Full-Time Production Manager

Production Manager needed to join our client's team in the United States.

Summary: Responsible for executing agrochemical product manufacturing processes, ensuring production meets demand/supply plans, adhering to safety and quality standards, and balancing resources (equipment, materials, staffing).

Responsibilities:

• Onboarding and managing relationships with toll manufacturers, 3PLs, and raw material suppliers (contract negotiation, price negotiation, scheduling, performance tracking).
• Developing and managing the production budget, supporting make-vs-buy cost analyses.
• Scheduling tollers for timely and reliable supply, minimizing downtime, waste disposal costs.
• Monitoring toller performance against production timelines and material usage.
• Planning, negotiating, procuring, and scheduling raw material deliveries (technical, inerts, packaging).
• Adjusting production plans or communicating constraints in response to S&OP plan changes.
• Using ERP (NetSuite), Google Workspace, Tableau, and other tools for production record-keeping (raw material plans, work orders, purchase orders, production reports, end-of-campaign reconciliations).
• Preparing and recording inventory transfers, working with 3PLs and tollers to maintain accurate inventory.
• Completing annual/requested physical inventory counts and reconciliations.
• Preparing and presenting reports/metrics to senior management highlighting achievements and improvement areas.
• Collaborating with quality, regulatory, and EH&S teams for compliance.
• Assisting the Quality Manager in root-cause analyses, corrective actions for quality issues.
• Supporting accounts payable in resolving vendor invoice discrepancies.
• Contributing to process improvement initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in supply chain, manufacturing, operations, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in chemical toll manufacturing, preferably agrochemical.
• 5+ years of procurement and supply planning experience.
• ERP (NetSuite) experience.
• Google Workspace experience.
• Reporting and analytics tool (e.g., Tableau) experience.
• Ability to travel (up to 15%).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with S&OP process.
• Cost of goods accounting experience.
• Advanced Google Sheets/Excel skills.
• International procurement of technical/other raw materials.

Characteristics:

• Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to analyze and synthesize critical information.
• Flexible to accommodate changing priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

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