Manufacturing Production Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

The Production Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing all production activities within LPX Manufacturing. This role ensures products are manufactured safely, efficiently, on schedule, and to quality standards.

This is a hands-on leadership role, combining shop-floor oversight with planning, documentation, and coordination across inventory, logistics, quality control, and management.

The ideal candidate has experience in manufacturing, production environments, or warehouse operations, is organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing people, processes, and priorities in a growing company.

Key Responsibilities: Production Planning & Execution

• Plan, schedule, and oversee daily, weekly, and monthly production runs

• Coordinate production schedules based on sales orders, fulfillment orders (FOs), inventory levels, and capacity

• Ensure production deadlines are met without sacrificing quality or safety

• Adjust schedules in real time based on demand, staffing, or material availability

Team Leadership & Supervision

• Supervise production staff, warehouse staff, and operators

• Assign daily work tasks and monitor productivity

• Train new employees on production procedures, safety protocols, and quality standards

• Enforce attendance, punctuality, and workplace expectations

• Provide feedback, coaching, and performance improvement where needed

Quality Control & Compliance

• Ensure products meet LPX quality standards and customer specifications

• Oversee batch accuracy, labeling, packaging, and documentation

• Identify and correct quality issues or process deviations

• Maintain consistency across production runs

• Work with management on continuous improvement initiatives

Inventory & Materials Management

• Coordinate with inventory and logistics teams to ensure raw materials are available

• Monitor usage of chemicals, packaging materials, labels, and supplies

• Reduce waste, shrink, and inefficiencies

• Assist with cycle counts and inventory accuracy

• Communicate material needs ahead of time to prevent production delays

Process Improvement & Efficiency

• Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in production workflows

• Improve throughput, labor utilization, and equipment usage

• Help develop and document Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• Support scaling production volume as the business grows

• Implement lean or common-sense efficiency improvements

Safety & Facility Oversight

• Enforce safety procedures and proper PPE usage

• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe production floor

• Report safety issues, near misses, or equipment concerns

• Ensure compliance with basic OSHA and workplace safety standards

Reporting & Communication

• Communicate daily production status to management

• Track production metrics such as output, downtime, and labor usage

• Assist in reporting production data for management review

• Coordinate with sales, logistics, and fulfillment teams

Required Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing, production, or warehouse leadership role

• Strong organizational and time-management skills

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Experience supervising or leading employees

• Comfortable working on the production floor and being hands-on

• Basic computer skills (spreadsheets, production logs, email)

• Strong attention to detail and accountability

Preferred Qualifications (Not Required)

• Experience with liquid manufacturing, blending, or packaging

• Experience in chemical, automotive, industrial, or consumer products manufacturing

• Familiarity with inventory systems, fulfillment workflows, or ERP systems

• Lean manufacturing or process improvement experience

• Forklift certification or warehouse equipment experience

Key Skills & Traits

• Leadership and accountability

• Problem-solving mindset

• Process-oriented and detail-driven

• Calm under pressure

• Strong communication skills

• Reliable, dependable, and organized

• Willingness to grow with the company

Work Environment

• On-site manufacturing and warehouse environment

• Standing, walking, lifting, and hands-on work required

• Exposure to industrial materials (with proper safety procedures)

• Fast-paced, growth-oriented setting

Company Overview

LPX Manufacturing is a fast-growing manufacturing and logistics operation specializing in automotive, industrial, and specialty chemical products, including liquid blending, filling, labeling, packaging, warehousing, and fulfillment. LPX supports both in-house brands and third-party contract manufacturing clients, with a strong emphasis on efficiency, quality, scalability, and process improvement.

We are building a professional, repeatable manufacturing operation and are seeking a hands-on Production Manager to own day-to-day production execution and help scale the operation.

Why Join LPX Manufacturing?

• Be part of a growing manufacturing company with long-term vision

• Hands-on leadership role with real impact

• Opportunity to help build systems, processes, and a team from the ground up

• Stable, full-time position with growth potential