concerns, attendance issues, and staffing needs to management.
- Ensure required quality checks, inspections, and production verification procedures are completed.
- Follows written SOPs and other written instructions as they relate to GMPs, Safe Quality Foods (SQF), organic, gluten free, non-gmo, etc.
- Ensure packaging run documentation, quality records, and required production paperwork are accurate and completed in a timely manner.
- Ensure employees perform appropriate equipment cleaning, sanitation, and basic operator-level maintenance.
- Coordinate with the Cellar Lead to ensure products are properly released and ready for packaging.
- Work with the Warehouse & Inventory Manager to verify material availability and communicate shortages or discrepancies that may impact production.
Skills Required
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Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Service orientation
- Objective judgement and decision-making abilities
- Ability to balance employee needs with company objectives and production requirements.
- Management of personnel resources to achieve business objectives
- Time management and dependability
- Complex problem solving
- Ability to objectively evaluate employee performance
- Strong communication skills with LDB leadership