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IKO North America · 8 hours ago

Production Manager

Kankakee, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

IKO North America is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. The Production Manager is a hands-on leadership role responsible for overseeing plant operations, fostering collaboration across departments, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Building MaterialConstructionHome ImprovementHome RenovationManufacturing

Responsibilities

Providing leadership and coaching to production supervisors and employees to meet all safety, environmental, quality, cost and service goals and objectives

Partnering with the Quality Control Coordinator to ensure that finished product meet all customer requirements through continuous improvement and utilization of the plant quality management system

Partnering with the Maintenance Supervisor to ensure equipment reliability at optimal efficiency and cost

Providing leadership and support to the overall reliability strategy including the involvement of production employees in TPM

A partner with the Shipping and Receiving Supervisor to assure that the manufacturing schedule is optimized and makes adjustments as necessary to provide required levels of service to our customers in the most cost effective manner

Providing the leadership to maintain a highly engaged workforce. Partners with HR in areas of performance management, employee involvement, organizational change, staffing and employee development

Providing leadership to drive continuous improvement through the application of Lean Manufacturing concepts such as Kaizen events working directly with the production and maintenance teams

Assuring employee training (quality, safety, process, etc.) is effective and completed

Mentoring immediate direct reports and establishes an effective team that is accountable and capable to achieve all performance goals

Assuring plant housekeeping meets company standards and implements and maintains a 5S program to sustain improvements

Qualification

Lean ManufacturingSix Sigma CertificationTechnical DegreeMS ExcelLeadership SkillsTeam BuildingInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving Skills