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Production Manager

CA - Los Angeles

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Opportunity Snapshot

Drive production efficiencies as you take a hands-on leadership approach to ensuring that production personnel continue to deliver quality work on time at the world's largest manufacturer of plastic pipe.

JM Eagle is poised for even bigger growth with a diverse, recession-resilient product portfolio. JM Eagle was recently formed through the merger of JM Manufacturing and PW Eagle, and this union represents the "best of the best" of two industry leaders and we're uniquely positioned to offer our customers the greatest breadth of product, the broadest geographic reach, the most cost effective production operations, the highest capacity, and the most comprehensive field sales support team in the industry.

As Production Manager, your mission is to take ownership of our day-to-day production function while using Lean manufacturing/continuous improvement principles to ensure production and quality standards are incorporated into project plans, schedules and budgets. You will be positioned as the Director of Operation's right-hand person as you help oversee 22 plants nationwide and introduce your ideas for innovation and improvement into our systems and processes to enhance our performance indicators including conversion cost, output rate, scrap rate, safety, & quality.

To be a good fit for this position, you'll bring a progressive track record of success and galvanize the team to meet or exceed our production targets; far from adopting a heavy-handed approach, you'll showcase the utmost tact and diplomacy in all your interactions and gently guide the team to achieve their own best potential. You will also be comfortable and experienced in working with employees from the floor to the CEO.

What Else You'll Bring to the Table

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education & experience.
7-10 years of related production experience with at least three 3 years in plastic pipe or extruding process manufacturing environment.
Experience working with upper management and day to day interaction.
Knowledge of THM, 5S and Lean/Six Sigma quality systems.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence change.
Impeccable communication skills to interface with diverse stakeholders.
Proven ability to integrate customer needs and functional unit objectives to achieve business unit objectives.
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
Computer proficiency in a Microsoft Office environment; familiarity with AS-400 systems is a plus.

What's in It for You

You'll find that our best-in-class environment is replete with a variety of rewards including:

Ability to make an impact -- you'll play an important role in optimizing our environment, improving our bottom line, and developing our personnel as you push our production operations to the next level.
Broad visibility -- with a footprint of 22 manufacturing plants throughout the country, you'll regularly interact with the Plant Managers as you share resources and best practices.
Career development -- we're expanding our product line and as you help us grow and produce quality products, you'll pave the way for your own career growth and be ideally positioned to pursue a variety of career paths within our dynamic organization.
Empowerment -- as long as you are achieving your goals, we'll entrust you with the freedom and flexibility to drive your own processes and achieve success; you'll have plenty of support when you need it and "elbow room" when you don't.
Great environment -- our culture combines the best of American and Taiwanese business practices where we value the stability of structure and encourage a methodical approach to measured change and incremental improvements.
Community Responsibility & Outreach -- we're committed to our core value of delivering life's essentials through the most eco-friendly plastic pipe products on the market. Our President is extremely passionate about improving the quality of drinking water and we recently launched a partnership with H2O Africa to address the water crisis in Senegal and continue to remain active in Hurricane relief efforts and other humanitarian activities in the US and around the world.
Excellent compensation -- in addition to a competitive salary and performance incentives, we offer a rich benefits package that includes medical, hospitalization, prescription, pension, and a 401(k) matching savings plan that's paid for in full by the company. Tuition reimbursement for professional growth is offered and encouraged.

More About Your Role

Reporting directly to the Director of Operations, you'll provide leadership to about 3-4 plant personnel and when you are not traveling to the plants, you will be located at our headquarters in Los Angeles (we have purchased a 10-story building near LAX, close to the 405 & 105 to make commuting a cinch). We're building 3 new plants and you'll not only help oversee the 5 plants in California but you'll also travel regularly (around 40%) to visit nationwide plants and drive production best practices.

At a high level, you'll spend about 80% of your time managing day-to-day production issues; and the remaining 20% driving process improvements. Your specific responsibilities are to:

Perform the Production Management System.
Assist in production activities and establish production priorities.
Assist Director in establishing TQM methods and concepts.
Initiate and update projects by coordinating with Plants and HQ.
Initiate reporting systems to monitor performance.
Assist plants in continuous improvement to achieve goals in productivity improvements.
Visit Plants to verify the production reporting system.
Coordinate, evaluate and follow up the daily production abnormalities with plants.
Perform the auditing of inventory & THM at Plant sites.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Keys to Success

To excel in this role you will require strong technical savvy, grounded knowledge of our products and processes, and a keen eye for identifying areas of improvement. You'll also truly enjoy getting out on the floor and being involved in the day-to-day production. In addition, in order to be an outstanding Production Manager, you will:

Develop effective, collaborative relationships with people throughout our organization so that there is never any hesitation about bringing forward production/quality issues.
Be comfortable discussing practical issues with technicians, technical issues with engineers, and business issues with management.
Make decisions based on facts and data utilizing data-driven decision-making/problem solving tools.
Model, for your people, a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
Showcase flexibility and a "whatever it takes" attitude to get the job done right.

If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity, we want to hear from you!

Who We Are

With 22 manufacturing plants throughout North America and a workforce of over 2,300 employees, JM Eagle manufactures the widest array of high grade, high performance polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe in the industry across a wide variety of industries and applications. The company's commitment to leadership extends beyond cost, quality and delivery and includes a commitment to advanced technology and innovation in each of its core markets: water and sewage, plumbing, irrigation, electrical conduit, and gas distribution.

We are developing the plastic pipe market by offering superior products, unparalleled quality, and ensuring that our business makes a positive contribution to the environment, the communities it serves, our customers, and employees. For more information, please visit www.JMEagle.com.