Production Manager- Wood

The Production Manager- Wood builds on the safety, quality, and on-time production responsibilities of the Group Leads. This role works to meet customer demand, serve and develop their team while applying a continuous improvement approach. The ideal candidate will have a passion for continuous improvement and a drive to keep the wood shop at the forefront of its responsibilities. The Production Manager- Wood will have responsibility for the entirety of the wood side of our production facility.

Essential Knowledge Requirements:

• Production Efficiency Understand the impact of production constraints and works to eliminate them.

• Production Schedules Understand the schedule and how to manage all resources to maintain production schedule

• Safety

• Understand what constitutes a safe work environment and safe work practices in their work centers.

• Quality

• Understand the quality standards and expectations of their work centers.

• Value Added Work

• Understand what constitutes both value-added work and waste

• People Management Understand the best practices for managing and motivating people

• Continuous Improvement- A basic understanding of Lean manufacturing.

Core Responsibilities:

• Production Efficiency Ensure the bottle necks are identified & addressed to improve overall throughput.

• Production Schedules Ensure their work centers are properly tracking towards the production schedule. Proactively makes decisions to allocate resources to maintain on time status.

• Safety Ensure a safe work environment is maintained and that safe work practices known and adhered to.

• Quality Ensure quality standards are known and adhered to.

• Continuous Improvement: Drive a culture of continuous improvement throughout the wood shop, identifying opportunities for process optimization, cost reduction, and efficiency gains. Implement best practices and innovative techniques to enhance productivity and profitability.

• People Management Ensure all direct reports are supported and performance issues are addressed in a timely manner.

Keys to Success

• Communication communicates clearly and effectively.

• Judgement makes decisions with logical thought process in a timely manner.

• Training trains continuously and effectively.

• Values- personally exhibits and maintains core values behavior among their staff.

• Fairness views situations in a fair and consistent manner.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• 4+ years related manufacturing experience

• Previous experience as a Production Manager, Group Lead or external equivalent management experience

• High School diploma or GED equivalent

• Ability to work on feet for 8-10 hours in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to lift 50lbs continuously

• Ability to bend, reach, twist, push, pull, lean, & stoop

• Proven track record of implementing lean manufacturing principles and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Wage and Compensation

• This role can expect to earn between $75,000 - $95,000.

Essential Attributes of Watson Employees

• Insane curiosity

• Excited and enthusiastic about your work

• Embrace and exhibit our values

Our Culture

• Monthly BBQ

• Espresso Bar

• Annual Bravo Night

• Onsite gym and showers

• Campus walking trail

• YMCA and Weight Watchers reimbursement

• Fun, challenging, and engaging culture

• Pride and satisfaction of manufacturing tangible products

Our Benefits

• INSURANCE | All employees and their dependents will have the ability to enroll in medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans. If enrolled, benefits begin on the first day of the month following the 60th day of employment at Watson.

• RETIREMENT | Watson will match 50% of employees' 401k contributions, up to 2.5% of base annual salary. All employees over the age of 21 will be automatically enrolled on the first day of the month following 6 months of employment. You can opt out, decrease, or increase contribution at any time.

• PAID TIME OFF | Salaried employees do not have a cap on PTO usage. However, we expect a reasonable amount to be a few weeks during your first year of employment.

• PAID HOLIDAYS | Watson is closed for 8 holidays every year and offers every employee an additional paid holiday to choose upon employment.

• PROFIT SHARING | Profit Sharing is how we reward the effort and commitment of our employees. Generally, 25% of profits are allocated to the Profit Sharing Plan after the baseline profit level is met. The overall profit sharing amount varies from year to year.

• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | This is a free service for all employees and dependents to provide support for any mental, emotional, relational, and financial need, as well as crisis and grief support.

Why Watson?

Everything we do is rooted in soulful design. Our design is guided by the functional needs of our customers and is refined to exhibit an understated beauty that doesn't demand attention. All our designs are executed respectfully - with great regard for how we source materials, how we process and minimize our waste, and with high respect for our production team and manufacturing processes. There's dignity in working with your hands, and we honor the commitment our people have to their craft.

At Watson it's all about the details and personal touches. From unique design elements and sustainable materials to the way we build and deliver our products, you'll see the Watson difference. We aren't furniture assemblers; we take the design conceptions and raw materials and turn them into finished products entirely under one roof.

At Watson we don't just design and build workplace solutions; we invest in our people. Build your career and grow your skills with us today.

Watson is an equal opportunity employer of all qualified individuals, including minorities, women, veterans & individuals with disabilities. Watson will consider qualified applicants for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state, and local ordinances.