Production Supervisor

Safety

Leads by example and reinforces the safety practices while enforcing Tenneco safety policies.
Holds Line Leaders accountable for their role in creating and promoting the Tenneco safety culture.
Conducts daily and weekly safety inspections and training to ensure departmental operations and personnel are following OSHA and corporate safety guidelines.
Educates Line Leaders and Team Members on Safety Policy and Procedure.
Investigates, reports and communicates all accidents, injuries and/or illnesses and near misses.
Mentors Line Leaders in problem solving, including the creation and maintenance of accident/countermeasure charts.

5-S Process

Champions the 5S process and ensures standards are maintained for your area of responsibility.

Standardized Work

Confirms Team Members are trained to the latest revision of Standardized Work and that the standardized work training matrix is updated to document all training.
Completes the Layered Process Audit to ensure that standardized work is followed.
Champions “Continuous Improvement” of Standardized Work
Coaches Line Leaders to create Job Breakdown Sheets (JBS) and standardize work processes across all shifts through sign offs.

Communication

Leads monthly Line Leader meetings.
Communicates with the next shift all issues/concerns resulting from your shift’s operations.
Provides timely and effective feedback to help Team Members strengthen specific skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.

Production Output

Responds as primary support to Line Leader calls when needed and escalates to appropriate support area when necessary.
Maintains relevant production records.
Aids Operations Manager in preparing annual budget and monitor department budget and spending.
Maintains production status hourly to ensure Line Leaders are able to countermeasure abnormalities to sustain production.
Plans, coordinates, and supervises the activities of Team Members to meet production schedules and to hold them accountable for their performance.

Operations (Product, Equipment, Quality)

Communicates with other functional groups to coordinate activities on the shift.
Confirms quality of materials and finished goods.
Establishes or adjusts work plan to meet customer demand.
Follows overtime procedure to assign Team Members to work on weekends and holidays.
Participates in all applicable elements of the ISO 14001 and TS 16949 standards to ensure the assigned area is continuously prepared for internal and external audits.

Quality

Escalates issues to ensure proper disposition and documentation of suspect material.
Participates in all root cause analysis of non-conformances in their area of responsibility.

Problem Solving / Philosophy

Leads actions to countermeasure a problem’s root cause, monitors the results and standardizes the changes made to correct the problem.
Is proactive in resolving problems in the cell and escalates the need for assistance as necessary.
“Go sees” and observes problems firsthand, investigates and ensures an effective understanding of the facts/data.
Solves problems utilizing the “scientific method.”
Deepens process learning through rapid low-cost trials/experiments to solve problems.

Teamwork

Develops, supports, and monitors activities that foster teamwork within the group.
Builds cross-functional working relationships to achieve work and team goals.
Supports a positive work environment that is free of harassment, discrimination, or other unlawful practices.
Immediately escalates any unlawful or improper practices to their Operations Leader and or Human Resources.