Assist the Director of Production in supplying, monitoring and execution of the Production Department budgets, including reconciling and reporting labor analysis with actual payroll bi-weekly with the VP of Operations, and attending periodic budget reviews as required by seasonal needs.

Insure that all production employees are in compliance with company rules and regulations, and responsible for taking corrective action when necessary.

Periodically review employee performance as per job descriptions (written).

Help with the development, training and oversight of line balancing processes at the direct and indirect report levels.

Help with development of training programs, implementation and on-going development of the direct staff and production teams.

Overall monitoring and recommendations for approval to upper management of production staffing levels based on seasonal needs and the organizational charts for seasonal start up and keeping personnel levels prescribed levels as season progresses.

Lead planning and execution of staffing decisions for the Production processes daily for maximum efficiency of each shift requirements for production runs based on Line balancing decisions.

Supervision of all direct reports of the production teams throughout all of the production processes.Coordinate / monitor necessary interaction between maintenance departments and production on machine level maintenance and improvements as necessary. This includes recommending any supplies needed for seasonal start-up and ongoing business after the start up process. Diagnose any potential areas within Production departments needing improvement and identify and implement process improvements to increase productivity.Analyze with direct reports and report daily productivity per labor standards with the outcome of determining direct labor utilization costs per item and work order on production performance at the SKU/ Line / Shift levels rolled up to upper management daily.Ensure that direct reports are managing personnel excesses timely and report daily to Director of Production through spreadsheet processes any variances or loan out of personnel to various organizations. Lead, participate, analyze with direct reports Line Balancing processes вЂ“ based on established standards with the correct number of personnel to run a production line by product type.Drive direct reports systematically to complete by yearend on all Houdini / WCGB products. Work closely with the Director of Production on development, implementation and analysis of labor standards and time studies of all production processes.Participate in pre-planning tasks and monitor support activities (label production, kit readiness activity, etc.) required to maintain constant work flow in the production environment.Must meet daily, monthly, yearly schedules per the MRP / Spreadsheets / PO requirements.Direct, execute daily and seasonal production workflow with emphasis on efficiency of work order planning at the line levels.Responsible for all aspects of managing the Production Department, with a daily focus on: Production processes with a emphasis on QCD (Quality, Cost, Delivery), Daily supervision of all direct and indirect personnel in the production processes, Development and building of effective production work teams, Managing and reporting of Attendance / Direct Labor Utilization / Cost Variances on a daily processing level, compliance with all Corporate Safety, Quality and Social Distancing assurance guidelines, assist with development, implementation and evaluation of departmental goals and objectives associated with direct reports and work teams.

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