Summary: Fiasco is seeking a Production Manager to orchestrate manufacturing operations, ensuring timely delivery and continuous improvement across global workshops. Highlights: 1. Orchestrate chaos into harmony across multiple manufacturing locations 2. Lead production teams remotely across different time zones 3. Drive continuous improvement and explore cutting-edge manufacturing tech Turn Up the Volume on Your Career Are you the kind of person who can orchestrate chaos into harmony? Can you keep the show running across multiple locations? Fiasco is looking for a Production Manager who can run our manufacturing operations like a well rehearsed production. About Us We're Fiasco, we design and build innovative road cases for the live events industry where timing is everything and "almost on time" means you've already missed your cue. Based in Cambridge, New Zealand, we've built our reputation on delivering quality products when promised. Now we need someone to make sure our manufacturing operations run like a perfectly choreographed production. Based in Cambridge, New Zealand, But also operating in California, we’re a team that values integrity, trust, respect and professionalism, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Think world class manufacturing meets roadie backstage energy. Check us out: https://www.fiasco.co.nz https://www.workfromhomedesks.co.nz The Gig As our Production Manager, you'll be the conductor of our manufacturing programme everyday. You'll oversee multiple workshops between New Zealand and the USA, coordinate with product designers and customer project managers to make sure everything from planning to dispatch happens precisely when it is supposed to. What you'll be doing: Creating and maintaining production schedules that actually work in the real world *Running "Fluffy Duck" meetings (yes, really) to green-light projects and keep everything flowing *Leading daily stand-ups with Workshop and Warehouse Managers both in NZ and the USA *Coaching your team to hit weekly production targets *Managing production teams remotley across different time zones. *Driving continuous improvement *Keeping an eye on cutting-edge manufacturing tech and processes *Collaborating with Supply Chain, Design, and Customer Project teams *Overseeing health and safety (the show must go on, but safely) What We're Looking For The essentials: *Proven people leadership experience, you know how to lead without micromanaging *Understanding of multi-work centre scheduling and good manufacturing strategies *Strong interpersonal skills, communication, listening and reliability are your jam *Ability to read technical drawings *Computer savvy across multiple software platforms *A problem-solving mindset that adds real value *High integrity and trustworthiness The intangibles: *Open to learning and understanding new challenges *Proactive about finding improvement opportunities *Reliable delivery of work to the right standard, on time *A proven track record of being generally clever How to apply We do things our own way here, so our application process might look a little different from the usual. As part of your application, please complete this short questionnaire. https://forms.gle/N7z2At52M5sHzfGcA We’re not after cookie-cutter responses — show us your thinking, your process, and the things you’re proud of. When you submit your application through Trade Me, please make sure you have your Cover Letter and CV included Address your application to Robert Willis and apply now to join us as our next Production Manager
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