Production Supervisor

Job Summary

The Production Supervisor is responsible for supervising team members in the production of quality products to meet customer order requirements and ensures compliance with all safety and health, environmental quality, quantity, and housekeeping standards.

Responsibilities

• Assure the availability and efficient assignment of resources
• Assure the correct execution of processes (Safety, Quality, etc)
• Assure a clear communication of priorities and tasks
• Lead and communicate the correct escalation process
• Responsible for achievement of the Production plan
• Coordinate activities related to gaps or deviations of production consumables
• Achievement of established goals and KPI´s
• Initiate and Lead corrective actions vs deviations "Problem Solving"
• Execute improvements on multiskills/training matrix from his/her area
• Follow up and execution of our defined systems
• Production report at the end of the shift
• Manage Shift schedule from Start to end, meetings, priorities, leading support areas according to the area needs

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
• 1 year leadership in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of Problem Solving, proven skill on driving problems solving based on at least one methodology such as A3, 8D's, 5Why's, Shainin, etc.
• Welding & Bending basic processes (Desirable)
• Efficiency (Labor Efficiency, OEE metrics knowledge)
• Basic SAP & Scrap reporting knowledge (preferred)
• Knowledge of behavioral based Safety practices
• Basic Quality System (ISO-IATF) (Experience managing Departments under these requirements)
• Lean Principles knowledge (Basic knowledge using them or being part of implementation Teams)
• Waste knowledge (3M Muri-muda-mura)
• Understanding of principles of 5's
• Computer basics Software knowledge (Excel, PPT, Word)
• Conflict Management
• Analysis capacity
• Planning and organization
• Setting discipline by a positive Leadership
• Lead by the example

Physical Demands

• Often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel
• Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and lift up to 50 lbs
• Vision abilities required include close vision

Work Environment

• Exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles 90% of the time
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high