Production Supervisor

Enjoy a career, packaged with care, whilst helping protect food, people and the planet We are a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions. We7re on a mission to make all packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable. Every day, we ensure the hygiene and safety of food and drink for people around the world. We are Huhtamaki. You could be part of our vision. Because it7s our talented people that make it happen. Our people on the shop floor producing innovative, sustainable products. Our people in our offices delivering excellence for our customers every day. It7s every one of us working together. We offer a place where you can feel safe, be supported, and make an impact so we can all focus on the future together. Huhtamaki7s North America Business segment is a leading manufacturer of consumer goods packaging as well as tableware, cups, folding cartons, containers, trays and service ware for the foodservice industry and retail markets. Were looking for professionals to join our team of approximately 17,000 people in 34 countries. Youll think creatively about making our business and those of our customersore more effective and successful. Youll always be looking for new ways of working. And along the way youll be making a difference to some of the world biggest brands, by helping great products reach more people, more easily. We are seeking a Production Supervisor in our Fulton, NY location. Job Summary Direct manufacturing shift operations and manage utilization of equipment, facilities and personnel to obtain maximum efficiency and meet or exceed defined performance objectives. Drive Individual Shift to identify and meet or exceed all plant level and departmental KPI s. These include Safety, Quality, Productivity and Cost Savings initiatives. Ensures that the plant goals and objectives are achieved by managing the performance for their assigned areas focusing on 5S, quality, safety, uptime, cost control, and schedule attainment. Develop and build successful shift team through training, succession planning and employee assessments at all hourly levels. Develop, Implement, and train team on standardized departmental practices and procedures, including implementation of Best Demonstrated Practices. Essential Functions Improve safety recordable rate through heightened awareness, safety audits and improvements in housekeeping. Ultimate goal is zero recordable and lost time injuries. Without continuous and intense focus, recordable injuries will continue. Achieve OEE budget for department by managing the effective utilization of equipment and personnel to maximize efficiency. Without effective management of manufacturing departments, OE goals would be difficult to achieve. Manage Departmental budget through daily, review of production numbers, weekly and monthly departmental reviews and daily cost control measures. By focusing on meeting production demands at or under budget, OEE goals will be met or exceeded. Direct Departmental improvement activities by building cost reduction initiatives, capital project plan and improvement activities. Continuous improvement activities are essential in order for Huhtamaki Fulton to become a World Class manufacturing facility. Implement Continuous Improvement through relentless focus on corrective, and more importantly, preventive actions and building this philosophy throughout the organization above. Improve end product quality. Both on a cost basis and by meeting or exceeding customer expectations. Continuous improvement, process improvements, SPC and improved quality systems are just some examples. Improved product quality will improve consistency which will reduce internal failure cost, (waste and DT), and external failures- customer claims. Develop effective team. Set clear goals and objectives, give tools to succeed and give responsibility and authority to make decisions. Strong teams will achieve more by working as a group towards common goals and objectives. Hold safety meetings and team meetings as needed. Trouble shoot machine issues and quality forming defects. Manage employee poor work performance 5b rule violations, excessive absenteeism, fitness for duty status, etc. Job Qualifications Knowledge of manufacturing production schedules, overtime procedures; strong pc skills a0including Word, Outlook, Excel; HALO, BPCS, ability to multi task and have strong ability to problem solve; have good people skills; strong communication skills both verbal and electronic; become familiar with all Company procedures, past practices and the current CBA. Have a solid mechanical aptitude. High School diploma; college diploma is desirable; have 3-5years of progressive responsibility and experience with high volume a0 manufacturing environment. Have a proven track record of success managing a multi-process or departmental production group 5-10 yrs of experience supervising a manufacturing group is desirable. Salary: $72,000+ DOE Environment Work within a manufacturing environment. Work in various ambient temperatures. Sit, stand, walk, and bend frequently during a normal work shift. Be able to distinguish close tolerances in raw materials and finished goods including print registration, colors and alignment. Join us. Help protect food, people and the planet. #J-18808-Ljbffr