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Production Area Manager

  • Localização
    • Marion, Indiana
  • Tipo de trabalho Full time
  • Postou
  • Job Requisition JR-202622896

Descrição

The Production Area Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for an assigned manufacturing area. This role is accountable for safe, stable, and efficient production while developing people, strengthening cross-functional partnerships, and delivering performance across Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost, and Environment objectives.


Key Responsibilities

  • Lead production operations across assigned shifts and ensure consistent execution of standardized work.
  • Establish clear expectations for safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement.
  • Develop and execute the area Business Plan Deployment, scorecard, and gap-closure actions.
  • Review performance metrics, identify constraints, and drive timely corrective actions.
  • Partner with Production Shift Leaders, Group Leaders, Maintenance, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, GSC, HR, and UAW representatives.
  • Lead daily accountability, layered audits, problem solving, and continuous-improvement activities.
  • Ensure compliance with GM standards, GMS processes, safety requirements, quality systems, and internal controls.
  • Promote a strong safety culture through hazard identification, incident follow-up, corrective action, and visible leadership on the plant floor.
  • Drive quality at the source through process discipline, defect prevention, containment, and effective escalation.
  • Ensure production plans, staffing, equipment, materials, and processes are aligned to customer requirements.
  • Support launches, model changes, process changes, capacity changes, and other business priorities.
  • Develop, coach, and recognize salaried and represented employees.
  • Build trust across shifts and maintain effective communication during handoffs and organizational changes.
  • Support labor-relations activities and consistent administration of applicable agreements and policies.
  • Manage area resources and support productivity, scrap reduction, overtime, and cost-improvement initiatives.
  • Represent the production area in plant meetings, improvement workshops, audits, and cross-functional reviews.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, production, operations, or a related environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a fast-paced manufacturing operation.
  • Experience with performance management, structured problem solving, and continuous improvement.
  • Strong communication, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with represented employees and cross-functional partners.
  • Ability to work flexible hours and provide coverage across operating shifts as required.
  • Proficiency with standard business and production-management systems.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering, business, operations, or a related field.
  • Experience with GM systems, GMS, Business Plan Deployment, layered audits, and scorecards.
  • Experience leading production, maintenance, quality, or manufacturing engineering teams.
  • Experience supporting vehicle or component launches, process changes, or capacity expansions.
  • Experience in stamping, assembly, components, powertrain, or other high-volume manufacturing operations

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