Supervisor Manufacturing QF

Position Summary

Accomplishes manufacturing results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; and initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures. Recruits, selects, onboards, trains, and mentors' employees.

Position Responsibilities

• Train, instruct, and supervise employees using established production methods to produce a quality product in a safe and timely manner to meet production demands
• Provide work assignments, procure parts, and communicate production demands to employees as well as perform quality and safety audits and generate maintenance requests
• Maintain safe working environment. Meet and or exceed company metrics including safety, quality, cost, and delivery
• Document and complete production reports, scrap tickets, accident reports, and discipline notices while promoting and enforcing company policies, safety rules and work instructions
• Compares actual performance with planned performance and takes corrective action if needed to ensure that objectives are achieved
• Utilize accurate measurement tools to track area key indices, to identify unfavorable trends, and to take corrective action
• Meet key performance indicators such as Quality, Safety, Productivity, Scrap Rates, Labor Efficiencies, Machine Down Time and Inventory Levels to ensure operations are running in an efficient matter
• Proactively use Lean tools to improve operating efficiency, reduce costs, and improve quality and safety results
• Complete required systems work: Mapics, Kronos, Zone etc.
• Perform additional projects/duties to support ongoing business needs

Nature & Scope

• Coordinates and supervises the daily activities of a support, production or operations team
• Sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion
• Decisions and problem-solving are guided by policies, procedures and business plan; receives guidance and oversight from manager
• Accountable for the support or production operations team including subordinate work leaders
• Typically, does not spend more than 20% of one's time performing the work supervised

Knowledge & Skills

• Knowledge of materials/warehouse inventory best practices and procedures
• Working knowledge with warehouse management systems
• Working knowledge of 5S, Lean and Kaizen methodologies and best practices
• Prior working knowledge of MAPICS and Kronos is preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills, and leadership skills
• Working knowledge of MS Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word)
• Strong working knowledge of manufacturing operations
• Proven leadership skills, ability to train and develop employees
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to converse with employees and upper management
• Problem solving in a fast past manufacturing environment
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to promote an environmentally healthy and safe work environment
• Ability to apply good judgement, strong work ethics and integrity on the job

Experience

• 8 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in a similar industry
• Minimum 3 years of experience in a leadership role

Education/Certification

• High School Diploma or GED required
• College degree or equivalent work experience is preferred

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

Must be able to perform essential responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations.

• Some lifting (up to 20 lbs.)
• Long hours on a computer keyboard
• Prolonged periods of standing and/or walking
• Must be able to walk 3 to 5 miles a day
• Standing, walking, bending, stooping, etc. to move, view and transfer product

Reports To: Plant Superintendent / Manager, Production/ Plant Manager