Production Manager
- MILAN, OH, United States
$102,000 to $158,000 USD / year
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Job details
- Pay
- $102,000 to $158,000 USD / year
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
The Production Manager leads all plant production activities to ensure safe, efficient, and cost-effective operations while meeting productivity, quality, and customer requirements. This role oversees production performance, develops and leads effective teams, and drives continuous improvement to maximize operating efficiency. The position ensures continuity of production through strong cross-functional partnership with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and other plant functions, while ensuring compliance with all environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements. The Production Manager builds a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement consistent with Saint-Gobain’s Trust, Empowerment & Collaboration principles.
- Lead, coach, and manage Production Supervisors while providing indirect leadership to approximately 90 production employees across plant operations.
- Oversee daily production activities and line performance to achieve safety, quality, productivity, cost, and customer-service objectives.
- Coordinate production schedules, staffing levels, and workforce coverage in partnership with Production Planning to maintain operational continuity and minimize disruptions.
- Monitor production performance, identify operating losses, and lead root-cause analysis and sustainable corrective actions.
- Provide leadership in troubleshooting complex process, equipment, quality, and performance issues in collaboration with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and other plant functions.
- Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with environmental, health, safety, waste-management, and regulatory requirements and participating in incident and near-miss investigations.
- Establish and sustain workplace organization and housekeeping standards through 5S, clear expectations, and consistent accountability.
- Ensure production data and reports are accurate, complete, and entered into enterprise business systems in a timely manner.
- Support the development, review, and implementation of job safety analyses, standard operating procedures, and other production documentation.
- Manage competing operational priorities and exercise independent judgment to deliver safe, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective production.
- Provide oversight for approximately $5 million in annual direct labor costs and $1 million in annual production expenses.
- Build a culture of accountability, teamwork, employee development, and continuous improvement aligned with organizational values.
- You have a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or a related technical field, or a technical diploma in engineering, manufacturing, or a related field with equivalent experience.
- You bring 10+ years of progressive industrial manufacturing experience, including previous supervisory and production leadership experience.
- Candidates with 15+ years of progressive industrial or manufacturing operations and production leadership experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree.
- You have a strong understanding of manufacturing processes, production operations, and team leadership.
- You are skilled in problem-solving, communication, organization, team motivation, and continuous improvement.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, statistical methods, and Microsoft Office applications is important.
- SAP experience is a plus, along with experience managing high-level projects in a manufacturing environment.
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Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110- years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings.
A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed has more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and-
Canada. www.certainteed.com
Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.
Applicants for roles based in Washington state or remote roles that would be worked from Washington state are encouraged to direct any concerns regarding the state’s Pay Transparency laws to the SGNA HR Compliance team at SGNA_HR_Compliance@saint-gobain.com .
Saint-Gobain aims to deliver a comprehensive Total Rewards package to support our employees’ wellbeing and help improve daily life for themselves and their families. We believe in the importance of pay transparency in what we offer potential candidates. Provided is the national pay range for this position which is $102,000 to $158,000 per year. However, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.
In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for an annual bonus. The targeted bonus amount is 13% of base salary based on company and individual performance measures. The Total Target Cash range (base pay and annual bonus) for this position, is $115,200 to $178,500. Bonus payments are part of variable compensation and by nature can vary based on company and individual performance and is not a guarantee.
Employees have the flexibility to choose the benefits that best fit their individual needs:
Health and Wellbeing – Supporting your wellbeing, to thrive in life and work
- Medical, Prescription Drug, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Healthcare Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options
- LiveWell Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave
Retirement and Protection – Helping to make the future life you want a reality
- 401(k) with Company Match, Retirement Accumulation Plan (RAP), Cash Balance Pension Plan
- Company-provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Short-Term Disability
- Voluntary employee and dependent life insurance, Long-Term Disability, Critical Illness, and Accident Insurance
Additional Benefits – Helping shape the experience and impact you want
- Group Legal
- Identity Theft Protection
- Auto and Home Insurance
- Pet Insurance and Discounts
- Back-up Child & Elder Care
- PerkSpot Employee Discount Program
- Volunteer Day