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Production Manager - Specialty Chemicals 

Our client, one of the largest independent U.S. manufacturers and suppliers of chemicals and related services has an immediate need for an experienced chemical/plastics/food Production Manager to provide manufacturing supervision at their soon be expanding South Carolina (near greater Greenville/Spartanburg) based production facility. Reporting to the Plant Manager, the successful candidate will lead a team of production operators and warehouse personnel. This is a full time, on site role working Mon - Friday, first shift. No weekends required. Interested candidates must be bilingual, English/Spanish. 

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day specialty chemical production activities with a focus on safety, environmental compliance and Good Manufacturing Practices. 
• Ensure adherence to quality requirements for all products. 
• Provide leadership and training for production operators, perform employee evaluations and provide coaching as required. 
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and work to achieve improvement targets.
• Create and maintain procedures, batch records, job aids and training documents. 
• Review production schedules and ensure customer requirements are satisfied. 
• Collaborate with plant and corporate management to achieve safety, quality, efficiency and cost objectives for the plant. 
• Complete actions items from customer complaints, incidents and enact MOCs as per required timing. 
• Serve on emergency response team. 

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in science or business related discipline. 
• Fluency in both English and Spanish is essential. 
• At least five years of experience supervising production personnel in a chemical, food or plastics manufacturing facility. 
• Prior working knowledge of ERP systems. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite. 
• Strong organizational and time management skills. 
• Strong oral and written communication skills. 
• Prior experience operating forklifts is preferred. 

Interested candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Future Visa sponsorship is not available. 

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