Production Manager

As a Production Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Direct Production Oversight & Floor Control: Maintain a permanent physical presence on the production floor at the supplier’s sub-tier facility in Conklin, NY, to monitor processes, ensuring the production line adheres to agreed-upon operational and quality standards (e.g., 5S principles). Actively support the supplier and sub-tier Project Managers to enforce schedule adherence and immediately address deviations.
• Schedule & Resource Management: Validate timelines to account for realistic yield, machine downtime, and material availability to prevent schedule slippage. Flag workforce conflicts that may impact progress on all agreed activities, including production.
• Production Line Capacity & Continuous Improvement: Ensure the production schedule is up to date with the latest run-at-rate data and that action plans for capacity expansion and continuous improvement are followed up.
• Supplier PM Support & Cross-Functional Coordination: Drive critical internal coordination and bridge communication gaps between teams to correct alignment failures.
• Transparent Reporting: Create and maintain weekly operational dashboards to report performance metrics, deviations, and remediation status directly to management.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years in Production Management or Manufacturing Operations within high-volume or regulated manufacturing environments.
• Strong familiarity with electronic subassemblies, shop-floor management, and data automation. BSc/MSc in Engineering. Experience within the aerospace sector is a plus.
• Skills: Proven expertise in Lean Manufacturing and Project Management.
• Soft Skills: Strong assertiveness and stakeholder management skills; ability to comfortably navigate and drive accountability within a third-party supplier's facility. Excellent communication skills are key.
• Availability: Ability to work 100% full-time on-site at the supplier's facility immediately.

Salary Range: $120k - $150k