Supervisor, Production - All Shifts

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Daily supervision/leading of manufacturing associates
•    Perform as a working member of the team as necessary to meet production targets, set the pace
•    Demonstrate work methods and ensure that team members are trained to complete all tasks
•    Assign work to associates and monitor both efficiency and quality of their work
•    Ensure all work procedures are followed
•    Promote a safe, clean and focused work environment
•    Manage vacation and time off requests for the team
•    Ensure that the payroll records are accurate for team members via i.e.

Labor Tracker
•    Deliver and participate in disciplinary activities with Human Resources
•    Participate in the interview/selection of team members
•    Attend and participate in shift hand off meetings
•    Fairly and consistently promote, enforce and reinforce all company policies
•    Conduct associate performance reviews in a timely manner
•    Lead team in the application of LEAN  manufacturing tools, including 5S, Visual Management, 7 Forms of Waste, Continuous Improvement (Kaizen), Poke Yoke, and Root Cause Corrective action
•    Ensure that team boards are completed accurately and on time, and metrics are utilized to develop corrective actions and drive continuous improvement

 

Education/ Skills/ Experience:

•    Two-year degree in supervision, management, business, or a related area and 3 years of supervisory/management experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
•    Experience in LEAN manufacturing
•    Demonstrated leadership, engagement and mentoring skills
•    Enthusiastic and possess the ability to motivate others
•    Interpersonal, communication and time management skills
•    Ability to maintain excellent attendance record
•    Analytical and problem solving skills 
•    Be seen as the best source of credible information for their associates, and respected by other associates.

 

Training Requirements: 

Must attend all mandatory HR training modules such as drug testing, harassment, FMLA, positive work environment, etc.

 

Physical Demands:

•    Ability to be on the factory floor for long periods of time, potentially working across all shifts at times.
•    Stamina to work 50+ hours / week to support plant performance.

 

Personal Qualities: (these are the qualities it takes to get the most from others)

•    Emotional balance: The leader works in situations which involve authority, leadership, conflicts, meeting targets and deadlines, etc.

The successful leader has to be able to maintain emotional balance and self-control so that they may face various situations confidently and successfully.
•    Be proactive/engaging: The leaders will have some objectives to achieve.

They cannot plan everything in advance.

 Several times they ...