Manufacturing Supervisor

About the role

Leading People. Driving Performance. Shaping the Future of Manufacturing.

At Wahl Clipper, operational excellence starts with exceptional leadership. As a Manufacturing Supervisor, you'll play a pivotal role in leading production teams, developing talent, and ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, delivery, and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity objectives while ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Provide visible safety leadership through daily floor presence, safety observations, incident investigations, and proactive hazard identification.
• Supervise, coach, and develop production associates and team leaders, fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, teamwork, and continuous learning.
• Conduct performance coaching, performance reviews, skills assessments, and development planning for direct reports.
• Address employee concerns and administer attendance, performance, and corrective action processes in partnership with Human Resources.
• Lead daily production meetings and visual management processes to review performance, communicate priorities, and drive accountability for operational results.
• Drive operational excellence initiatives through disciplined execution of daily management systems, problem solving, waste elimination, process standardization, and continuous improvement activities.
• Maintain a safe work environment through consistent enforcement of safety policies and procedures.
• Lead incident investigations and corrective action implementation. Drive safety engagement and continuous improvement.
• Ensure products meet established quality standards. Lead containment and corrective action activities when quality issues arise.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that improve customer satisfaction.
• Achie production schedules while optimizing labor utilization and controlling costs.
• Monitor operational metrics and implement corrective actions when performance targets are not met.
• Manage attendance and staffing levels to ensure production requirements are met while adhering to company policies.
• Develop employee skills through coaching, training, and performance feedback.
• Promote employee engagement, accountability, and teamwork.
• Support succession planning and leadership development.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Eliminate waste and improve process effectiveness through Lean manufacturing principles.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Manufacturing, or related field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant manufacturing leadership experience may be considered.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment, including at least 2 years in a supervisory, lead, or team leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience leading hourly production teams in a high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while balancing safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to manage attendance, performance, corrective actions, and employee relations issues in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations including safety systems, quality control, production planning, and lean/continuous improvement principles.
• Proven ability to drive performance against key operational metrics such as safety, quality, delivery, cost, and labor efficiency.
• Experience in problem-solving methodologies (e.g., root cause analysis, structured problem solving, or lean tools).
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, including hourly employees, leadership, and cross-functional partners.
• Proficiency in manufacturing systems, reporting tools, and basic data analysis for operational decision-making.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

• Demonstrated ability to lead improvement projects with measurable business impact.
• Exposure to structured operational excellence systems (e.g., WCM, Lean, Six Sigma, TPM).
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) ERP and manufacturing reporting systems.
• Leverage Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma Green Belt, or equivalent continuous improvement training.