Assistant Production Manager - UniFirst
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Assistant Production Manager

Our Managers Are Kind of a Big Deal!Are you an enthusiastic and hardworking team-player? If so, UniFirst would love to speak with you about our Assistant Production Manager role! As an Assistant Production Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring your location's success through training your Team Partners, ensuring maintenance and housekeeping of the facility, and by developing improved processes to ensure efficiency. At UniFirst we have a 5-day work week, enjoy Saturday and Sunday off!! We have an immediate opening and provide on the job training.

Salary & Benefits:

Competitive Salary + 401K with Company Match, Profit Sharing, Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Direct Payroll Deposit, Tuition Reimbursement, 30% Employee Discount, Employee Referral Bonuses.

What's in it for you? Training: Our Team Partners receive ongoing cross-training, exposing them to different areas of production. Cross training enhances their performance and assists them with their career potential and advancement.

Work Life Balance: We offer a 40-hour work week. Enjoy weekends off!

Career Growth: Some companies like to promote from within, we love to! Many of our managers started at UniFirst working on the production floor!

Culture:Our family culture is what makes UniFirst an organization that stands out from the rest.

Diversity:At UniFirst, you'll find an environment packed with different cultures, personalities, and backgrounds. We believe our diversity makes us who we are, and we strive every day to build a culture where everyone feels welcome.

What you'll be doing:

• Ensure that the UniFirst Quality Policy becomes part of the Production Department “Culture” and ISO certification

• Ensure maintenance, repair, and housekeeping of the building and all its equipment.

• Participate in and support the determination, education and implementation of guiding principles to the UniFirst Mission Statement and strategic plan

• Create a positive atmosphere by treating employees with dignity, respect and soliciting their involvement in problem solving

• Provide safety training regarding OSHA rules and procedures

• Conduct performance appraisals and counsel departmental personnel

• Develop improved processes, systems, and procedures by maximizing efficiency through innovation and creativity.

• Manage departmental activities regarding safety, health, and environmental issues to ensure that proper consideration is given to corporate policy and federal, state, and local regulations

• Minimize supply cost by assisting in planned and organized purchasing, inventory control procedures and efficient supply utilization

• Participate in the attainment of divisional growth goals for customer retention and pricing and new customer sales by providing a well-maintained facility which will enhance our reputation

• Meet budget requirements of the department, including budget preparation and operation of the department as a profit center for the company

• Follow all safety policies, HACCP and medical guidelines

• Perform other duties as described by management.

The APM is responsible for the planning and execution of the production processes. The APM's focus is on the production process in its entirety, not necessarily the day-to-day tasks that fall under the role of the Supervisor. The APM is an influential leadership role on the production floor and the role is held to a very high standard that requires objectivity, empathy, and perspective when dealing with conflicts, constraints, and issues. The APM must be team focused, and able to communicate expectations and results at a high level. The APM must be forward thinking in their approach. The APM is responsible for the people who are in their charge.

Qualifications

What we're looking for:

• High school diploma or G.E.D equivalent is required
• Must be at least 21 years of age or older

• Bachelor's degree in an appropriate background or equivalent experience preferred.

• Prior experience in the laundry industry is preferred
• Valid driver's license and a safe driving record is required
• Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from co-workers, managers, and vendors

• Ability to lift up 80lbs and carry up to 70lbs

Safety

• · Adherence to Safety Policies and Procedures.
• · Ensuring and maintaining a safe working environment
• · Establish a daily safety bulletin
• · Participate in all safety meetings
• · Perform a full production and printer audit weekly

Training

• · Essential to the development of the training program.
  • • Assist Supervisors in training employees, oversight and assisting the Supervisors and their designated trainers.
• · Utilize ULearn for policy and procedure training
• · Utilize PC/MRP, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• · Manage the production plans, planners and some aspects of purchasing

Production Execution

· Adherence to Quality Management Systems (formalized system to meet the defined set of requirements in the products produced).

• Working with Leadership to develop Quality Assurance Strategies to prevent defects in the products produced within the QMS.
• QA is proactive and focused on defect prevention by refining and improving the manufacturing process when needed.
• Working with Leadership to develop Quality Control measures throughout the production process.
• QC is reactive and focuses on identifying defects in completed products repairing and reworking as needed prior to customer shipments.

· Production scheduling and planning.

• Develops production plan based on forecasts provided by Planner, Service Level Agreements (SLA's), Kanban or current inventory pull system, and hotlists.
• Ensuring that production deadlines are met, leading and delegating the execution of the plan to the Production Supervisors.
• · Establish a full understanding of the layout, function and process of the production plan
• · Managing the plan to satisfy Hot List and inventory demand, while prioritizing logos
• · Executing the plan at an efficient rate while maintaining quality

· Equipment utilization

• Ensures equipment is used effectively to meet demand capacities. Any deviations from the plan should be reported by the Production Supervisors. The APM will support Supervisors in coordinating repairs and resolving constraints
• Satisfying the production goal
• Satisfying the quality standards
• Managing the SQ FT per man hour
• Managing the capacity measurement
• Consistently maximizing the tray utilization

Raw Material Management:

· Inventory levels

• Manages inventory levels relevant to production as raw material or FGI
• Overseeing inventory levels of essential materials required for production.
• Fully understanding the reports driven by PC/MRCP and the additional spreadsheets
• Managing FIFO throughout the operation
• Managing the flow of carpet from received to production