Baxters North America · 7 hours ago
Production Manager
Salem, OR
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expBaxters North America is seeking a Production Manager to oversee the production line in a manufacturing environment. The role involves managing production resources, ensuring quality metrics, and leading factory operations to meet output and cost targets.
Food and BeverageLogisticsManufacturingProduct Design
Responsibilities
Lead the factory production and production support teams (direct line, including direct labour, indirect labour, and temporary employees) for daily execution of the production plan to maximise output and minimize cost
Ensure that the factory plays an integral role in maintaining supply (working with the supply chain team) to timely produce inventory at the right quality and lowest cost to meet customer/sales needs
Provide robust management and people leadership across the factory, including both those with direct line factory responsibilities and those without
Provide quality stewardship of our products, assets, and their quality attributes with efficient delivery to ensure customer satisfaction. Collaborate with Commercial and Technical/R&D functions to ensure product quality and service
Assist Plant Manager in effective Supply management evaluation and business inputs on staffing, cost, capacity, assets, and the supply chain execution to ensure a feasible “Voice of Supply” is reflected
Lead the Operations employees by coaching, mentoring, and training/development to ensure the deliverables of manufacturing are met
Ensure engaging morale-building programs and robust communications to team members about the business and site performance
Provide direct leadership for the factory operating system, safety, discreet production scheduling, materials ordering and expediting, local raw and FGS inventory, shipping/receiving, and application/usage of business systems. Provide indirect support for QA/QC audits/inspections, finance cost controls, HR, business planning process inputs and local IT
Be a member of the Site Operations Leadership Team / the plant managers direct staff member
Identify and evaluate financial labour and efficiency opportunities and recommend solutions that will drive overall cost reductions and labour management to continuously improve the factory P&L by direct leadership and support of Production
Drive timelines for efficiency improvement, site projects and other initiatives for the plant and share/establish best practices across site for CI
Maintains factory staffing within cost/financial targets, standards and tracking for produced goods (waste/NQC, inventory and cash delivery, operational costs/tonne, etc.)
Maintains factory KPI’s and cost roadmaps, including routine, periodic metric dashboards. Provide improvements to MES information systems to drive executional performance
Support and partner with local factory technical support engineers as part of the leadership team in support of production goals. Ensure asset maintenance for both current business and integration of new capital/capacity investments. Being a steward for all site assets (infrastructure and equipment)
A partner in maintaining site safety employee and product controls and traffic systems to ensure both people and product safety, including site security and overall capability of the site
Maintain the daily factory operating systems, shift turnover meetings, stand-up meetings, and relevant communications to employees
Delivery of factory cost per tonne, NQC waste and productivity objectives, as part of the BNA segment operating design
Ensure inventory controls for both raw materials and finished goods are maintained as part of supporting the overall supply chain objectives and targets
Incorporate Lean/CI processes and systems in support of Production
Mentor/coaching and career development of direct reports
Primary interface is with Plant Manager and peers on PM staff and associated central Supply teams
Ensure continued progress towards improvement of the Site P&L
Manage introductory execution of new business by supporting Site IE and Tech Services using techniques such as CVS, line/trial runs, handover sequences, learning curves, etc
Assist Commercial, Procurement and Technical Services in the analysis and progression of new ideas for supply chain feasibility and improved viability
The operations function primarily exists to produce goods and services safely with high quality, at the right time and at the right cost to ensure customer service and satisfactory delivery
Maintain relationships and timely communication with Commercial & Tech Services, at Site level in support of production, scheduling, and maintenance
Develop and coach Supervisors, support functions and employees as needed
Coach direct reports or peers on approach, style, career path
Provide input related to operations functional competency development plan
Foster the Winning Environment for setting operational performance within factory team structures, focusing on high engagement, team morale and incentive schemes
Personal Development - Stays abreast of managerial leadership through constant self-development and a regimented Baxter’s program to be a “state of the art” people leader
Collaborate with production and supporting departments to ensure the food safety and quality of our products
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or Business Management
5 years of experience in Plant Management
1-3 years supervisory experience
Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes
Assembly
Functional Testing
Operations Management
Process Optimization
Reading Blueprints/Diagrams
Safety Policies and Procedures
Scheduling
Troubleshooting
Workload Analysis
Performance Metrics
Product Specifications
Production Operations
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
Business Acumen
Planning/Project Management
Strong Communication Skills
Leadership
Teamwork
Detail Oriented
Problem Solving
Results and Goal Driven
Analytical
Initiative
Integrity
Operational Excellence
Company
Baxters North America
Welcome to Baxters North America (BNA).
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
2025-08-26
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