JOB DESCRIPTION



Typical tasks for this position include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Direct and coordinate production, processing, distribution, and marketing activities of industrial organization.
  
  
• Review processing schedules and production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
  
  
• Develop and implement production tracking and quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports, to detect and resolve production or processing problems.
  
  
• Hire, train, evaluate, and discharge staff, and resolve personnel grievances.
  
  
• Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
  
  
• Prepare and maintain production reports and personnel records.
  
  
• Coordinate and recommend procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification, including machine replacement.
  
  
• Initiate and coordinate inventory and cost control programs.
  
  
  • Partner with other department managers to do the same related to Material Control, Quality, Logistics, etc.
    
    
• Institute and maintain associate suggestion or involvement programs.