Production Supervisor - Tool Room

Responsibilities

• Safety / Housekeeping
• Sustain a strong 5s culture through maintaining initiatives and identifying new opportunities for improvement
• Support 5s training opportunities for all individuals
• Enforce adherence to and drive continuous improvement in all matters of safety
• Identify areas where safety corrective actions are needed and drive implementation
• Maintain 5s and safety KPIs, for report out to upper management team on a weekly and monthly basis
• Ensure the department is “tour and audit” ready at all times
• Production
• Meet or exceed new tooling build goals dates, budgets, etc.
• Support manufacturing operations by meeting or exceeding requirements for the production of spare tooling components and repairs
• Understand and communicate department goals and objectives to all team members
• Manage personnel and assets to ensure efficient operations
• Develop and implement an action plan to improve employee engagement score
• Meet or exceed all KPI expectations
• Follow all processes related to quality certifications (ISO, TS)
• Manage resources to limit and minimize inefficiencies and unnecessary overtime and cost overruns
• Ensure equipment is maintained and run to specification to reduce premature wear, failure or non-performance of manufacturing assets
• Maintain ownership of machines – both maintenance and cleanliness to ensure long life and operational effectiveness
• Quality (Should include Employee Training & Development)
• Ensure employees have adequate training to support operational processes
• Establish a quality-first culture
• Manufacturing of non-conforming tools and components cannot be accepted
• Drive continuous improvement activities related to the quality of new tools and spare parts
• Customer Satisfaction
• Participating in customer tours where needed
• Hourly workforce will be required to help give tours and explain their duties as it relates to producing quality product for our customers
• Supervisors will be responsible for manufacturing product that meets customer acceptance criteria
• Cost Reduction
• Implementing Lean tools such as Kaizen and 5s activities will be required to meet cost reduction goals
• All processes must continually reviewed to ensure the most efficient methodologies are utilized
• Participation in Kaizen events will be required
• Supervisors must be responsible for identifying and implementing cost savings projects throughout the year

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a similar tooling / tool room leadership position
• Journeyman Tool & Die maker with 5 + years related work experience preferred
• Experience leading Kaizen and 5s implementations
• Previous responsibility for identifying and maintaining Key Performance Indicators
• Supervisor will be required to utilize Microsoft office products as well as other Strattec-specific software programs