Production Manager

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Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.

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Production Manager

Leggett & Platt Automotive London, Ontario, Canada (On-site)

We, at Leggett & Platt Inc., are searching for a Production Manager to support our business located in London, Ontario. Did you know we are the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of seating support and comfort systems for transportation manufacturers, as well as tier one and two suppliers within the automotive industry? That’s right! In fact, in 2019, we were named as one of GM’s “Supplier of the Year” recipients. Our automotive products fall into four primary groups: Seating and Lumbar support, Motors and Actuators, and Mechanical Cables. If you join our team, your work will ensure people across the world have a little more comfort in their lives.

As a Production Manager you will lead as well as develop the manufacturing team whilst maintaining a Safety-First approach in all activities. Your contributions will directly impact the business by cost, quality, and productivity of the product line. You will lead a team of Production Workers, Shift Managers, and the Shipping & receiving area, reporting directly to the Branch Manager.

So, what will you be doing as a Production Manager?

·Leading a Safety-first approach maintaining a zero accident culture. Ensures and monitors work, accident prevention and environmental protection regulations of the facility to assure a safe and productive work environment free of any liabilities or defects.

·Develop and manage within the manufacturing budget. Responsible to execute daily production plan.

·Monitors Quality and quantity of output; takes appropriate action, including shutdown of process, to prevent scrap and assists others in investigations to determine causes of quality defects.

·Optimize manufacturing efficiency through flexible manufacturing structure, improvement through Lean Manufacturing methods within operations and optimize production utilization and Strategy.

·Maintain a culture of functional and Operational Excellence, supports 5S, lean initiatives and to be a committed role model for our Company’s Values.

·Establish and maintain appropriate internal capabilities and strengthen the organization (Succession Planning) through training, career development opportunities and recruiting as necessary to achieve Manufacturing objectives.

·Adherence to internal and external Business Processes and Certifications synonymous with a large US Incorporation operating within the Automotive Industry and all other local legal requirements.

·Fulfill assigned primary, secondary and or tertiary deputy/back-up roles as assigned and required on occasion by the business.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

·Bachelor's Degree of technical studies

·Manufacturing experience

·Ability to interact positively with employees of all levels across the organization

·Experience in production planning, people, and budget management.

·Commitment to 100% safety, quality and continuous improvement

·Ability to lead with targets to ensure continuously improving manufacturing performance

·Working knowledge of operational metrics and improvement tools (VSM, PDCA, 8 wastes, line balancing, etc.)

·Adequate experience in the use of common IT-solutions (MS Office, HFM, etc.)

·Hands-on mentality and excellent communication skills both written and oral

Things we consider a plus

·Experience with Seating and Lumbar support, Motors and Actuators, and Mechanical Cables.

Compensation

Salary ranges from $99,000 to $110,000 based on experience.

In addition, we offer Great benefits including prescription, dental, optical, a company sponsored registered pension plan, optional RRSP, and more!