Assistant Production Supervisor

About the role

The Assistant Supervisor will assist production lead with delegating daily work assignments on the assigned production line. Reports to: Production Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Assist to supervise the performance of the employees in the department.
• Maintain strong communication with your supervisor for daily activities.
• Follow the plan and prioritize production in a daily basis as directed by supervisor.
• Ensure that everyone in the department follow the safety rules that apply.
• Support the supervisor to guarantee the quality of the production.
• Make sure that GMPs are follow by employees in the department.
• Help to organize and balance work load to seasonality/erratic demand through creative staffing strategies approved by supervisor.
• Lead by example.
• Assist to develop and train employees as directed by supervisor.
• Ensure that every employee is following the correct SOPs.
• Support supervisor to create and develop a culture that includes the following principles; Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost.
• Help to measure the productivity of the department and suggest ways to improve it.
• Support the communication with the employees using regular and structured meetings schedule by the supervisor.
• Support business systems as needed (WMS, Production reporting, etc.).
• Maintain and publish department performance metrics as directed by supervisor.
• Other duties/projects as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 months in similar environment
• Bilingual (English-Spanish) helpful but not required
• Demonstrated Continuous Improvement completing the task indicated by the department supervisor
• Good communication skills, team leader
• Basic Knowledge in Microsoft Office applications
• Experience in OTC/FDA/GMP controlled environment
• Physical demands: regularly required to sit or stand; use hands, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Must be able to lift and/or move up to 45 pounds. Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Ability to bend