Production Manager jobs in Overland Park, KS

Company Description

One of the fastest growing private companies in America today, Westmor Industries, designs, manufactures and supports storage, transport and dispensing solutions for petroleum, propane and other liquids and gases. We are an energetic and entrepreneurial team passionate about stewardship, driven to innovate and embrace a culture of freedom that inspires care of customers and each other.

DELIVERABLES

• Safety. The team culture of Safety First is measured by:
  • Assist with Care to Share program
  • A proactive approach to hazard awareness and eliminations
• Quality. Maintaining systems that produce consistent, high-quality work
• Productivity. Responsible for achieving weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual throughput goals. Keeping the team on task and working on value added work
• People. Providing leadership through effective communications, coaching, training and development
• Teamwork. Responsible for ensuring the team has a supportive and respectful environment
• Processes
  • Developing a continuous improvement mindset that constantly looks for better ways to do things
  • Measured by improvements in job labor hours
• Planning
  • Keeping the right people in the right place with day to day planning
  • Cross training to adapt to a flexible work load

PRIMARY TASKS

• Daily Safety Meeting
• Daily coordination of people, information, and materials
• Continuous Improvement activities
• Team development (hiring, coaching, evaluating, training)
• Project management of process development projects
• Develop and maintain a production schedule for all orders (build to order & build to stock)
• Daily whiteboard meeting with Team Leads to prioritize people & materials
• Lead the Job Relations meeting with Team Leads

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Can uphold and promote the company core values
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong computer skills, experience with Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (E1) is a plus
• Stewardship mindset – is excited when others succeed
• Skilled at building long term relationships
• Ability to be a part of and build an effective team
• Swift execution – The habit of getting things done
• Strong work ethic

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing experience
• Manufacturing Engineering experience is a plus



Location: 8225 Monticello Terrace Shawnee, KS 66227