Production Supervisor

What You'll Do...

• Supervise, evaluate, and empower an hourly team that produces manufactured products, and organize workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements
• Ensure safety, quality, and productivity objectives are met through coaching standardized work, verifying lines are running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts
• Drive to exceed personal, team, Company goals by holding self & team to high performance standards through servant leadership
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union, and management teams

As a Production Supervisor, you are the vital link between strategic goals and daily execution.

Team Leadership & Development

• Embrace a servant leadership style, focusing on building high performing, winning teams and investing in their growth
• Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, motivating your team to achieve shared goals

Data-Driven Decision Making

• Utilize data and insights to strike down downtime and quality defects, driving quantifiable improvements in efficiency and quality
• Meticulously track and report employee time and attendance, transforming raw data into actionable intelligence for strategic decision-making and continuous improvement

Continuous Improvement & Quality Assurance

• Maintain a relentless focus on identifying and eliminating inefficiencies, improving processes, and driving innovation to enhance productivity, quality, and safety
• Implement and maintain rigorous standards, and relentlessly pursue excellence to eliminate defects and ensure exceptional product quality

Conflict Resolution & Interpersonal Relationships

• Proactively address and mediate conflicts fairly and effectively, facilitating mutually acceptable solutions
• Build and maintain strong, positive working relationships with your team and all partners, including suppliers and union representatives, through transparent communication and a willingness to listen, fostering a psychologically safe environment

Accountability & Fairness

• Champion accountability, managing both your own performance and that of the hourly workforce regarding processes and standards

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or GED
• 1+ years of supervisory and / or manufacturing experience
• Working knowledge in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends

Even Better

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Safety and quality experience
• Six Sigma: Black or Green Belt certified
• Knowledge of constraint management principles
• Prior experience managing a unionized workforce

Benefits

Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500. For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.