Production Supervisor I

About the role

This is supervisory work, coaching and supporting plant employees in a self-directed, just in time environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains outstanding employee relations by inspiring and motivating plant staff to perform at their highest level of efficiency
• Demonstrates equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new employees or assigns employees to experienced workers for training
• Observes work, and monitors assembly line to ensure that operators conform to production or quality standards
• Plans and establishes work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals
• Provides training direction, encouragement, and motivation to prepare employees for assignments
• Adjusts coaching techniques based on the strengths and weaknesses of team members
• Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of each team member to create developmental strategies
• Enforces health and safety rules and regulations
• Resolves team issues or collaborates with employees to assist in problem resolution
• Reviews production schedules to determine work sequences and coordinate with the material department
• Makes sure workstations are being performed properly and that materials are being used as they should be
• Recommends and implements measures to improve worker motivation, equipment performance, work methods, and customer services
• Generates cost reduction opportunities along with operations to initiate/implement process improvement to reduce costs
• Captures and coordinates major initiatives and kaizen events
• Implements and trains MOS & Lean / Sigma processes to employees

Requirements

• Absorrses a degree required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• At least 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment preferred

Qualifications

• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes and efficiencies, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance
• Knowledge of the various functions of an automotive plant such as maintenance, quality, production control, safety, quality, operations, and materials as needed to oversee and direct employees in these functions
• Knowledge of strategies such as product lifecycle management (PLM), just-in-time, and self- directed teams as needed to effectively implement these strategies
• Knowledge of Lear’s organizational rules, regulations, procedures, and practices as needed to oversee processes and human resources
• Knowledge of applicable rules and regulations for environmental control and other regulatory authorities as needed to ensure compliance

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to create results, build teams, foster trust, and handle resistance to change
• Ability to assess multiple events and circumstances as needed to establish a course of action
• Ability to recognize relationships between facts, information, or situations as needed to integrate information from various sources
• Ability to evaluate alternatives and anticipate consequences of various courses of actions as needed to adapt/plan accordingly
• Ability to provide sound rationale/explanations for decisions and/or actions
• Ability to communicate information objectively without interjecting personal biases
• Ability to take an unpopular stand when necessary
• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing
• Ability to analyze problems to include asking the appropriate questions and gathering additional information to identify causes of and solutions to problems
• Ability to communicate at all levels within the organization as well as dealing with customers and vendors for the effective and efficient achievement of goals and requirements
• Ability to multi-task with multiple priorities and time frames

Physical Abilities

• Physical Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Physical Ability to concentrate on a given tasks and not be distracted
• Physical Ability to read and see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)
• Physical Ability to frequently stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, twist, grasp, and make repetitive hand movements

Special Requirements

• Must be willing to work extended periods of time or varying shift hours
• Must have knowledge of ISO 14001, OSHA, and TS16949 requirements and compliance