Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Job Description

Job Description

Production Supervisor

Job Summary:

Since 1934, Stabilus has offered components for diverse applications. We started out as a manufacturer of retrofittable stabilizers for the American automotive industry in 1962 and were the first company in the world to produce gas springs as standard equipment. Since then, we have continued to establish our pioneering role: With a wide range of applications, our unique product range and decades of experience, we are the world's leading manufacturer of solutions based on gas springs, dampers and electromechanical drives.

The Production Supervisor position is located at our U.S. Corporate Headquarters in Gastonia, NC. The person in this role ensures production of the required products on time, to the exact quality and quantity levels in the most efficient manner possible while maintaining a safe work environment. In the absence of the Assistant Focus Area Manager (AFAM), the position holder will represent the department fulfilling all aspects of the position toward accomplishing the goals of the company. The position allows for management to view the team member’s performance in accordance with succession planning guidelines developed by Human Resources. The position holder commits to “never ending improvement” and is responsible for the quality and the work of coworkers. The position carries the responsibility for the quality of the company and its products.

Main Tasks 

• Ensure timely and accurate completion of procedural forms, i.e. change of status, job award process, payroll processing, and vacation.
• Equitable assignment of overtime based on business needs.
• Provide corrective counseling as appropriate.
• Manage time and attendance functions for associate hours worked.
• Provide weekly vacation planning schedule and respond to all requests within 48 hours.
• Ensure timely and accurate investigation reporting.
• Perform daily production and downtime reporting per department standard.
• Routine review of production boards.
• Effective communication with all levels of management.
• Provide required written documentation as required.
• Follow downtime notification system, to include but not limited to the submission of open work orders.
• Adherence to ISO 14001 and 45001 standards.
• Responsible for production of products to design specification.
• Adherence to QAP guidelines.
• Attain internal and external PPM targets.
• Fulfill the requirements of internal and external product containments.
• Attain department spending targets.
• Attain department productivity and efficiency targets.
• Attain department overtime targets.
• Attain department changeover targets.
• Maintain standard crew sizes to obtain production targets.

Secondary Tasks

• Perform associate performance review through 30/60/90 day and annual evaluations.
• Actively participate in quality investigations through 8D teams.
• Ensure timely dispositioning (within 24 hours) of nonconforming material.
• Utilization of proper quality documentation.
• Respond to internal audit findings in a timely manner.
• Ensure utilization of Statistical Process Control as required.
• Responsible for schedule compliance.
• Review suggestions from the respective shift.
• Provide labor improvement initiatives.
• Provide process improvement initiatives.
• Manage projects to a successful completion within schedule and cost parameters.
• Assist in meeting cost reduction and quality improvement objectives.
• Allocate labor based on unexpected changes in operations.
• Provide technical assistance, guidance, and instruction to team members as needed.

• Adherence to lock-out / tag-out procedures.

• Ensure the equipment is operating to process parameters.
• Ensure machine cycle times are to standard.
• Review of downtime trends and recommend improvement.
• Maintain material identification in accordance to internal quality standards.
• Assure production tooling and supplies are present at desired levels.
• Responsible for attaining external customer delivery metrics. 
• Will be partly responsible for the spending of over $4M dollars in MRO each year.
• Adherence to safety procedures and policies.
• Maintenance of First Aid and CPR certifications.
• Lead in accident investigations.
• Comply with company scheduled training sessions.
• Ensure adherence to evacuation procedure and account for all team members at marshalling area.
• Maintain company safety metrics.
• Ensure team member adherence to standardized work.
• Ensure the team members run according to schedule (oldest work order).
• Assessment of departmental skill level and development of cross training plan for team member development.
• Provide guidance to leads to maintain company objectives.
• Will have access to confidential team member information.
• Will have access to confidential company information regarding costs, processes, and procedures, that if shared could have a significant effect of the profitability of the organization.
• Recommends disciplinary actions and hires team members in cooperation with management.

Education, Training, Certifications

• College degree in Industrial, Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent combination of training, education and manufacturing experience required.

Experience

• One to five years supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience working with Lean Manufacturing and/or in high volume manufacturing preferred.
• Experience working in a fast-paced warehouse environment preferred.
• Must be able to work in an environment of continuous change. The evolution of this department will be dependent on a growing customer base and the individual needs of the customer. It is required that the position holder be able to readily accept change and commit to the successful implementations necessary to meet customer expectations.

Job Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to work in a team-based environment.
• Computer skills
• Build and lead highly effective cross functional teams.
• Process thinker - pragmatic
• Relentless and tenacious in goal achievement
• Highly competitive
• Emotionally strong and consistent
• Strong technical and analytic capabilities
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Highest personal integrity

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Monday - Friday 3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.