Production Supervisor

Job Summary/Overview

Responsible for driving efficiency and effectiveness in the daily operations and delivery of the shipping, receiving, belting, and Amazon areas by providing adequate resources, on-going work direction, and problem-solving for their team.  These actions ensure that Operational KPI’s and business goals are achieved in accordance with Company policies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for meeting operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, and cost, as well as other key business metrics within their influence.
• Leads functional resources within the assigned value stream, including manufacturing engineering, product engineering, material handling, and quality.
• Interprets company policies and enforces safety regulations.
• Analyzes production schedules and estimates worker hour requirements for completion of job assignments, making schedule adjustments as needed.
• Plans daily operations, optimizes the utilization of skills, available work hours, material, and workflow to ensure timely production within acceptable quality standards.
• Ensures personnel are performing their jobs within the written guidelines of the Work Instructions and adhering to ISO policy and standards
• Responsible for identifying and driving productivity and efficiency improvements in partnership with their value stream employees and the broader operations group.
• Leads the development of current and future state value stream maps and continuous improvement plans, as well as the implementation of those plans across the value stream.
• Coaches, trains and develops employees in their value stream in order to enhance employee performance and longer-term career growth.
• Assists team members in analyzing, troubleshooting, and resolving operational challenges.
• Develops and communicates performance-based metrics and organizational vision for their value stream.
• Motivates and recognizes exceptional individual and team performance, while properly managing employee performance and/or conduct issues. 
• Partners and collaborates with other members of plant leadership and cross-plant leadership on best practice sharing and broader business unit/enterprise initiatives.  For example, partners with Product Management to support New Product Development launches.
• Manages employee productivity and attendance records in partnership with Human Resources and other functions.
• Handle and/or assist in the settlement of employee issues.  Develop and maintain positive employee relations and ensure open lines of communication with associates. Creates and drives culture to create a positive environment.
• Understands and upholds Columbus McKinnon’s policies and procedures in daily operations.

Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Abilities

• Ability to think abstractly to deal with ambiguous/undefined problems.
• Demonstrates product knowledge obtained through experience and hands-on training.  
• Ability to build relationships with a diverse workforce with a highly developed sense of understanding.
• Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time.
• A team player with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Strong Mechanical aptitude.
• Proven leadership skills in motivating team members to perform at their highest levels. 
• Ability to analyze data and make timely decisions. 
• Highly accountable behavior with solid personal responsibility. 

Required Qualifications

• Associates degree or, bachelor's degree preferred. 
• Previous leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience in driving efficiency improvements. 

Benefits

• Free coffee daily
• 11 paid holidays
• Vacation time 
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance, effective day 1
• 401(k)
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition assistance
• Disability insurance