Production Manager

MGS has an exciting opportunity for a Production Manager to join our MGS Richfield Manufacturing team .

As a Production Manager at MGS, you will be responsible for managing all corporate projects and correspondence with customers and plant management for MGS Richfield.

Below are additional duties and responsibilities:

• Responsible for all aspects of a customers project including tool builds (when sourced as part of the project), qualification, and production.
• Manages both budget and administrative responsibilities on assigned programs.
• Drive execution of projects for the integrated product development team (kick-off through first complete production run).
• Lead program reviews that provide appropriate status, costs, and risk management.
• Report program status to senior management monthly.
• Formally identifies, assesses, monitors, and mitigates risk throughout the program life cycle. Obtains management approval prior to making decisions that will cause deterioration of established program, cost, and schedule objectives.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans when deviations from budgets and/or schedules are evident. Seek senior management assistance in resolving schedule and budget problems as they arise.
• Perform variance analyses of schedule and cost on a formal and informal basis and present them to senior management (i.e. earned value management system).
• Provide leadership to program team. Assures communication and cooperation among team members and resolves areas of conflict.
• Responsible for overall management of product launch into the production environment.
• Manage project material inventory effectively.
• Assure a timely closeout of completed programs to ensure that all obligations are satisfied and program documentation is properly recorded.
• Understand and develop leading versus lagging metrics.
• Develop and execute program corrective action strategies.
• Develop and understand principles of program planning (ex. developing Bill of Materials and Basis of Estimate).
• Understand lean and process improvement principles.
• Understand cash flow management principles.
• Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, vision, and culture of MGS.
• Any other duties as assigned.

About MGS

As a global provider of healthcare manufacturing solutions, MGS provides the right balance to drive vital innovations: robust end-to-end solutions combined with the strong customer focus and seamless collaboration of an agile partner. Thats why were the engineering and manufacturing partner of choice for todays leading Pharma, Diagnostic and MedTech innovators. Serving customers from 12 strategically located facilities around the world, we transform our customers most pressing challenges into innovations that improve lives. To learn more about MGS, please visit www.mgsmfg.com .

A qualified Production Manager candidate would fulfill these requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in business or related field of study and/or 5+ years of program management experience.
• Knowledge of program management tools and procedures.
• Solid leadership and management skills.
• Experience throughout the program lifecycle from development through sustainment.
• A working understanding with practical application of MS Project.
• A working understanding of earned value principles, strong communication skills, proven track record of exceptional customer satisfaction, and the capability to provide leadership across cross-functional teams.
• Experience interfacing and leading other departments on a program.
• Experience with earned value cost accounting and reporting. Experience with metrics for assessing and reporting program progress, productivity, and variance analysis.
• Must have a portfolio of programs in which financial objectives were achieved.
• Experience with turnaround programs in which recovery was successful is a plus.
• Demonstrated success in managing manpower planning, project reviews, scheduling, and budget control.
• Successful track record in managing complex programs as a prime or sub contactor.
• Plastics injection molding background preferred.
• PMP certification is preferred.