Production Supervisor

Job Summary

The Shift Leader embodies the 100% Leader concept by balancing Challenge with Connection, enabling engaged team members to exceed safety, quality, productivity, and financial expectations. This position is responsible for the safety of the shift personnel first and is accountable for their training and development. The Shift Leader coordinates all production work, and is accountable for ensuring operational procedures, producing product to specifications, and meeting quality and performance metrics. The Shift Leader is the key change agent on the plant floor, identifying and removing barriers to Continuous Improvement (CI).

Job Responsibilities

• Build Safety Culture Through Leadership
  • Drives expectations and seeks best practices to drive world-class safety performance
  • Facilitates all required safety training
  • Insures safe, clean, and environmentally compliant work areas, building a culture where EHS excellence is the top priority
  • Identifies and immediately corrects risks and hazards in the workplace
• Lead and Develop Talent
  • Effectively engages all teams to collaboratively own the success of the business, contributing to the continuous improvement in the areas of safety, quality, cost, productivity, and employee engagement
  • Actively leads and builds effective work teams to increase plant performance, driving continuous improvement through TPM
  • Promotes skill enhancement of team members
  • Leading, mentoring, and developing talent on TPM teams
• Manage Production
  • Manages all aspects of the shift, including staffing, to meet operational targets
  • Anticipates, identifies, and corrects issues autonomously, escalating when additional resources are needed
  • Develops and executes action to identify and eliminate top losses, using “loss tree” methodology
  • Effectively utilizes manufacturing systems to identify, execute, and track improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with Relevant Stakeholders
  • Collaborates with relevant stakeholders and takes proper actions to achieve desired output [(Job Efficiency (JE) and Operational Efficiency (OE)], optimizing the mat-making process through CI

Minimum Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing Leadership, or a Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience in Manufacturing Leadership is required.
• Eligible for work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

Preferred Experience

• A proven track record of driving results through employee engagement and problem-solving skill
• Demonstrated success of team-building and individual development
• Demonstrated ability to lead for results
• Six Sigma Green Belt and/or experience in continuous improvement preferred
• Experience using computer programs and Microsoft Office products

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Autonomous leadership
• People development
• Technical acumen
• Bias for action and problem-solving
• Inspire, engage, and connect with others
• Team building and collaboration
• Competitive drive for results
• Engage self and others in learning
• Effectively communicate across all levels of the organization
• Customer-oriented
• Conflict management
• Strategic and analytical thinking
• Follow through on commitments and promises
• Idea generation

Essential Physical Requirements

• Ability to safeguard self with proper PPE for the specific task
• Exposure to hot/cold temperature- periodically
• Exposure to noise- periodically
• Hand/Eye Coordination– continuously
• Walk, Sit, Stand for duration of shift with regular breaks
• Lift/carry/move up to 25 lbs. independently and heavier weights with assistance.
• Climb stairs, steps, and ladders
• Able to work extended hours as necessary
• Able to Operate Computers & Computerized equipment for quality, safety and compliance testing and training.
• Communicate with co-workers face to face, by telephone, and electronic communications.
• Possess manual dexterity necessary to operate equipment, operate a computer and other standard office equipment.
• Vision adequate to manipulate equipment controls, complete paperwork, utilize computers, and have depth perception.