Production Manager

Kaizen HR Solutions, LLC

Production Manager

Lunenburg, MA +1 location
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Lead Production in a Process-Driven, High-Impact Environment

    We’re hiring a hands-on Production Manager to lead frontline manufacturing operations. If you're experienced in extrusion, blending, or other continuous processing environments—such as plastics, compounding, food or chemical production—you'll feel right at home. You’ll guide a team of up to 40 operators to deliver high-quality product, on time, and always with safety and continuous improvement in mind.

    What You’ll Do

    Drive Operational Excellence

    • Ensure our compounded plastics meet quality specs and ship on schedule

    • Monitor metrics across throughput, scrap, and uptime — and make informed improvements

    • Implement and enforce standard work, 5S, and lean tools like SMED to reduce changeovers

    Lead & Develop Teams

    • Lead, coach, and support hourly operators

    • Promote a safe, clean work environment and reinforce safety protocols

    • Plan and support cross-training and job rotation for workforce flexibility

    • Address workplace concerns such as absenteeism, performance, or morale

    Continuous Improvement Mindset

    • Solve production issues using data and root-cause analysis

    • Collaborate across departments (scheduling, maintenance, quality, etc.)

    • Drive a customer-focused culture that embraces improvement and innovation

    What You Bring

    • Bachelor’s degree

    •  10+ years of experience in manufacturing; plastics, compounding, or extrusion strongly preferred. Experience in similar continuous processing industries (food, chemical, etc.) will be considered

    • Demonstrated ability to lead teams and implement change on the floor

    • Working knowledge of lean manufacturing or continuous improvement tools

      EOE 

  • Locations
    Mchenry, IL • Lunenburg, MA