Production Manager

The Production Manager will report directly to the Plant Manager and will be responsible for all production-related activities. The Production Manager Manager will be responsible for managing all of the Teams activities, inclusive of team management, production, and facility upkeep. The Production Manager will be responsible for managing their employees, including hiring, employee coaching and career development, establishing employee schedules, production schedules, submitting raw material requests, conducting inventory counts, ensuring proper storage and documentation relevant to raw materials, WIP, and finished products, and coordinating shuttle request logistics. The Production Manager will ensure that production is organized, efficient, and executed safely.

About the Company:

Etz Hayim owns and operates the brands Cycling Frog and Lazarus Naturals, as well as a sprawling operation that spans from farming over 300 acres of hemp, extraction, chemical processing, packaging, supply chain and warehousing to support both brands and private label customers.

Lazarus Naturals was founded in 2016 to make quality hemp-based CBD accessible to everybody. It's why we own our manufacturing process from start to finish - beginning at our hemp farms in Central Oregon to our extraction, formulation, and packaging - all to deliver safe, effective CBD at an affordable price. We provide a 60% Assistance Program to veterans, individuals with disabilities, or those experiencing income challenges, because we believe everybody should be able to experience the benefits of CBD regardless of their financial situation.

Cycling Frog is normalizing the consumption of casual use THC products. We are on a mission to make THC convenient, affordable, and fun by making a sessionable THC beverage the same price as a beer or soda. We want to change the way THC is consumed and viewed by our society by focusing on lower potency, ready to drink beverages that can easily fit into anyone’s lifestyle. Under the Federal Farm Bill it is legal to sell these low potency THC products across all 50 states via the internet, and anywhere you can grab a beer.

Responsibilities and Duties

• The Production Manager is responsible for the following Teams: Formulation, Production/Manufacturing, Packaging and Sanitation.
• Partner with the Production Planner and Plant Manager to develop the daily, weekly, and monthly formulation and production schedule. Responsible for developing the detailed daily staff production schedule and ensuring the schedule is built to maximize production efficiency.
• Manage the production team and floor operations. Responsible for ensuring that all quality standards are maintained, production schedule is attained and that all other processes are adhered to on the production floor.
• Responsible for developing and iterating the capacity plan for the production team.
• Responsible for the daily operational efficiency and workflow. Develop, iterate and optimize the floor layout, equipment SOPs and overall production shift schedules and team management to optimize output.
• Responsible for minimizing production errors, defects and scrap. Responsible for developing the plan to reduce this waste stream, and implementing and executing it. If the plan requires additional CAPEX or resources, partner with the Plant Manager to develop and execute the plan. Develop tracking and reporting for all production waste and associated costs, and targets for reducing this waste.
• Partner with the Plant Manager to develop and implement labor costing targets for each SKU. Responsible for accurately tracking all labor allocation and costs, and reporting the costing for each SKU on an ongoing basis. Prepare monthly and quarterly reports on SKU family labor costing, and determine where we can drive down per unit costs.
• Responsible for ensuring that their team has adequate support from all adjacent departments. Develop standards, SLAs and hold accountable the Warehouse, Quality, Maintenance, and other teams that play support roles for production to ensure that all production targets and quality standards can be met.
• Manage the sanitation teams and ensure that all equipment is sanitized to quality standards and ready for use as needed for daily production. Lead the sanitation team to optimize labor costs and sanitation efficiency.
• Manage the Sanitation team to complete the Master Sanitation Schedule on time as outlined.
• Develop track and communicate impactful KPI’s (Schedule attainment, Waste, Safety, GMP compliance, etc.)
• Responsible for daily and weekly reporting of production output. Production reporting should detail the output relative to schedule, SKU level labor allocation and costing relative to targets, and issues faced on the production floor, along with constructive ideas for improvement.
• Responsible for ensuring that GMP, BRP and SOPs are adhered to and that all quality standards are met. Responsible for training on, iterating and updating the BRPs and SOPs to better align with business practices and improve efficiency and drive down waste.
• Responsible for updating, maintaining and improving all production related spreadsheets as needed.
• Responsible for identifying and leading Continuous Improvement strategies throughout the production to drive efficiency and reduce waste.
• Partner with the Plant Manager to develop the annual staffing plans and budgets. Responsible for adhering to the budget and tracking expenditures.
• Manage labor budget cost - from daily, weekly Monthly. Able to identify labor needs for more intense SKUs and also trim as needed based on the needs.
• Manage, train, and inspire your team. Develop an environment that promotes and rewards initiative, open communication, accountability and excellence.
• Provide coaching and development of staff to create clear career pathing across the operations teams, and provide training to support staff members in being successful at their jobs and support their career paths.
• Manage inventory, need and request for production consumables, chemicals and materials needs for the team.

Requirements

Requirements

• 5+ years of manufacturing leadership and management experience.
• 10+ years of food manufacturing or dietary supplement manufacturing experience.
• Preferred - Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in. in Physical Science, Math or Engineering.
• High attention to detail, ability to multi-task and demonstrated ability to resolve complex problems and ensure critical deadlines are met.
• Proven ability to identify and spearhead issue resolution on production bottlenecks.
• Ability to lead by example and facilitate collaboration with all team Members.
• Preferable to have 5S/6S and Lean Manufacturing training.
• Experience operating with GMP, HAACP, ISO or similar quality systems.
• Excellent problem solving and reasoning skills required.
• Working knowledge of budgets, forecasting and metrics.
• Ability to effectively present information to all levels of the company; plant floor to executive leadership.
• Software experience: experienced at Google Sheets/Excel, ERP experience, and the ability and interest to learn new software

Benefits

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits (medical, vision, and dental insurance)
• Employee discount program
• Fully stocked kitchen
• 401K plan
• FSA & commuter benefits

This is a full-time role based in Portland, Oregon.

Interested parties are encouraged to include a cover letter detailing why you think you could be a great fit, along with an updated resume. Thanks, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Veterans strongly encouraged to apply.

Lazarus Naturals is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.