Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor

Location: Bowling Green, KY

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Overtime: Approximately 5 hours per week

Shift: Rotating 1st and 2nd shift

Position Summary

The Production Supervisor will lead a team of represented hourly employees supporting day-to-day vehicle manufacturing operations within General Assembly. This is a hands-on leadership position responsible for approximately 40-60 employees across two production departments .

The supervisor will be responsible for driving performance across safety, people, quality, responsiveness, cost, and environmental objectives while maintaining an efficient, high-quality manufacturing operation. This role requires someone who can operate effectively in a fast-paced environment, make decisions quickly, resolve employee issues, and work successfully within a unionized manufacturing environment.

This opportunity may be a strong fit for an early-career manufacturing professional or recent associate degree graduate who has the leadership potential, mechanical aptitude, and energy to develop into a manufacturing leadership role.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and provide day-to-day leadership to represented hourly employees within General Assembly.
• Ensure production requirements are met while maintaining established safety, quality, cost, and environmental standards.
• Monitor vehicle quality and ensure non-conformance issues are identified, investigated, and appropriately addressed.
• Track daily production throughput and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
• Support cost-control initiatives, including scrap reduction and continuous improvement activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production and departmental issues in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Manage employee timekeeping and ensure daily payroll information is accurate and complete.
• Address employee concerns and support timely resolution of workplace issues and grievances.
• Work within applicable collective bargaining agreements and established labor practices.
• Partner with union representatives and other stakeholders to resolve workplace and production concerns.
• Communicate production priorities, expectations, and performance information to employees and leadership.
• Work collaboratively with other supervisors, group leaders, and departments to resolve production issues.
• Apply lean manufacturing and continuous improvement principles to improve departmental performance.
• Maintain a strong floor presence and develop productive working relationships with hourly employees.
• Support additional manufacturing and leadership activities as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Associate degree required.
• Strong computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Google Docs, and Google Forms .
• Strong mechanical aptitude and general understanding of vehicle components, fasteners, threaded holes, studs, body components, and how basic mechanical parts fit together.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-energy, fast-paced manufacturing environment .
• Ability to think quickly, make sound decisions, and manage competing priorities.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Ability to effectively supervise and build relationships with hourly production employees.
• Ability and willingness to work onsite in Bowling Green, KY and reliably report for scheduled shift start times.
• Ability to rotate between 1st and 2nd shifts approximately every six months.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of manufacturing experience.
• Previous automotive manufacturing experience.
• Experience supervising or working with represented/union employees.
• Familiarity with UAW-represented manufacturing environments .
• Lean manufacturing or Lean Six Sigma knowledge or experience.
• Previous experience in production leadership, team leadership, or manufacturing supervision.

Recent associate degree graduates interested in beginning a career in manufacturing leadership may also be considered.

Shift Schedule

Candidates must be willing to rotate shifts approximately every six months with their assigned team.

1st Shift

• Pre-shift touchpoint: approximately 5:35 AM
• Production shift: 6:00 AM-2:30 PM
• Expected arrival: approximately 5:30 AM

2nd Shift

• Pre-shift touchpoint: approximately 2:35 PM
• Production shift: 3:00 PM-11:30 PM
• Expected arrival: approximately 2:30 PM

The position is expected to begin on 2nd shift before rotating to 1st shift. Reliable and punctual attendance is essential.

Key Skills

• Production Supervision
• Automotive Manufacturing
• General Assembly
• People Leadership
• Union / UAW Environment
• Lean Manufacturing
• Lean Six Sigma
• Continuous Improvement
• Quality Management
• Throughput & Production Efficiency
• Scrap Reduction
• Employee Relations
• Grievance Resolution
• Mechanical Aptitude
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Google Workspace

Interview Process

• One interview conducted through Microsoft Teams.
• Approximately 30-45 minutes.
• Interview with the hiring manager and another member of the manufacturing leadership team.
• Behavioral questions will follow the STAR interview format .

Equal Opportunity Employer

EOE (including Disability/Veterans)