Production Manager – Day Shift

The Coca-Cola Company. Our vision is loved brands, done sustainably, for a better shared future. It’s an exciting time to work in The Coca-Cola Company’s flagship market. We’re accelerating our momentum as the fastest-growing large consumer goods company in North America by putting people at the heart of our business and everything we do!

As our Production Manager, you'll be tasked to lead and manage manufacturing of products that meet quality standards and customer demand while overseeing the work efforts of our valued, frontline associates to manufacture products efficiently and safely.

HOURS/SHIFT: Monday – Friday  7:00am – 4:00pm Flex

Position-Related Functions and Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for area-specific production process management and improvement activities including identification and communication of opportunity areas, meeting daily production goals, and identification and execution of planned improvements.
• Understands schedules, products, materials, product quality requirements, to manage lines performance and KPIs within labor and operating expenses budget.
• Leads team of 15 to 30 hourly associates with varying levels of experience and education; develops and coaches individuals and the team to solve operational issues; motivates the team to achieve performance goals.
• Participates in the production and people scheduling process and makes adjustments as needed.
• Administers company policies, practices, and adherence to standard operating procedures, which includes enforcing and maintaining safety, food safety and environmental policies and procedures.
• Organizes and facilitates team meetings to educate and promote continuous improvement.
• Maintains and updates processes documentation through the company systems.
• Organizes and facilitates work team meetings, initiates, and implements projects, and improves team communication and engagement.
• Collaborates with maintenance department to improve equipment reliability.
• Ownership of communication within production area and across functions.
• Involves and engages employees through regular team meetings, process improvement discussions, follow-up on suggestions, and regular communication.
• Responsible for effective formal and informal employee coaching, performance management and development.
• Accountable for housekeeping, sanitation, and food safety practices.
• Manages resources effectively to ensure maximum up time, quality and maximum productivity.
• Responsible for Safety Incident documentation and investigation and accountable for reducing safety risks in area through proactively identifying risks (behavior and facility issues) and ensuring quick resolution.
• Responsible for following food safety/regulatory policies and procedures, executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures, and reporting food safety/regulatory concerns to the Production or Quality Manager.

Qualification and Additional Requirements

• High School diploma required.  Bachelor's degree in an operations, engineering, business, management or related area of study a plus.
• Must possess at least 3 years of managerial experience including hiring, employee development, training, performance coaching, and day-to-day supervision of multiple lines in a production environment.
• Strong analytical and data analysis skills
• Experience with lean manufacturing or similar continuous process improvement training is preferred.
• Strong orientation for continuous improvement
• Knowledge of food packaging principles, food industry quality and food safety requirements, ingredient performance and interactions with equipment, sanitation procedures, statistical process control, critical control points, and new product scale-up dynamics
• Demonstration of strong management and leadership abilities in motivating diverse manufacturing team
• Ability & experience in influencing and leading change management
• Project management skills are needed
• Strong computer base knowledge, preferably Excel required
• Must possess a demonstrated ability to work in a results-oriented and challenging environment
• Must possess effective facilitation, presentation, and team building skills
• Experience with Power BI, Power Automate & Power Apps preferred

What We Can Do For You

• Experience: Join a global organization with the limitless opportunity to learn and grow. 
• Benefits: Full benefits package that starts on day one of employment. 

• Learning & Development: The ability to work with a world class manufacturing team in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.

Standard Operating Procedure (SOP); Continual Improvement Process; Lean Manufacturing; Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP); Production Management; ISO 90001; Six Sigma; Ammonia Refrigeration; Microsoft Office; Food Safety and Sanitation; Quality Control (QC); Change Management; 5s (Inactive); PLC Logic; Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP); Production Processes