We are seeking an experienced Production Manager to lead our custom architectural millwork manufacturing operations. This role will coordinate production from engineering and scheduling through fabrication, quality control, delivery, and installation while improving efficiency, quality, and team performance.
Responsibilities
- Lead production planning, scheduling, and capacity management.
- Coordinate engineering/programming, CNC, fabrication, assembly, quality control, packing, shipping, logistics, and installation.
- Allocate manpower and resources based on production needs and capacity.
- Establish production priorities and help prevent unnecessary overtime and firefighting.
- Ensure drawings, revisions, materials, and hardware are ready before production.
- Identify and solve production constraints, quality issues, delays, and rework.
- Coordinate purchasing based on production schedules, material lead times, inventory, project changes, and schedule risk.
- Develop and improve production systems, processes, and KPIs.
- Lead, coach, and develop production employees and subcontractors.
- Improve cross-training and operational coverage.
- Work closely with Project Management while maintaining clear operational production priorities.
- Improve communication between engineering, production, project management, suppliers, shipping, and installation.
- Use technology, automation, data, and AI where appropriate to improve operations.
- Help build scalable systems that support Pio's continued growth.
Qualifications
- Approximately 5+ years of manufacturing, production, or millwork experience.
- Architectural millwork or custom cabinetry experience is required.
- Approximately 3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience.
- Strong understanding of how custom architectural millwork moves from drawings through engineering, manufacturing, delivery, and installation.
- Experience with production planning, scheduling, capacity management, and team leadership.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage changing priorities in a fast-paced production environment.
- Strong communication, organization, and leadership skills.
- Experience improving processes, reducing rework, and increasing production efficiency.
- Comfortable working with production data, KPIs, and spreadsheets.
- Degree not required.
- Exceptionally strong candidates may be considered even if they fall outside the general experience guidelines.
Schedule
- Full-time, on-site in Bensenville, Illinois
- Primarily Monday–Friday
- Saturdays and additional hours may be necessary depending on production needs and project deadlines
Compensation & Benefits
Salary: $110,000–$140,000
- Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance
- Pio contributes 25% toward health insurance
- PTO available
- 6 paid holidays
- Dental insurance available at employee expense
- Vision insurance available at employee expense
Pay: $110,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
