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We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.\nOur culture encourages a \"roll up your sleeves and get the job done\" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.\nProduction Manager\nPurpose of the Role\nWe are seeking an experienced and technically strong Production Manager to lead manufacturing operations across our 3-shift production environment. This role will provide leadership to production supervisors and departmental managers while overseeing a workforce of 100+ employees.\nThe ideal candidate will bring a strong combination of technical project leadership, manufacturing expertise, and operational leadership capability. This individual will be expected to lead complex industrial and capital projects while developing toward broader ownership of plant operations.\nThe Production Manager will be responsible for driving performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and employee engagement while also leading significant technical initiatives involving manufacturing equipment, automation, process optimization, capacity, plant layout, and industrial transformation.\nThis role is intended for a leader who can successfully operate at the intersection of engineering and operations, develop a high-performing manufacturing organization, and contribute to the long-term industrial strategy of the site.\nDuties and Responsibilities\nLead day-to-day manufacturing operations across a 3-shift environment, providing direction and leadership to production supervisors, departmental managers, and a workforce of 100+ employees.\nEstablish clear performance expectations and develop, coach, and hold 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Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, HSE, and other stakeholders.\nOwn or contribute to capital project business cases and actively monitor CAPEX and OPEX spending, project milestones, risks, and expected operational returns.\nAnalyze manufacturing performance data, equipment utilization, production constraints, OEE, scrap, downtime, and process capability to identify improvement opportunities and develop sustainable corrective actions.\nLead structured root-cause analysis and problem-solving efforts related to significant production, equipment, quality, safety, delivery, and efficiency issues.\nUtilize Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, 5S, and other continuous improvement methodologies to eliminate waste, improve equipment reliability, increase capacity, and optimize manufacturing processes.\nEvaluate plant layouts, equipment placement, material movement, production flow, and capacity requirements to improve efficiency and support future manufacturing needs.\nProvide technical and operational leadership for the evaluation, implementation, and optimization of automated technologies, robotics, manufacturing equipment, tooling, and data-driven production systems.\nPartner closely with Engineering and Maintenance to troubleshoot complex manufacturing and equipment issues and identify long-term technical solutions.\nEnsure new and modified manufacturing equipment and processes meet applicable machine safety, regulatory, environmental, and company requirements.\nParticipate in and, where appropriate, oversee Management of Change, Pre-Startup Safety Review, equipment qualification, and other applicable safety and change-control processes.\nEnsure business continuity during major production changes, equipment installations, transfers, or capacity projects through effective transition planning, inventory planning, training, and knowledge transfer.\nOwn the production budget and actively monitor and manage variances related to labor, materials, overhead, and other manufacturing costs.\nIdentify and implement cost-reduction and productivity initiatives without compromising safety, quality, product integrity, or customer service.\nEffectively allocate labor, equipment, and other resources to optimize production capacity and meet business requirements.\nFoster a culture of safety, accountability, collaboration, technical problem-solving, and continuous improvement throughout the manufacturing organization.\nEnsure products consistently meet or exceed established quality standards and customer expectations.\nMaintain compliance with applicable health, safety, quality, regulatory, environmental, and company requirements.\nPartner cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Finance, Purchasing, HSE, and other teams to achieve plant and business objectives.\nPromote strong employee relations and effective leadership practices within a unionized manufacturing environment.\nPrepare, analyze, and present manufacturing performance, project status, operational results, improvement initiatives, capital requirements, and business needs to senior management.\nSupport the development and execution of the site's broader manufacturing and industrial strategy.\nStay current on manufacturing technologies, automation, industrial best practices, and continuous improvement concepts that may enhance plant performance.\nQualifications\n7+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing, engineering, industrial project management, operations, or a related technical environment, ideally within high-volume manufacturing.\nSignificant experience leading complex technical or industrial projects from concept through implementation and production stabilization.\nDemonstrated experience managing capital projects involving manufacturing equipment, automation, tooling, process changes, capacity expansion, line transfers, plant layout changes, and/or other significant industrial initiatives.\nStrong project management capability, including project scoping, budgeting, CAPEX management, scheduling, risk management, supplier coordination, commissioning, and project governance.\nStrong technical understanding of manufacturing processes, equipment, automation, tooling, mechanical systems, and production technologies.\nExperience analyzing and improving manufacturing performance using metrics such as OEE, scrap, downtime, throughput, labor efficiency, quality, delivery, and cost.\nDemonstrated experience applying Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, 5S, structured problem solving, and/or related continuous improvement methodologies.\nExperience evaluating plant layouts, production flows, equipment utilization, and capacity requirements.\nEquipment Compliance: Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing equipment safety standards and Management of Change procedures.\nExperience with Management of Change, Process Safety Management, Pre-Startup Safety Review, Risk Management Planning, or comparable industrial safety systems preferred.\nDemonstrated leadership capability with the ability to influence and engage production, engineering, maintenance, quality, and other cross-functional teams.\nExperience directly leading supervisors, technical teams, production teams, or manufacturing organizations preferred.\nDemonstrated ability to transition between technical project leadership and broader operational decision-making.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, communication, and decision-making skills.\nStrong shop-floor presence with a practical, hands-on approach to manufacturing leadership.\nExperience working in a unionized manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Industrial Technology, Operations Management, or a related technical discipline preferred; equivalent combination of education and significant technical manufacturing experience will be considered.\nMaster’s degree in engineering or a related technical field is a plus but not required.\nFormal Lean, Six Sigma, or Project Management certification preferred.\nAbility and willingness to travel domestically and internationally as business needs require.\nDesired Candidate Profile\nSuccessful candidates may come from a variety of manufacturing backgrounds, including Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering Management, Technical Project Management, Industrialization, or Continuous Improvement.\nThe strongest candidate will combine deep technical and project-management capability with the leadership presence, business acumen, and people-management potential required to assume broader responsibility for manufacturing operations and future site leadership.\nBIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.\nBIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. 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