Production Supervisor

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, application instructions. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Let's extract sections: - About the role: The first paragraph about company description? The posting starts with description of company: "Knorr Brake Company is the innovative leader...". That's about the company, could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" is for role description. The summary/objectives: "The Production Supervisor is responsible for leading production work cell team(s) as follows: ..." That's about the role. So we can put that in

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containing the summary/objectives. - Responsibilities: The "Essential Functions" and "Additional Essential Functions" sections list many duties. Could be responsibilities. We'll list them as

• . - Requirements: The posting includes "Preferred Education: Associate degree", "Required Experience: Minimum 1 Years Relevant Experience". Also "Competencies: Technical Excellent organizational skills Strong verbal and written skills, MRP System (e.g. SAP) Good Product knowledge" etc. Also "Competencies: Core IT: MS Word, MS Excel, e-mail (e.g. MS Office). Leadership experience...". Also "Physical Demands", "Work Environment". Those could be requirements/qualifications. We'll separate maybe "Requirements" for education/experience, "Qualifications" for competencies/skills, "Skills" for technical skills? But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine. We have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only if content present. Let's extract: About the role: Summary/Objectives paragraph. Responsibilities: Essential Functions and Additional Essential Functions (list of duties). We'll combine. Requirements: Preferred Education, Required Experience, Work Environment, Physical Demands? Might be better as Requirements. Qualifications: Competencies (Technical, Core IT, Leadership experience, etc.) maybe. Skills: Could be overlapping with qualifications. But we need to avoid duplication. Perhaps we treat "Competencies" as Skills. But we need both Qualifications and Skills sections if distinct. Let's see: The posting has "Competencies: Technical Excellent organizational skills Strong verbal and written skills, MRP System (e.g. SAP) Good Product knowledge Competencies: Core IT: MS Word, MS Excel, e-mail (e.g. MS Office). Leadership experience. Ability to lead teams to deliver on time to quality standards. High level of energy to work closely with peers and support team. Flexibility to manage changing schedules. Teamwork, and team building to maintain strong morale within assigned teams. Effective communication skills. Continuous Improvement experience to manage Work Cell(s) layout/product flow." That's a mix of skills and competencies. We could put "Qualifications" for education/experience, and "Skills" for the competencies list. But we also have "Preferred Education: Associate degree" and "Required Experience: Minimum 1 Years Relevant Experience". That's qualifications. Thus: - Requirements: maybe not needed; we could put Education/Experience under Qualifications. But the instruction says we can have both Requirements and Qualifications sections if content. We'll decide: Use "Requirements" for education and experience. Use "Qualifications" for competencies/skills? But then Skills section maybe redundant. Better: Use "Requirements" for education/experience, "Qualifications" for competencies (technical, core IT, leadership), "Skills" maybe not needed if we already covered. But we need to avoid thin sections; maybe combine Qualifications and Skills into one? However we must follow instruction: include a section ONLY when posting has real specific content. We can decide to have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (education/experience), Qualifications (competencies/skills), Benefits, Pay. Schedule not mentioned (no schedule specifics). So omit Schedule. Benefits: The posting lists benefits: group healthcare plans (medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability), 401k, 120 hours vacation, 40 hours Personal Paid Absence, 12 paid holidays + 1 floating, 6 weeks paid parental leave, ability to purchase company stock, annual bonuses up to 5% of salary. Also mention of federal paid sick leave etc. We'll include that. Pay: The anticipated salary range: $75,900-$113,900 per year. Also note about factors. We'll include that. Now we need to strip boilerplate: EEO statement, "Knorr Brake Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer..." etc. Also "Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis." (application instructions) remove. Also "Safety Sensitive Position: No" maybe keep? It's a detail but not boilerplate; could be part of Requirements? Might be minor metadata; we could drop or include in a short p. The instruction: do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

  or drop it. So we can include Safety Sensitive Position in a short p under Requirements maybe. Also "Additional Eligibility Qualifications: This position is expected to participate in all required training courses..." that's a requirement; we can include under Requirements. Now we need to format. We'll produce:

  About the role

  The Production Supervisor is responsible for leading production work cell team(s) as follows: Manufacture products by supervising production personnel, organizing and monitoring workflow while following and administering company policies and procedures. Maintain the highest standards for quality, productivity & continuous improvement. Lead the implementation of management programs such as IRIS, Shop Floor Management, Andon System, Lean Manufacturing, KPS and others within the assigned areas. Assist, train & mentor Production teams. Assist in capacity analysis with Segment Operations Manager and MRP controllers for assigned supervisory area. Work with MRP controllers in their respective areas to plan and prepare production schedules for manufacture of KBC products: Draws up master schedule to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to customer orders. Provides support to Project Management and Rail Services (RS) Account Management to ensure contractual obligations are met. This position may include customer interface as it directly relates to customer owned material. Daily duties and requirements are SAP CS, RMA maintenance, and contact with various internal departments. Plans and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times. Meet or exceed all relevant KPI’s.

  But we need to ensure we didn't miss any piece from summary/objectives. The summary/objectives also includes: "Maintain the highest standards for quality, productivity & continuous improvement.Lead the implementation of management programs such as IRIS, Shop Floor Management, Andon System, Lean Manufacturing, KPS and others within the assigned areas.Assist, train & mentor Production teams.Assist in capacity analysis with Segment Operations Manager and MRP controllers for assigned supervisory area.Work with MRP controllers in their respective areas to plan and prepare production schedules for manufacture of KBC products: Draws up master schedule to establish sequence and lead time of each operation to meet shipping dates according to customer orders.Provides support to Project Management and Rail Services (RS) Account Management to ensure contractual obligations are met. This position may include customer interface as it directly relates to customer owned material. Daily duties and requirements are SAP CS, RMA maintenance, and contact with various internal departments.Plans and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times.Meet or exceed all relevant KPI’s." We'll include that. Now Responsibilities: We'll list essential functions and additional essential functions as bullet points. Let's extract bullet points from Essential Functions: - Maintain a safe, clean and healthy environment and ensure the compliance with company's rules and policies. - Must be able to comply with quality, product safety, and HSE rules, guidelines and regulations. - Be energy conscious, if applicable. - Must understand and comply with applicable standards. (i.e.: ISO 9001, ISO 22163, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, AAR, and CMMI). - Maintain and safeguard business records. - Receive customer complaint requests and enter applicable data into SAP. (RMA Creation) - Consistent communication with internal and external customers providing status updates to repairs and overhauls. - Work with our RS PM’s and Sales team to maintain a sales forecast and track monthly sales completion to the plan. - Work with Material Planner and KBC Service Center to establish repair schedule for in house repairs and overhauls. - Travel is primarily local during the business day, although occasional out-of-the-area/overnight travel may be expected. Additional Essential Functions bullet points (grouped by Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Management): Safety: - Lead teams in carrying out their safety responsibilities, ensure safety standards are met and maintained in the area - Respect, drive and improve 5S program - Lead the training of new employees and update work team on safety requirements/hazards in the work area - Respond to identified safety issues immediately; address and resolve the issue taking prompt action to correct any unsafe act or condition. Quality: - Drive and Improve KPS standards within assigned teams. - Work with organization to ensure all manufacturing documentation (Drawings, SOG, APT, TWI, KPS etc.) for job function is maintained. - Collaborate with QA to determine missed nonconformities in the work team, in order to identify, repair, and eliminate defects. - Assist in investigating and correcting the root cause of all production related workmanship defects; assist in other investigations as required. - Take action for the containment and repair of defects. - Provide team members with training, assistance, coaching and mentoring on production process and quality standards. - Receive feedback from team on ideas to improve production quality, work with manufacturing engineering to develop and implement plans and provide training to team. - Assist work team and your supervisor in understanding defect/discrepancy trends and help to identify additional analysis to discover root cause. - Monitor and report to supervisor the quality of the production process in the work team. Delivery: - Meet delivery timing expectations by coaching team members as well as participating with assembly & test requirements ensuring team completes required work. - Ensure daily production requirements are achieved to meet customer expectations. - Follow-up as required with all teams to expedite flow of materials and documents to meet production schedule and customer expectation. - Responsible for information transfer and follow up with others as appropriate. - Develop strategies for improving overall workflow through process improvement, work cell content and new equipment installations. - Investigate and correct (or initiate the process of) the root cause of all work productivity issues. - Provide team members with training, assistance, coaching and mentoring on improving productivity processes, implement productivity improvements. - Insure the visual KPI’S are maintained for the team. - Develop and maintain multi-skilled knowledge of your assigned areas to support team members. - Interact with other teams to share information, ideas and solutions. - Assign workload to teams and prioritize important actions. - Lead problem solving actions as necessary to meet quality and delivery requirements. Cost: - Plan effectively in effort to maximize manpower utilization. - Plans and schedules workflow for each department and operation according to previously established manufacturing sequences and lead times. - Manage equipment, tools, parts and materials to maintain functionality. - Ensure product meets delivery requirements according to MPS and/or Planner requirements. - Implement continuous improvements within assigned area to reduce overall product costs. Management: - Maintain positive relations with production teams; ensure consistency of policy administration within your assigned areas. - Lead by example and follow the Knorr-Bremse values. - Maintain professional and positive attitude. - Ensure effective company and departmental communications takes place within assigned group. - Lead the hiring, performance evaluation and discipline processes within assigned areas. - Ensure that team members are trained on and adhere to KPS process, SAP and CADim. We'll combine