Production Supervisor

Job Summary

The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing manufacturing operations, quality control, safety, and preventative maintenance within one or more cost centers. This role interfaces with Materials Management, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, EHS, and HR functions. The Production Supervisor ensures teamwork and effective communication within and between departments and is accountable for departmental performance, delivering a quality product at the lowest operating cost with on-time delivery.

Essential Job Functions *

• Drive departmental manufacturing activities and quality improvement processes.
• Maintain daily responsibility for manufacturing, scheduling, quality control, safety, and preventative maintenance within assigned cost centers.
• Provide supervision and direction to all leads ensuring productivity.
• Resolve problems relating to materials, operations, quality, and maintenance that may result in production delays.
• Actively evaluate performance against goals and take corrective action as necessary.
• Ensure that activities are conducted in accordance with policies and procedures and in support of plant registration to ISO-9001.
• Foster a positive work environment through effective communication with associates.
• Communicate plant policies and procedures and ensure adherence while maintaining associate morale.
• Make recommendations for changes in staffing as necessary to meet demands of workload.
• Enforce and maintain safety policies and procedures to comply with laws and regulations and minimize accidents and injuries; assist with company safety programs.
• Promote continuous improvement and associate engagement.
• Ensure all associates are properly trained and coordinate departmental cross training requirements and opportunities.
• Performs other tasks as assigned by management.

* This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Employees are expected and encouraged to participate in safety and health program activities including immediately reporting hazards, immediately reporting unsafe work practices and incidents to supervisors, wearing required personal protective equipment, and participating in and supporting safety committee activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Performs other tasks as assigned by management.
• Associate degree in operations management or equivalent experience.
• 5 years’ supervisory experience in lean manufacturing environment.
• Strong technical background in mechanical disciplines.
• Thorough understanding of raw materials, production processes, quality control, cost management, and other effective manufacturing techniques.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across teams and functions.
• Demonstrated supervisory leadership skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office or related software.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Work on shop floor.
• Prolonged periods of standing and walking through the facility.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk working on computers.
• Climb stairs and ladders.
• Lift and carry 25 pounds.
• Visual acuity to inspect products and machinery.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous SAP experience.

• Lean manufacturing/Six Sigma experience is a plus.

Operational Equipment

• N/A