Production Manager in Nashville, Tennessee at Purestar Group

MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Prioritize and plan daily workflow based upon business requirements and goals set.Hire and train new Production employees, ensuring the orientation and proper training of all new workers by demonstrating and explaining operating techniques to improve production and maintain workflow.Inspect for quality and cleanliness, ensures those items not meeting quality standards are sent for stain treatment, discarding and others.Ensure adequate performance management of all employees including affirmations, coaching, counseling, discipline, and terminations as required in a timely manner, resolve any Production personnel problems with the support of Human Resources.Ensure communication and timing is coordinated between production, weighmasters, and dispatchers; communicate delays to Transportation and Service teams immediately.Communicate any equipment problems to technicians in a timely manner and follow through to ensure those problems have been addressed and resolved.On occasion, assists workers and performs any of the operations supervised to maintain the production goals.Develop schedules and workflow to control overtime, manage labor costs and meet productivity KPIs and customer expectations with sales forecasts, plant and employee capacity and new business opportunities.Preventing accidents is to be the highest priority.Ensure strict compliance with all safety standards and OSHA regulations with regards to training, the wearing of PPE, etc. including verifying sufficient inventory.Gain full proficiency in a specific area of discipline and broad range of activities related to the job.Oversee, monitor, and coordinate production team activities, giving importance to individual member's and overall team's achievement of established goals.Inform Manager of any problematic situations related to laundry operations including equipment.Maintain sufficient inventory of supplies, goods and products required to complete the scheduled work assignments effectively and efficiently.Maintain daily activity and productivity reports using designated systems including productivity standards and hourly reports.Contribute to incident reports for any issues that affect safety, productivity or quality and submits to Manager on duty.Ensure all equipment is functioning properly and that all safety procedures are followed.Responsible for maintaining production area clean including pre- and post-shift.Perform other duties as required.