Assistant Production Manager

1. General Overview: The assistant production manager will be responsible for executing all the necessary functions of the dept. including on time delivery of products, maintaining 5S and promoting teamwork. 2. Role and Responsibilities Areas of responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: • Oversee an average of 40 or more assembly operators. • Participate in production planning meeting every week. • Schedule & prioritize work orders according to production planning schedule. • Evaluate workload for that dept. and if required request personnel from other depts. Or suggest other alternatives such as working overtime or reschedule low priority jobs. • Effectively manage all processes. • Review completed work orders for material discrepancy. • Review work order tracking record for correct entry and discrepancy. • Review labor tickets with Leads for accuracy. • Monitor and review operators’ performance % of standards and discuss issues with production manager. • Daily meet with the Leads briefly to discuss daily issues & upcoming changes. • Monitor closely equipment/fixtures used in the processes to prevent downtime. Notify maintenance immediately. • Communicate with production manager of personnel/equipment issues as well as dept. capacity issues. • Immediately inform quality issues to QC dept. and production manager and work out short/long term solutions. • Work with HR in disciplining employees.