Wax Superintendent

About the role

Location: Painesville, OH. Reporting to the Wax Area Manager.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management, directing, and coordination of manufacturing operation for designated departments.
• Ensures the achievement of production requirements, necessary quality and reliability requirements, on time delivery, and lowest cost.
• Delegates authority to Engineering, Information Systems, Purchasing and motivates the Mentor production workforce.
• Delivers results through Lean Manufacturing techniques and philosophies, 6S, TOC, Six Sigma and problem solving.
• Achieves production, quality, cost, and safety metrics.
• Ensures adherence to process control procedures, operating instructions, and all quality control instructions.
• Prime responsibility to safely manufacture a quality product with minimal scrap or rework, while meeting customer specifications and delivery commitments.
• Ensures that legal requirements and company safety policy are enforced.
• Executes annual operating budgets for area under supervision and responsible for achieving targeted budgets.
• Formulates long and short-range strategies for continuous improvements for all plant manufacturing functions, including improving cleanliness of facility and meeting 6S objectives.
• Controls quality, delivery, cost of production, work in process levels, and monitors production through manufacturing planning.
• Maintains and enhances a team environment and motivates the Painesville (RP) production workforce.
• Performs any additional responsibilities as required or assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering related curriculum.
• Extensive training in manufacturing, accounting, manufacturing processes leadership, group motivation and behavior.
• Background in related area of Engineering, Operations, and Material Management.
• Successful experience in related production operations with a minimum 7‑10 years in supervision and management.

Qualifications

• Able to meet deadlines and be accountable for quality/quantity.
• Able to work flexible hours with a history of dependability as demonstrated with strong attendance record.
• Comfortable using a team approach to problem solving.
• Strong sense of urgency.
• Motivated self‑starter with the ability to work independently.
• Maintains a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that gets along with customers, clients, co‑workers and supervisors.

Skills

• Ability to handle high stress associated with high activity and tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Team player with a strong customer orientation.
• Hands‑on, take‑charge attitude.