Production Supervisor

Overview

Are you passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers' greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Responsibilities

• 1st Shift - Monday through Friday - 6:00 AM to 3:30 PM Monday through Friday and overtime as business needs demand
• Quantity of Openings: 1
• Production / Budgetary:
• Meet with Supply Chain staff daily to discuss issues such as material shortages and customer demand.
• Make adjustments appropriately.
• Prepare annual department budget and monitor results on a monthly basis.
• Manage job-closeout variances.
• Work effectively with all plant support groups i.e. HR, Safety, Industrial Engineering, Quality, Engineering groups as required.
• Work with other Supervisors to share resources as needed to ensure cut convergence at shipping.
• Monitor value stream quality and productivity to identify and resolve problem areas.
• Drive productivity improvement through process innovation, teamwork, and operator engagement.
• Use the MSA Operating System to work on a structured problem-solving methodology to ensure preventive/corrective actions are focused on the true root cause.
• Employee Relations / Communication:
• Excellent communications skills.
• Recommend and make decisions regarding hiring, discipline, terminations, transfers, and promotions, seeking managerial guidance as appropriate.
• Addressing employees’ personal and work-related issues.
• Drive execution of Behavior Based Safety, Continuous Improvement, and Customer Satisfaction initiatives.
• Ensure all equipment is in safe operating condition and all safety concerns are immediately addressed.
• Ensure all employees are trained to perform the required job functions.
• Lead daily KPI huddles and drive utilization of the MSA Operating System tools.
• Enforce MSA policies and procedures ensuring accountability for compliance.
• Other:
• Ensure compliance to ISO 9001 procedures and production work instructions.
• Review, sign-off, and reconcile purchasing card transactions.
• Up to 5% domestic travel is required.

Qualifications

• Special knowledge, skills and abilities required: Strong problem-solving skills, proficiency with Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and knowledge of ABS/AS400, demonstrated leadership abilities to promote teamwork, delegation, individual responsibility, and positive employee morale, excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong decision-making skills including the ability to identify project obstacles and creatively develop alternative solutions, familiarity with ISO 9001 quality standards.
• Education Required: Levels I and II - Associates degree in Business related field, or educational academic equivalent. Level III – Bachelor’s degree in preferably Engineering discipline or educational academic equivalent.
• Experience Required: Level I - One year supervisory or leadership experience (this can include Group Leader experience), and two years working experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment. Level II - Two years supervisory or leadership experience (this can include Group Leader experience), and three years working experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment. Level III - Three years supervisory or leadership experience (this can include Group Leader experience), and four years working experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment.
• Education and experience preferred: Levels I, II and III – Bachelor’s degree in Business, Industrial Engineering, or other relevant field. Level III – Master’s degree/certification. Professional work-related experience in textile or industrial sewing manufacturing operations. Experience in Lean, 6 sigma, Continuous Improvement, and EHS initiatives. Experience working in a manufacturing setting and managing via KPI’s. Related military experience may be substituted for up to two years of supervisory and / or work experience.