Production Manager

Production Manager – Crescent

Crescent Production Managers are responsible for managing and operating a high‑performing reliable business committed to meeting our customer’s needs, our company’s needs, and our people’s needs. The business operates following the Crescent Way – the 3 P’s:
Purpose, Process, People.

• Safety
  • Read and understand the Crescent Safety Playbook – Doing it Safe.
  • Ensure a safe work environment where our people can grow and develop.
  • Engage everyone on the production floor to participate in Safety Observations to continually seek out and remove all forms of risk.
• People
  • Select the best people to be part of Crescent.
  • Train to ensure each person is competent.
  • Assess to ensure fair and accurate evaluation of each person’s performance and potential.
  • Recognize to ensure each person feels appreciated.
  • Regularly review the Voice of Our People to gain an understanding of their issues and concerns.
• Productivity
  • Maximize production capacity and output capability through planning and scheduling of all resources.
  • Assess / verify the ongoing need for resources.
  • Validate the use and continuous improvement of all production and operational processes.
• Quality
  • Determine and adhere to all quality standards.
  • Ensure our customer’s need for quality is understood and built into each process.
  • Ensure the root cause for all escapes is identified and corrected.
  • Ensure inventory accuracy.
  • Data Integrity – ensure completeness and timeliness of data in operating systems (Pack Manager / Kronos / Quick Base).
• Customer Value
  • Understand required standards for each customer and their needs.
  • Report well‑documented and accurate metrics – DSR’s and KPI’s.
  • Build a strong reputation with our customer as a customer‑centric business leader/manager.
• Financial
  • Align and optimize allocation of people to meet production targets.
  • Manage correct use of all materials and supplies.
  • Reconcile hours across all systems and staffing agencies.
• Work Environment / Physical Demands
  • Fast‑paced environment requiring adaptation to continuous changes in schedules, volumes, staffing, and shift requirements.
  • Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, reach, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
  • Ability to regularly lift up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to 25 pounds.

• Education & Experience
  • 5 – 10 years of practical production experience, leading teams to safety deliver customer services efficiently and effectively, meeting all quality standards for each unique customer.
• Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience leading hourly production associates or projects strongly desired.
  • Regulatory cGMP experience.
  • Lean manufacturing and continual process improvement experience.
• Success Metrics
  • Run a safe and productive operation.
  • Deliver a quality product to customers.
  • Develop a self‑sufficient team.
  • Operate a predictable profitable business.

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Packaging & Containers

Cincinnati, OH $–$