Production Manager in Jonesville, North Carolina at SRHC Innovation Inc

Job Description

Lead manufacturing operations for e-cigarette and related consumer electronic products at SRHC's U.S. facility, from production readiness and ramp-up through stable mass production. Lead a multi-shift workforce and own safety, quality, compliance, delivery, cost, and people performance.

Key Responsibilities

1. Build daily, weekly, and monthly production plans. Translate delivery targets into shift, work-order, and line plans; allocate capacity and labor; and manage work-in-process, changeovers, and overtime.

2. Lead plant launch and capacity ramp-up, including line layout, equipment introduction, FAT/SAT, pilot builds, capacity validation, SOPs, training, and production-readiness reviews.

3. Direct applicable operations such as electronic, mechanical, battery, and final product assembly, as well as sealing tests, functional tests, aging, and final inspection, to meet the production plan.

4. Run shift meetings, tiered reviews, and issue escalation covering safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people. Ensure timely and accurate production data in ERP/MRP/MES systems.

5. Own shop-floor 5S/6S and EHS management. Control risks from e-liquid exposure, lithium-ion battery thermal runaway, chemicals, ESD, machine guarding, lockout/tagout, and hazardous waste, and close training, hazard, and near-miss actions.

6. Ensure products are built to approved BOMs, specifications, processes, labeling, and packaging requirements. Maintain traceability for lots, materials, equipment, operators, and inspections, and close nonconformances and CAPAs.

7. Establish equipment-response procedures and work with Maintenance and Engineering on preventive maintenance, failure analysis, post-repair verification, and elimination of repeat failures.

8. Control labor, material, energy, consumable, scrap, rework, and overtime costs, and analyze standard cost and production variances with Finance.

9. Apply Lean thinking and relevant methods from TPS or an equivalent operating system, including Kaizen, standard work, visual management, quick changeover, TPM, and Six Sigma, to solve shop-floor problems and drive continuous improvement.

10. Lead supervisors, team leads, and hourly employees. Own staffing, hiring, training, skill matrices, performance, attendance, discipline, employee relations, and succession development.

11. Partner with Regulatory and Quality to provide necessary manufacturing records and data in support of applicable product business licensing requirements.

12. Coordinate with Planning, Materials, Quality, Regulatory, Engineering, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Warehouse, EHS, HR, and Finance. Support audits, change reviews, and capacity decisions, and escalate significant operational risks to the Plant Manager.

Bachelor's degree in engineering, automation, manufacturing, or a related field, or equivalent manufacturing leadership experience.

Seven or more years of manufacturing experience, including at least three years as a Production Manager, Senior Production Supervisor, or equivalent leader of multi-shift hourly teams.

Experience in high-volume consumer electronics, small electronic assembly, automated assembly, or battery-powered products.

Working knowledge of production planning, shop-floor management, Lean, TPM/OEE, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.

Ability to lead supervisors, team leads, technicians, and operators and manage performance, conflict, and cross-functional coordination.

Proficiency with ERP/MRP/MES systems, Excel, and manufacturing data analysis.

Professional English proficiency for safety communication, employee leadership, written records, and cross-functional work.

Ability to work on-site, support varying shifts, weekends, or emergency response as needed, and use required PPE with or without reasonable accommodation.

Experience with regulated consumer electronics or other products requiring rigorous traceability, change control, and compliance records.

Experience with greenfield facilities, equipment introduction, NPI, pilot builds, or capacity ramp-up.

Familiarity with ISO 9001, ESD, consumer electronics assembly and quality control requirements, with the ability to implement applicable IPC, UL, and customer standards in production processes and work instructions.

Lean Six Sigma, ASQ, or related continuous-improvement certification is preferred.

Mandarin proficiency is preferred for communication with China-based teams and suppliers.

Safety and compliance: recordable incidents, near-miss closure, training completion, and audit readiness.

Quality: FPY, scrap, rework, CAPA, and traceability completeness.

Delivery and efficiency: schedule attainment, OTIF, OEE, downtime, changeover time, and unit labor.

People: critical-role staffing, training certification, skill coverage, attendance, and turnover.

The company offers medical and other benefits and may provide relocation support based on the role and candidate circumstances. Final terms are governed by company policy and the offer letter.

SRHC Innovation Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration based on their qualifications, skills, and experience without discrimination based on any characteristic protected by applicable law. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to qualified applicants and employees.