Sims-Lohman is rapidly growing, mid-sized company serving the building products industry, and we are expanding our presence in Central Ohio. We are searching for a Production Manager with a strong drive to meet safety, people, production, and financial goals by building a team with an excellent passion for the customer. The Production Manager provides overall leadership and management to the distribution, fabrication or installation function, ensuring a location's objectives are met for safety, service, quality, and cost.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable team members with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Drive the safe operation of the fabricating operation within a location. Provide day-to-day overall leadership and management to the team members. Create the daily job schedule. Assign team members daily work schedules and assign jobs. Monitor the completion of the daily schedule and support creation of reports to track completed jobs. Provides technical expertise to direct reports on safe installation methods and techniques, as well as craftsman advice. Communicate with customers and their clientele as needed to resolve problems. May travel to job-sites. Hires, trains, develops and evaluates staff. Takes corrective action as necessary on a timely basis and in accordance with Company policy. Ensures compliance with current federal, state and local regulations. Consults with Human Resources as appropriate. Identifies, recommends and implements changes to improve productivity and reduce cost and scrap, monitor scrap and rework data. Manages activities to attain production standards. Directs and coordinates various programs essential to operations procedures (e.g. training, safety, housekeeping, cost reduction, worker involvement, security, etc.) Partner with the Sales team to ensure outstanding customer service, meeting installation goals. Partner cross-functional team (sales and administration) to ensure success. Perform miscellaneous duties and projects as assigned and required. Support attainment of department and company-wide goals

Required Competencies:

Excellent leadership and decision-making skills Proven ability to drive and attain results Strong people management and accountability skills Excellent performance management skills Excellent problem solving/analysis skills Excellent conflict management skills Ability to gain personal credibility with team members Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to give clear directions and instructions Excellent sense of customer service and ability to maintain/improve customer relationships Good stress management/composure skills Strong organizational skills Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel in particular, and manufacturing systems

Required Education and Experience:

Secondary education in business or construction management preferred. 5+ years of experience in manufacturing management, preferably in a process-oriented operation and/or related industry. Building material industry and/or manufacturing experience. Experience with granite and quartz countertop manufacturing a plus. Knowledge of modern production scheduling, lean manufacturing, and safe workplace requirements strongly preferred We offer a competitive salary with a full benefits package that includes health, vision, and dental insurance, retirement plan, and bonus program Apply for this Position Go back to the job list