Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

Job Overview

 This position provides leadership, direction, and coordination of team members in a manufacturing area with responsibilities for safety, quality, and productivity. This role actively participates and supports a work environment that is focused on lean and continuous improvement activities.Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned or reassigned at anytime.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Consistently models a positive attitude and demonstrates a “can do” mindset
• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)
• Supports training for all team members providing them with the skills to do their jobs
• Exhibits strong team development and performance management skills
• Demonstrates a strong commitment toward results – execution, attention to details
• Is passionate about safety, 5S, continuous improvement and lean
• Able to function in a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
• Conduct small and large team meetings to communicate plant performance to the KPI’s
• Train or facilitate the training of new employees in all aspects of their job function
• Administer policies and procedures
• Liaison between cross-functional and supporting teams and team members
• Communicate and support strict adherence to quality standards
• Ensure quality goals and objectives are met on a daily basis
• Ensure efficient location of materials
• Monitor scrap for undue waste
• Prepare reject tags as required and manage this process per policy
• Monitor and improve the management of inventory
• Is an active leader and coach to team members by focusing on an environment for them in which to be successful
• Passionate about improving safety, quality, delivery, and cost
• Ability to identify root cause, implement corrective action where gaps to the goals exist – strong problem solving skills
• Responsible for supporting new and current team member activities – hiring, performance, management, transfers, promotions and disciplinary processes
• Schedule work assignment to maximize production efficiency
• Develop and monitor staffing plans to execute the schedule on time at the planned rate or better

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced skills in MS Office
• Excellent organizing and leadership skills
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities
• Self-motivated with a results-driven approach
• Exposure to lean manufacturing

Education and Experience

•  Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in related field or equivalent work experience preferred
• Minimum of 3 years manufacturing experience, with demonstrated leadership skills
• Plastic molding experience in a leadership role preferred 

Working Conditions

This job is in a typical manufacturing environment, to include:

• Ovens
• Forklifts
• Torches
• Rotating tools
• Etc.

Physical Requirements

• This individual will be walking and standing the majority of the time as it requires a continuous presence on the manufacturing floor.