Production Supervisor (2nd Shift)
Dorel Juvenile · Columbus, IN · 3 wk ago
ManagementFull-time
About Us
The Production Supervisor plays a critical leadership role within the manufacturing team, with direct responsibility for managing and coordinating daily production activities within assigned areas. The position ensures production operations are carried out safely, efficiently, and in accordance with established quality, productivity, and operational standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Manages day-to-day production team within assigned area(s).
- Understands team challenges, defines areas for performance improvements with team members, drives teamwork and leading problem-solving groups.
- Records performance, updates charts and graphs and reports on performance.
- Communicates with other Production Supervisors and support functions to ensure an efficient and transparent information flow, collaborates to define improvement areas and precise action plans.
- Identifies performance gaps and manages the resolution of them by utilizing established tools and processes.
- Ensures all team members are trained and have demonstrated competency.
- Improves the 5S performance of the assigned area(s) and processes to be the best in the facility.
- Leverages best practices in the plant.
- Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Maintains up-to-date process documentation.
Your Profile
- Prior experience in an injection molding environment highly preferred.
- Ability to incorporate lessons from practical experience into sustainable process improvements.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, communicates well with manufacturing personnel, quality, engineering, program management.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to collect and analyze DJG operations data, make observations and recommendations.
- Commitment to improving the 5S performance.
- Demonstrated proficiency in time and project management.
Education, Licenses, and/or Certification Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalent.
- An associate degree in a business or technical field related to manufacturing is preferred, plus 5 years of manufacturing experience with 3 years in a supervisory or team lead role.