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Milliken & Company · 11 hours ago

Cushman Senior Production Manager

Williamston, SC

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

2+ years exp

Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader focused on materials science and sustainable innovations. The Cushman Senior Production Manager is responsible for leading production and process departments to achieve productivity, efficiency, cost, quality, delivery, and safety objectives at the Milliken Cushman Plant.

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Responsibilities

Work in conjunction with the Location Manager, Supply Chain Manager, and Human Resource Manager to understand current and future personnel needs and concerns and to execute hiring, training, and cross-training plans for their particular area of responsibility and regularly review the status of implementing that plan

Work in conjunction with Human Resources in interviewing applicants who are pursuing employment at the Cushman Plant to employ the most qualified candidates

Assist the Location Manager in ensuring that all associates that report to them clearly understand the overall plant goals and initiatives along with business goals and initiatives and that the associate understands the role that both they and their processes play in achieving those goals

Manage Department Production Managers, PPI and VOH:

Foster a working environment that promotes open communications, teamwork and individual engagement to accomplish goals and objectives

Ensure that work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner to meet delivery objectives

Ensure all associates are paid correctly

Ensure that written performance evaluations of supervised associates are completed as required, provide continuous feedback on personnel performance issues, and take immediate action to recognize achievements and address deficiencies or problems

Ensure the continuous improvement of the safety process at Cushman Plant by ensuring that their associates support and participate in associate driven safety committee activities and that corrective actions assigned to their people by these committees are addressed in a timely manner

Manage Process Engineers

Ensure all associates are trained in and fully participate in the safety process

Ensure appropriate job-related training is given to all associates and provide the necessary resources so that associates are able to perform their job-related duties within the ISO and MPS framework

Work closely with Human Resources to successfully manage personnel related procedures to include:

Analysis of current and future hiring needs

Interviewing and hiring process

Training and cross-training plans

Administering disciplinary action

Establish performance goals and objectives for the production associates that report to them and provide clear measurement and communication to those associates as to how they are performing in relation to those goals and objectives

Ensure that associates are following established safety and production procedures. Work with the PPI group to ensure all associates reporting to them are following established specifications and procedures related to quality

Keep Location Manager informed of all situations and decisions that could impact the performance of the location

Work closely with the Business and Plant product development groups to develop new products and processes that meet or exceed customer expectations at optimum cost

Manage department variances daily to control costs

Implement Strategic Objectives to meet departmental short and long-term goals

Qualification

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointProduction ManagementBachelor's degreeTextile ExperienceAnalytical skillsLeadership skillsCommunication skillsTeam player