Production Manager

Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert™ for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 11,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.

 Location: Gainesville - Gainesville, GA, United States (US)
Employment Status: Salary Full-Time
Function: Manufacturing
Pay Range:  ($72,325.00 - $108,487.00)
Target Bonus: %
Req ID: 25182 

Summary of the Position

This position supervises and coordinates the activities of employees engaged in production and non-production activities in the manufacturing areas.  Responsible for meeting productivity and quality standards, training and cross-training employees, conducting employee discipline as needed, planning work and material flow, maximizing output and efficiency, and managing orders for assigned employees.  Develops a culture of Operational Excellence and embraces operational excellence principles.

Key Deliverables 

• Accurate, timely updates and approval in the time keeping system
• Completed communication boards and visual metric boards
• Accurate information and instructions communicated to assigned employees 
• Quality products manufactured on time to meet customer orders
• Create and organize daily work schedules for each employee
• Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing processes
• Embrace and establish Operational Excellence principles in everyday work

• DART, TRC
• Daily Effectivity, Efficiency and Utilization
• Correct daily production
• Production schedule indicating the scheduled pieces that will be completed
• First Pass Yield
• Scrap
• Rework
• OEE with reasons and countermeasures
• Scheduling product flow accurately to meet customer needs
• Kanban systems maintained
• Safety audit score
• 6S audit score
• ISO Audits conducted with acceptable score
• Corrective Action Request (CAR) on-time completion

Key Responsibilities/Essential Functions

• Monitors safety in assigned areas and ensures that a disciplined culture exists that drives the expectations of zero lost time or recordable accidents.  Reports events as close to actual occurrence as possible and no later than 24 hours after occurrence
• Monitors the quality of the products being produced in assigned areas. Works closely with plant quality representatives to address specific events or trends that negatively impact the quality of work being performed.
• Remains actively engaged in the 6S program and leads by example. Responsible for the condition of assigned areas and for developing the areas to meet company goals as defined. Explains 6S action items posted on the 6S boards and the relationship of those items with regard to company goals

Work Performance Coordination – 50%

• Creates and organizes daily routine for each employee.
• Participates in and develops weekly work schedule in advance with regard to employees’ PTO and training. Manages staffing to meet company goals for safety, quality, customer service and financial performance.
• Develops an improvement plan for areas of responsibility that documents specific improvement activities and timeline for initiatives.  Ensures this plan is available for review by plant leadership at any time
• Assigns production to each employee with specific requirements. 
• Demonstrates leadership and answers questions regarding orders.

• Schedules and supervises work load for responsible areas.
• Checks labor tickets daily for accuracy and reviews results.
• Checks on material status for order completion.

Employee Supervision – 25%

• Evaluates performance of assigned personnel as scheduled.

• Conducts employee meetings to communicate performance ratings, expectations, goals, recommended improvements, and provides praise for accomplishments.
• Maintains and displays a training matrix for areas of responsibility with goals and targets defined to increase cross training throughout the plant.
• Controls and monitors employees’ work time and addresses deviations from policy within the current work week or as policy requires.
• Provides written performance feedback twice per year to employees using the standard documents provided by the company. Ensures feedback is meaningful and designed to develop employees with regard to safety, quality, financial performance, etc.
• Documents and addresses performance issues in a timely manner. Ensures that performance issues are not allowed to impede the performance of the work group any longer than is reasonably necessary to allow for corrective actions to take place
• Coaches employees as needed regarding work performance issues. 

• Completes Employee Corrective Action Reports as needed and conducts employee meetings in accordance with policy.
• Recommends promotions and other personnel actions using tools and resources provided. 

• Reviews and interviews applicants and recommends placement.

Productivity – 15%

• Maintains Operations Day by Hour, 6S, Metrics and Communication boards  showing the correct information

• Understands exceptions to operations misses and develops countermeasures to address the event with the goal being that the issue can be eliminated from happening again. Counter measures are either in the form of continuous development projects or placed onto the Daily Accountability board for short term resolution for all operations areas.
• Manages trainee time and how that time is charged to the company so that the financial goals of the company are met
• Performs or coordinates maintenance and material handling tasks as required.

Communicating and reporting – 10%

• Writes S-2-6 Shop Order Receipts to transfer finished product to another department or location.

• Reviews PPRs when received and assigned, and submits Corrective Action Forms when necessary.
• Responsible for ensuring quality parts are being made to the standard and reporting any discrepancies  to the quality team and/or plant leadership.
• Engages employees with respect and creates an environment of culture change that drives the performance of the workforce to meet the company goals
• Submits a training plan for personal development that addresses gaps in the ability to perform the functions required.  If no training plan is documented then it is assumed that no gaps exist.

Education and/or Experience     

• Required – Associates or Bachelor’s Degree in a technical or business field.
• Three (3) years of proven supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Preferred – Utilization of six sigma and lean manufacturing.  Experience with SAP, Excel, Powerpoint 

Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.