Production Manager Screen Printing Jobs in California

Position Summary

The Production Manager is responsible for leading all production and maintenance operations while fostering a culture where safety, quality, and continuous improvement come first. This role ensures products are manufactured efficiently, meet customer specifications, and are delivered on schedule while maintaining cost-effective operations.

The Production Manager partners with cross-functional teams to optimize productivity, improve processes, manage inventory, and develop employees. This position reports directly to the Plant Manager.

What You'll Do

Production Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop production and maintenance employees.
• Plan, organize, and oversee daily production schedules to meet customer demand.
• Ensure production paperwork, tooling, formulas, and work instructions are prepared and accurate.
• Verify production startup, color approvals, and product quality before production begins.
• Ensure raw materials and tooling are available to support production schedules.
• Monitor key production metrics (KPIs) and implement corrective actions to improve efficiency and reduce downtime.
• Lead press checks and color matching activities.
• Provide hands-on operational support when needed.

Safety (OHSE)

• Champion a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all company safety policies and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure employees follow safe work practices and wear required PPE.
• Identify, investigate, and address safety hazards, near misses, and incidents.
• Participate in the site's Safety Committee and support continuous improvement of safety programs.
• Ensure production employees receive appropriate uniforms and safety equipment.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure all products meet customer specifications and internal quality standards.
• Stop production and quarantine product when quality concerns arise.
• Support investigations into customer complaints and internal quality issues.
• Analyze production performance, scrap, and waste to identify improvement opportunities.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that increase productivity, reduce waste, and improve operational performance.

Materials & Procurement

• Coordinate with Procurement to ensure raw materials are available to support production.
• Monitor inventory levels of production materials including metals, inks, adhesives, liners, packaging, tooling, and consumables.
• Recommend improvements that enhance supplier quality, service, and cost.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a positive, engaged, and accountable team.
• Provide coaching, performance feedback, and employee development.
• Promote collaboration across Production, Maintenance, Quality, Procurement, and other departments.
• Support staffing, training, scheduling, and performance management initiatives.

Qualifications

Required

• 5+ years of manufacturing leadership experience.
• Experience managing production teams in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, scheduling, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or similar).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities.

Preferred

• Experience in packaging, printing, metal forming, closures, or related manufacturing industries.
• Experience with ERP or manufacturing software.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong leadership and team development
• Safety-first mindset
• Quality driven
• Results oriented
• Excellent organizational and planning skills
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communicator with all levels of the organization
• Adaptable and able to make sound decisions under pressure

Why Join Us?

At Amcor, you'll have the opportunity to lead a high-performing manufacturing team in an environment focused on safety, innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. We invest in our people and provide opportunities to grow your career while making an impact every day.