Production Manager

Job Purpose:

Lead and manage production operations for established manufacturing lines and new projects, ensuring safety, compliant, and efficient execution to meet customer demand, quality requirements, and cost targets. 

The role is accountable for the performance and development of Production Supervisors, Industrial Engineering, and Training, ensuring operational readiness and capability (people, process, and resources) to support ramp-ups, stabilize manufacturing performance, and drive continuous improvement aligned with plant and business objectives.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead production operations for established and new production lines, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient execution according to operational plans and customer demand. 
• Control manufacturing financial performance, ensuring proper management of labor efficiency, manufacturing variances, absorption, indirect material consumption, and headcount according to approved budget. 
• Lead and develop Production Supervisors, ensuring accountability, workforce stability, and high performance aligned with operational objectives. 
• Oversee Industrial Engineering activities including capacity planning, line balancing, productivity improvements, and cost optimization initiatives to support demand and margin objectives. 
• Ensure training strategy and workforce capability development through onboarding, certification, cross-training, and ramp-up readiness planning. 
• Lead ramp-up of new production lines and product transfers, ensuring operational readiness (people, equipment, materials, and processes) and stable performance after launch. 
• Serve as the primary production interface with customers and core teams, ensuring compliance with delivery commitments, responsiveness to capacity and flexibility requests, and structured problem-solving for critical line issues. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with a major in Engineering, finance, business administration. 
• Minimum 7 years of experience in manufacturing companies.   
• Minimum 3–5 years in leadership roles supervising production teams. 
• Experience managing production budgets, manufacturing variances, indirect material spending, and headcount planning. 
• Experience leading ramp-ups and product transfers. 
• Experience leading cross-functional core teams. 
• Proven experience supervising Engineering Level Professionals. 
• Leading opportunities for continuous improvement and cost reduction. 

Skills & Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, production systems, and medical device regulations.
• Deep understanding of OEE, efficiency, scrap control, manufacturing variances and absorption. 
• Strong financial acumen in manufacturing cost structure, labor efficiency, and operational performance analysis. 
• Advanced knowledge of capacity planning, line balancing, and productivity improvement methodologies. 
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement tools.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (SAP or similar). 
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills. 
• Excellent bilingual (English/Spanish) verbal and written communication skills. 
• Strong leadership, coaching, and team development capabilities. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree (MS).
• Experience in medical device manufacturing. 
• Experience leading Industrial Engineering. 
• Experience leading Training functions. 
• Experience interacting directly with customers in operational or performance reviews.
• Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt).