Production Supervisor
Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division · Buffalo Grove, IL · Yesterday
On-siteManufacturingFull-time
Description Of Duties
- Plan, organize, and implement daily assembly task schedule for all assemblers/testers, ensuring production output supports the established schedule.
- Evaluate assemblers/testers' overall performance and participate in annual goal setting and performance evaluations.
- Supervise and train assemblers/testers to properly perform their job assignments.
- Monitor and evaluate daily activities of assemblers/testers, tracking metrics such as standard time efficiency, in-process errors, attitude, performance to production schedule, safety record, assembler attendance, and retention.
- Utilize Kaizen activities to plan and implement improvements to production, in-process quality, and final product testing.
Qualifications
- Associates' degree or equivalent certificate, or equivalent related work in a manufacturing environment.
- Minimum of 3 years electrical/electronic manufacturing experience in a continuous improvement environment.
- Previous plant floor supervisory experience, or group-leader/training experience with the ability to direct work assignments, set priorities, delegate tasks, analyze situations, and make qualified decisions.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Data analytics skills, especially proficiency in Excel (v lookups, pivot tables) and Power BI.
- Proficiency in creating presentations and delivering.
- Ability to use assembly and test procedures and interpret them when necessary.
- Ability to plan, organize, establish, and monitor work schedules, read and write English, perform high school level math, and have a basic knowledge of electrical circuits.
- Sound communication and leadership skills.
- Manual skills with tools in precision assembly line work requiring frequent mental and visual attention, intermittent work flow, and checking for quality.
- Experience in soldering and wire harness assembly in electronic/electrical cabinet assembly environments and in electronic assembly test procedures.