Manufacturing Manager

Job Title: Manufacturing Manager

Job Description

The Manufacturing Manager provides strategic and hands-on leadership for multiple production departments, overseeing supervisors and their teams to ensure safe, high-quality, and efficient operations across all shifts. This role develops and executes manufacturing plans that achieve service, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement goals, while optimizing labor and capital resources. The Manufacturing Manager plays a key role on the site leadership team, driving performance metrics, supporting certification objectives, and fostering a culture of safety, accountability, and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide principal oversight of department supervisors, including assigning workloads, setting priorities, and ensuring clear expectations for performance, quality, and safety.
• Advocate for the safety and health of employees by promoting and enforcing safety policies, procedures, and continuous improvement in safety practices.
• Identify, develop, and prioritize manufacturing plans to meet service, quality, and productivity goals, including leading continuous improvement and waste reduction initiatives.
• Implement and sustain performance metrics to track and improve plant operations, and support efforts to achieve assigned certification goals.
• Develop employee commitment and ownership of plant continuous improvement projects while ensuring adherence to safety and quality system requirements.
• Establish a clear vision for assigned areas that aligns with site and corporate objectives, leveraging technology to improve performance, service, and product quality.
• Manage labor and capital resources to optimize systems and methods that meet business needs, balancing labor and expense budgets and scheduling resources for efficient operation.
• Oversee planned maintenance of equipment to support reliability, safety, and production targets.
• Serve as a key member of the site leadership team, interacting openly and collaboratively with other departments and external contacts.
• Assist in developing and executing the annual performance plan to achieve business goals for the site.
• Direct and support 4–6 department supervisors who report into this role, while reporting to the operations leadership team.
• Complete training across coatings, adhesive, converting, and packaging departments to fully understand processes and lead them effectively.
• Ensure consistent understanding and application of the collective bargaining agreement, holding individuals and supervisors accountable to union agreements.
• Lead problem-solving efforts by identifying root causes and implementing standardized, long-term solutions rather than temporary fixes.
• Drive standardization of processes and solutions to improve consistency, efficiency, and quality across departments and shifts.
• Champion safety and continuous improvement processes, including Process Safety Management (PSM) and 5S safety pillars.
• Collaborate with supervisors and leadership to develop action plans that align production numbers with performance systems and continuous improvement goals.
• Use data and performance metrics to monitor production, headcount, and financial outcomes, including responsibility for P&L statements and production numbers.
• Effectively use Microsoft Office and ERP systems to manage production schedules, payroll-related processes, and operational reporting.
• Participate in a tight-knit management team where decisions are made collaboratively, supporting a culture of shared responsibility and teamwork.
• Ensure production schedules and staffing plans support efficient operation across all three shifts in a union environment with a large workforce.
• Perform related duties as assigned to support overall plant performance and strategic objectives.

Essential Skills

• Minimum of 7+ years of managerial experience in a union manufacturing facility, overseeing all three shifts and a workforce of over 140 employees.
• Strong understanding of collective bargaining agreements and union environments, with the ability to hold individuals and supervisors accountable to agreement terms.
• Demonstrated experience in problem solving, including identifying root causes, implementing full solutions, and avoiding short-term fixes.
• Proven ability to standardize processes and solutions to drive improvements in efficiency, safety, and quality.
• Experience with safety and continuous improvement processes, including Process Safety Management (PSM) and its framework for preventing releases of toxic, reactive, and flammable chemicals.
• Ability to recognize and implement safety pillars such as 5S, and to take action that meaningfully improves safety performance.
• Operations management experience, including production management, production scheduling, and supervision of manufacturing processes.
• Hands-on experience with lean manufacturing and process improvement initiatives.
• Strong business management skills, including responsibility for P&L statements, headcount, and production numbers.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite for analysis, reporting, and communication.
• Experience using ERP systems (such as Prizzo or other ERP platforms) for operations, production, and payroll-related activities.
• Ability to work effectively within a tight management team, making decisions collaboratively and supporting shared leadership.
• Strong leadership and supervision skills, with the ability to develop supervisors and frontline employees, build commitment, and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills for interacting with cross-functional teams and external contacts.
• Comfort working in an industrial manufacturing environment that involves chemicals, heavy equipment, and multiple production processes.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in tape, paper, or packaging manufacturing environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Technical experience in maintenance, equipment, or related industrial technologies.
• Experience working in facilities that produce industrial and retail products, such as tape for large e-commerce, aerospace, and other industrial and retail customers.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies and performance systems beyond PSM and 5S.
• Project management experience, including leading cross-functional improvement projects.
• Ability to adapt leadership style to a family-oriented, team-focused environment while maintaining accountability and performance standards.

Why Work Here?

You will join a close-knit, collaborative leadership team that values shared decision-making, mutual support, and a strong team-player mentality. The environment emphasizes family-oriented culture, where people help one another and work together to achieve common goals. The organization offers bonus potential and recognizes the impact of effective leadership on plant performance and employee well-being. You will have the opportunity to shape continuous improvement initiatives, influence safety and operational excellence, and contribute to the long-term success of a facility with a significant footprint in both industrial and retail markets.

Work Environment

The role is based in an older industrial manufacturing facility that produces a wide range of tape products for industrial and retail customers. The environment involves working around chemicals and heavy equipment, with established processes in place to support ongoing production. Seasonal temperature variations are present, with colder conditions in winter and hotter conditions in summer. The atmosphere is described as a "cookie cutter" type setting that is somewhat dirtier due to the nature of manufacturing, yet maintains a laid-back and casual feel. Dress is typically casual and practical for an industrial environment. The culture is very family-oriented, with a strong emphasis on teamwork, collaboration, and supporting one another across departments and shifts. You will work closely with coatings, adhesive, converting, and packaging operations, using standard office technologies, Microsoft Office, and ERP systems within a production-focused setting.

This is a Permanent position based out of Marysville, MI.

The pay range for this position is $100000.00 - $125000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Union facilityGood benefits20% bonus potential

This is a fully onsite position in Marysville,MI.

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 30, 2026.

Aerotek® Inc. provides staffing and services solutions in manufacturing, logistics, construction, aviation, facilities and maintenance. We provide the expertise, solutions and people required to rise to the challenges of North American industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Md., Aerotek operates a unified network of over 200 offices across North America, supporting more than 18,000 clients each year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in workforce and business solutions. To learn more, visit: Aerotek.com | 1-888-AEROTEK.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):
We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meet their goals, skills, and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role in solving companies’ construction, manufacturing, and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are-everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.