Production Manager
Tenneco
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Seward • New York • United States
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About the role
- Responsible for leading and managing production operations to achieve plant objectives across safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement.
- Ensure operational excellence through strong leadership, disciplined execution of standard work, continuous improvement, and accountability for key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Lead and manage daily production activities to ensure safe, efficient, and timely execution of production plans.
- Own and drive performance against departmental KPIs, including Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Productivity, and Engagement.
- Ensure production output meets customer requirements for quantity, quality, and on-time delivery.
- Monitor and manage production area financial performance, including scrap, MRO, overtime, and other controllable costs.
- Drive execution of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) activities according to defined standards and schedules.
- Ensure Standard Work Sheets (SWS) and 5S standards are implemented, maintained, and continuously improved.
- Lead root cause analysis and structured problem-solving efforts (e.g., 8D, A3, DMAIC) for internal and customer issues.
- Prepare, present, and follow through on customer 8D reports as required.
- Lead corrective actions from internal/external audits and Gemba walks to closure.
- Directly lead, coach, and develop supervisors/team leaders and production teams.
- Ensure training plans and multi-skill matrices are maintained and aligned to operational needs.
- Build technical and soft-skill capability within the team through structured development and coaching.
- Ensure daily management routines and leader standard work are executed consistently by direct reports.
- Foster a positive, accountable, and high-engagement team culture aligned with plant values.
- Actively lead and participate in continuous improvement initiatives to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost.
Requirements
- Minimum of five (5) years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience leading production teams and managing KPIs strongly preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred (Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field).
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, with advanced working knowledge of Excel.
- SAP or similar ERP system experience strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, quality systems, TPM, and lean principles.
- Demonstrated leadership and decision-making ability.
- Strong communication and conflict-management skills.
- Proven people development and coaching capability.
- Excellent time management, planning, and organizational skills.
- Results-driven with strong accountability.
- Structured problem-solving mindset.
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
Total Productive MaintenanceStandard Work Sheets5Sroot cause analysis8DA3DMAICKPI managementmanufacturing operationslean principles
Soft Skills
leadershipdecision-makingcommunicationconflict managementpeople developmentcoachingtime managementplanningorganizational skillsaccountability