Production Supervisor

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Production Supervisor (6am - 6:30pm Sunday through Tuesday, every other Wednesday)

The Production Supervisor position is responsible and accountable for the efficient utilization of resources to achieve production requirements and by focusing on continuous improvement activities to improve safety, quality, cost, and service.

• Provides recognition to employees. Ensures training is provided for effective performance. Proactively addresses issues with employees with supportive documentation. Adheres to Company policies, procedures, and applicable budget requirements. Conducts timely performance reviews. Coordinates effective delegation of work assignments and training.
• Engages in providing a safe working environment for employees by actively participating in and encouraging employees to participate in the S.E.E. Committee and other company-sponsored safety programs. Takes an active role as a Safety team member. Continuously speaks to operators about proactive measures to promote a safe work environment.
• Audits and manages the production processes and employees to ensure quality of production and adherence to established standards and work practices. Monitors the accuracy of documentation and electronic transactions to ensure the accuracy of work order and inventory records.
• Works with a sense of urgency that enables production schedules to be met while minimizing unnecessary costs related to downtime and labor/material variances; and without jeopardizing the health and safety of the workforce or the quality and accuracy of production, while not violating established work standards and ISO requirements.
• Maintains a clean and safe work area. Wears required Personal Protective Equipment. Performs duties in a safe manner and observes approved safety procedures. Communicates potential hazards immediately to Manager.
• Ensures that employees are actively standardizing their work area using 6S. Updates/creates the 6S program as needed.
• Engages in gemba walks and employee passdown information. Assists in developing CI plans and participating in kaizen activities to improve Business Systems, reduce costs, and eliminate waste in the operation.
• Implements quality improvements using the 8D problem solving methods.
• Works closely with the schedulers to minimize unevenness in the schedule and develops action plans with the schedulers to address schedule interruptions.
• Ensures employees complete their training in ETQ and Sum Total. Monitors these training systems to ensure no employees are in late status.
• Works with Production Planner to assist with production order processing and execution.
• Conducts daily passdown meetings within shifts.
• Trains operators in SAP. Ensures all necessary transactions and paperwork are filled out accurately and in a timely manner.
• Works with Manager and Quality to assist in conducting internal Quality Audits and support during customer and ISO audits.
• Conducts new hire onboarding training.
• Utilizes Camline to ensure production processes are in control and operators respond to flagged items.
• Creates and updates standard operating procedures. Ensures all SOPs on the floor are accurate and up to date.
• Conducts critical-to-quality audits with operators to ensure operators follow critical process steps and SOPs.
• Utilizes the Ignition system to drive smarter operations.
• Provides support to R&D projects and DOE’s with Engineers.
• Demonstrates the ability to troubleshoot, identify, and resolve non-routine problems with process equipment.
• Works with Engineers to create/update Response Flow Checklists.
• Ensures process records and SAP transactions are completed by shifts responsible for the process.
• Ensures projects are completed on time.
• Assists the Production Manager with day-to-day operations to ensure continued thriving performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Ability to make suggestions and informed decisions quickly.
• Possess strong organizational, leadership, and time management skills.
• Highly motivated and possesses superior follow-up and follow-through skills.
• Ability to motivate, coach, and lead hourly employees.
• Effective communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Demonstrated ability to manage complexity.
• Demonstrates sound leadership skills with a sense of urgency to obtain results.
• Has a critical eye for Safety and improvements in all areas of responsibility.
• Willing to work flexible hours as required by business needs.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Management preferred.
• Minimum 5 years supervisory work experience.
• Ability to read, understand, and write effective work instructions; perform math computations and computer data entry.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs., climb a ladder up to 15 ft., and walk/stand during entire shift.
• Good visual ability to detect quality…