Night Shift Production Manager at Milliken & Company in Salisbury, New Hampshire

Job Description:

Milliken Healthcare based in Salisbury, MAis a leading manufacturer of Healthcare, Animal Health, Sports Medicine and Retail products. The sports medicine product line includes strong, flexible taping solutions that offer all day support and performance.

Headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Milliken & Company is a global, innovative, industrial diversified manufacturing company that has been exploring, discovering, and creating ways to enhance people's lives since 1865. With expertise across a breadth of disciplines including specialty chemical, floor covering, and performance materials, the company works around the world every day to add true value to people's lives, improve health and safety, and help make our world more sustainable. Milliken has long led the way for "knowledge-based" investment, employing over 100 PhDs, and has accumulated over 2,200 U.S. patents - and more than 5,000 patents worldwide. Milliken is widely acknowledged as an international leader in research technology, innovation, and customer service. With over 35 manufacturing facilities located in the U.S., U.K., Belgium, France, China, India, Mexico, and Australia, and other sales and service operations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, Milliken's more than 7,000 associates work to deliver innovations that do good for the world, create new experiences, and build for the future.

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The ProductionManager, Salisbury, will oversee one of our night shift manufacturing operations, providing clear and decisive leadership in the areas of safety, productivity, housekeeping, cost effectiveness and continuous improvement within our Salisbury operation. The Production Manager, in conjunction with the VP of Manufacturing Operations, will act as a critical influencer over the achievement of plant goals and divisional objectives for the Salisbury facility as a whole. The individual in this role will partner with production supervisors and other managers at the Salisbury and Portsmouth sites to ensure that the plant is consistently achieving or exceeding target thru a culture that rewards high performance, accountability, growth & development, continuous improvement, and safe practices.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, motivate, and engage team members and peers to achieve operational objectives and goals thru the strong influence of a data and metric driven culture.


• Communicate with and influence other leaders across the organization relative to plant practices and positive performance management with and environment that fosters fact based, open feedback.


• Establish, implement, and monitor key performance indicators to drive a culture of high performance based on the SQDC model.


• Create a culture committed to and excelling at achieving the high standards of housekeeping, safety, quality, and regulatory compliance as expected within the broader Milliken organization


• Evaluate operational performance of the team to facilitate performance management, merit, promotions, development opportunities, and job transfers.


• Support continuous improvement in all areas, including but not limited to: quality, productivity, cost, and delivery through both direction and the empowerment of staff in decision making


• Work with all departments to allocate operational, material and staffing resources effectively while producing optimal results.


• Work collaboratively with R&D, Process Improvement, Quality and Regulatory groups to facilitate problem-solving and corrective actions for production related issues.


• Act as a positive team collaborator and leader within the operations management group

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, business management, supply chain management, production management, or related field.


• 8+ years of manufacturing experience and 5+ years of proven leadership experience.


• Experience using ERP/MRP systems required, SAP experience preferred.


• Spanish/English bilingual strongly preferred


• Experience with a structured manufacturing performance system, such as TPS, LEAN and/or Six Sigma.


• Proven skills in leading, motivating, and developing a high performing team.


• Strong influencing, problem solving, and analytical skills


• Evidence of self-initiative, personal accountability, and follow through.


• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with agility to juggle competing tasks and demands while managing priorities.


• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders


• Consistent demonstration of sound judgment and professionalism


• Willingness to embrace and embody the core values of Milliken

How you will stand out from the crowd:

• People leadership skills, with a proven track record of motivating and influencing teams towards success


• Ability to educate, align and motivate various stakeholder groups towards common goals, thru the use of clear expectations and metrics


• Demonstrated understanding of how to leverage process flow and supply chain functions to meet customer needs.


• Spanish speaking preferred

Milliken & Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.