Production Manager - Night Shift

Elite Comfort Solutions, a Leggett & Platt Company, is comprised of hardworking individuals dedicated to delivering innovative, high-quality foam products for the bedding and furniture markets and beyond.  With locations around the globe, we offer a world of opportunities in areas such as business, information technology, and manufacturing.

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Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

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Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

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Job Summary:  The Production Manager to oversee all production operations.  Reporting directly to the Plant, or Operations Manager, this position supervises and coordinates the activities of production, operation and supervisory workers.  The candidate will be responsible for ensuring daily that all employees have the necessary tools to perform their job.  Responsibilities include confirming all departments are communicating effectively about orders, monitoring work flow daily, coordinating any variations from the production schedules, and handling all financial aspects for facility.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Education & Experience: Must be at least 18 years of age to perform this job. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Handle all financial elements for the plant, including labor, material and overhead
• Prepare and deliver an accurate yearly budget
• Oversee all personnel actions and ensure they are handled in accordance to policy
• Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staffing levels, to ensure that activities are performed effectively, and to respond to fluctuating workloads
• Manages other supervisors on daily schedule, workflow, personnel issues
• Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems
• Review work throughout the work process and at completion, in order to ensure that it has been performed properly
• Confirm specifications of materials loaded or unloaded are consistent with work orders
• Maintain information of items loaded, and problems encountered
• Evaluate employee performance, and prepare performance appraisals
• Prepare and maintain work records and reports
• Fills in for any area, employee, department as needed
• Ensure all equipment, tools, PPE are all in proper place & in safe condition
• Check quality of material coming into departments and monitor the status of various orders
• Show operators how styles are to be fabricated and assist in the training of new employees in those operations
• Expedite necessary orders through the plant
• Assist in making sure all raw materials are ordered as needed
• Relay any necessary information to plant personnel and assist supervisors in communication with support staffs
• Must use discretion and independent judgment in decision making.
• Other duties as assigned by the operations/plant manager

Education:

• High School diploma or equivalent; Or, six years of related work experience and an Associate’s degree

Experience:

• Ten years of related work experience, preferably six of them in manufacturing
• Experience with Foam Fabrication preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Possess knowledge of manufacturing accounting procedures
• Possess strong knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Ability to apply knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, to necessary operations
• Aware of the principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. Including meeting quality standards and evaluating customer satisfaction
• Some general knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
• Ability to adhere to company policies and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation
• Ability to extract and compile a range of data from written sources, individuals, or multiple work orders
• Capable of understanding complicated written instructions, memoranda, orders
• Regular, skilled use of word processors and programs and able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Knowledge of production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the ability to find errors and correct them
• Ability to effectively present information and answer questions from managers, customers, sales force, etc.
• Ability to solve practical problems and apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.

• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; maintains a clean and organized work environment.
• Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.
• Safety - Observes all safety procedures and policies; Reports potentially unsafe conditions to supervisor; Uses equipment and materials properly.
• Good attention to detail.
• Able to work accurately from verbal and written instructions.

This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continual basis. It does not exclude other duties that may be assigned.

Shift:

• Night Shift Mon - Thurs Starting at 6:00pm Working 10-12 Hours 

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