Overview
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Responsibilities
Production Manager
Summary:
Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we're building the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you'll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation.
Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.
Job Summary:
The Production Manager leads and oversees multiple production lines within a high-volume, 24/7 manufacturing environment to achieve safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity objectives. This role owns end-to-end manufacturing performance for assigned areas, ensuring alignment to production strategy, Lean manufacturing principles, and SQDCP performance metrics. The Production Manager provides leadership and direction to Production Supervisors, drives cross-functional operational execution, and ensures standardized work, capacity planning, and continuous improvement initiatives are effectively implemented. As the operational owner of assigned manufacturing areas, this position is accountable for delivering measurable business results, developing leadership capability, and building a culture of operational excellence and accountability.
Shift: 6:45 AM-7:30 PM Days, C-Shift (Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Every Other Wednesday)
Essential Duties
Functional Leadership & Operations:
- Own manufacturing performance across assigned production lines, ensuring achievement of safety, quality, cost, delivery, and productivity targets
- Manage departmental operating expenses and support annual budget planning processes
- Lead and develop Production Supervisors to ensure effective daily execution of production plans
- Ensure capacity planning, labor optimization, and resource allocation align with production demand
- Drive adherence to standardized work, operating procedures, and operational controls
- Serve as escalation point for line-level operational, quality, and people-related issues
Strategic Alignment & Continuous Improvement:
- Translate plant-level strategy into actionable production plans and performance expectations
- Drive Lean manufacturing, 6S, and continuous improvement initiatives across assigned areas
- Lead structured problem-solving efforts to eliminate chronic losses and improve operational stability
- Monitor and analyze SQDCP metrics, identifying trends and deploying countermeasures <
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This position is listed as full time and onsite.