Production Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Supervise Packaging, Assembly, DC, and Component manufacturing team members who assemble, package, label, set up, and operate custom automated equipment, which is designed to assemble and package stainless/carbon steel worm gear clamps in high volumes.
• Ensure that production schedules are met daily while maintaining safety, environmental, quality, and cost objectives.
• Lead and direct employee functions such as selection, hiring, and development of employees, conducting performance reviews and creating development plans.
• Manage training of personnel, including sponsor certifications and hands-on training. Serve as a mentor.
• Ensure compliance with the Quality System and Environmental Management System.
• Direct the work teams and supervise the shift’s production efforts to meet the published schedules.
• Participate and assist in decisions concerning hiring, promotion, discipline, and discharge.
• Maintain consistently safe work environment and personally demonstrate his/her commitment to safety and compliance.
• Hold employees accountable for required safety, environmental, quality, and quantity standards and maintain inspection ready workplace at all times.
• Ensure team members receive sufficient training to accomplish their roles in a safe and productive manner.
• Interpret MRP reports to plan, organize and schedule daily high-volume production requirements for clamp manufacturing and packaging requirements for the Smyrna facility.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure efficient coordination and processing of high volume work orders and develop a collaborative and effective working relationship with all support functions.
• Lead and/or participate in continuous improvement activities such as: implementing and sustaining lean manufacturing tools, and automated inspection requirements, etc.
• Consistently lead continuous improvement teams/activities: to improve operating efficiencies, reduce costs, identify unfavorable trends concerning downtime, safety and quality issues.
• Make timely corrections or plans activities with support functions to correct and improve upon such issues.
• Ensure compliance to the Quality Management System and Environmental Management System.
• Understand the process for containing nonconforming product and completing a RID.
• Satisfactorily complete this job position’s Training Instruction Checklist.

Qualifications and Experience

• A relevant business or engineering degree is preferred.
• Minimum of five years of experience in manufacturing environment including supervising hourly associates.
• Understanding of ERP systems, including bill of materials, work order management, inventory control.
• Strong computer skills.
• Proven track record of improving overall efficiencies, reducing cost, and leading teams to effect positive change within the organization.
• Knowledge of lean techniques may be advantageous.
• Microsoft Office experience (Outlook-Word-Excel).