Production Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Shift: 12 hour shifts/nights - 6pm to 6am (2-2-3 schedule)
Interview: Onsite Interview

PREFERRED:

• Completed Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering
• Leadership or supervising experience in an industrial manufacturing or manufacturing setting
• Electrical, mechanical, electronic controls and process troubleshooting experience
• Six Sigma Green Belt and continuous improvement experience preferred
• Strong mechanical aptitude

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Living the safety stand and adhering to safety responsibilities

• Ensure employees completion of all required safety training.
• Lead execution of monthly team safety requirements – including near miss reporting, safe work permits, safety meetings, pre-shift safety inspections, departmental inspections, etc. and builds a culture where safety is the number one priority.
• Participates in the investigation of safety incidents and leads root cause analysis to drive for permanent resolution.

Achieve customer satisfaction and quality commitments.

• Understand and communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department, and ensure all products meet customer standards and requirements.
• Ensure timely and accurate production to schedules in order to meet or exceed delivery to promise.
• Ensure operational procedures are followed to product specifications, and quality metrics meet customers’ needs.
• Perform root cause analysis with the involvement of operators on all quality issues and resolve.
• Train operators on problem solving skills, and coach through resolution.

Leading and Developing Talent.

• Engages all teams to collaboratively own the success of the business by contributing to continuous improvement in the areas of safety, quality, cost, productivity, etc.
• Provides candid feedback on expectations and performance to members of the team on a regular basis, and drives appropriate actions for further improvement.
• Invests in the growth and development of team members and others to achieve sustained success.
• Implements and documents corrective action when performance issues occur.
• Partners with relevant stakeholders to ensure team members are well trained and up to date on certifications required to perform the full scope of the job.
• Encourage all employees to build strong working relationships and communication through sharing, respect, candor, integrity, innovation, accountability, and fun.
• Effectively communicates critical plant performance metrics to team members on a daily basis to ensure engagement.
• Monitors and enforces all facility and corporate policies and procedures.

Managing Operations

• Reaches mutually beneficial agreement with all operating departments on required capacity specifications.  Capacity specifications measures capacity related to quality, availability, and performance.
• Analyses and communicates output data to the Leader on a regular basis.
• Assesses situations and takes action to proactively mitigate potential problems.
• Ensures consistent product quality by guiding team members to analyze key process variables, maintain critical product and equipment information.
• Performs root cause analysis in partnership with key stakeholders to address quality issues, and resolves those issues in a timely manner.
• Utilizes proper resourcing to meet cost targets.
• Partners with the maintenance staff to ensure the efficiency of plant equipment.
• Verify time and attendance reports ensuring processing and production needs are met.

Leads Continuous Improvement Activities

• Leverages standard work to minimize variation and waste.
• Leads focused Improvement activities to improve process capability and efficiencies, reduce costs, and eliminate waste.
• Partners with relevant stakeholders to optimize process and drive continuous improvement initiative.
• Participates in and leads 6S events in various work areas throughout plant.
• Leads product qualification efforts with the support of key stakeholders.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completed High School Diploma or GED required
• Three (3) years of experience leading or supervising

PREFERRED:

• Completed Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering
• Leadership or supervising experience in an industrial manufacturing or manufacturing setting
• Electrical, mechanical, electronic controls and process troubleshooting experience
• Six Sigma Green Belt and continuous improvement experience preferred
• Strong mechanical aptitude

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Computer literacy—MRP systems (SAP) and Microsoft Office Suite, Kronos
• Strong communications skills (written and oral) to effectively communicate with people across all levels of the organization
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work extended/Flexible hours
• Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks and projects
• Logic, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills
• Build strong team alignment and communication
• Coach and guide for results.
• Leads through safety and corporate vision
• Possesses strong change management skills