Production Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Leads by example in all aspects of the job's responsibilities: Safety, People, Quality, Production, and Cost.
• Responsible for the safety and well-being of all personnel and compliance to all federal, state, and local regulations.
• Creates a positive workplace environment consistent with our company's values and ensures equitable treatment is given to all employees.
• Communicates effectively with direct reports and ensures development and effective coaching through one on one's, performance evaluations, and daily feedback.
• Ensures adequate staff coverage for all shifts, accounting for employee vacations and unplanned absences.
• Manages and coordinates training throughout areas of responsibility with focus on professional development and building the best team.
• Ensures that the quality of the company's products are maintained and improved upon in accordance with the company's philosophy.
• Ensures daily production goals are met through daily metric monitoring.
• Led continuous improvement efforts with the focus on implementing improved and sustainable processes.
• Responsible for all manufacturing costs associated with assigned work center(s), including but not limited to, consumable spend, scrap, and direct labor/overtime.
• Reports down machines and supports routing maintenance.
• Effectively communicates and presents information upwards.
• Works collaboratively with all teams.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated analytical/problem solving experience using data to drive solutions.
• Demonstrated situational leadership.
• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to deal with various employees, personalities, backgrounds, and skill levels.
• Willingness to accept change and the ability to affect policy and technical changes with subordinates and peer groups.
• Position requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
• Self-motivated, Self-Starter.
• Partnering with cross-functional management to drive cost and productivity/efficiency improvements.
• Possesses excellent skills and capabilities to effectively solve problems.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline from a regionally accredited, not-for-profit university required.
• Three years of progressive experience in a supervisory or lead capacity role in a manufacturing environment preferred.