Production Supervisor, Sr - 2nd shift - General Manufacturing

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Salary Range: $66,000.00 To $72,000.00 Annually

This is a safety sensitive position.

Maintains and supervises company productivity and quality standards per specifications. Ensures all work is scheduled and performed in a safe and efficient manner.

• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of areas of responsibility.
• Establishes and maintains quality assurance standards and controls to ensure company products conform to specifications.
• Instructs, orients, motivates and otherwise assists employees so that production and quality objectives are achieved.
• Ensures that safety, quality, and housekeeping standards are met.
• Ensures employees receive proper training on company equipment as required by OSHA Regulations.
• Interviews, hires, and trains employees:
  Plans, assigns, and directs work; appraises performance; rewards and disciplines employees; addresses complaints and resolves problems.
• Coordinates and supervises activities of personnel, determining specific work assignments.
• Oversees and provides training for personnel within their job descriptions until they are able to successfully maintain job quality and performance.
• Ensures availability of materials, anticipating requirements and maintaining current inventory.
• Recommends ways to improve output and material flow.
• Uses SAP to support the production process and material flow throughout the plants.
• Reviews production costs and cost trends. Takes the initiative in making suggestions to control costs.
• Monitors production quality on an on-going basis. Makes adjustments to processes to maximize product quality.
• Assures that employees learn to work independently and be responsible for, but not limited to, in verifying the quality and quantity of material they produce, teaching them to fill-out their own time card accordingly, running the assigned machinery in a safe manner and accordingly by documenting the correct part number and the quantity of pieces they produce.
• Analyzes and reports production and quality results.
• Monitors production area environment to ensure that product is being manufactured in a safe manner.
• Coordinates and conducts weekly safety meetings with employees.
• Coordinates and conducts monthly safety inspections in the assigned department.
• Writes injury reports for injured employees and follows up accordingly with employee’s status of injury and working conditions.
• Maintains continuous feedback to employees concerning job performance, as well as conducting a yearly performance review.
• Identifies potential hazards in the work area.
• Must be cross-functional to work in different areas of the company as needed.
• Must be flexible to perform other duties as assigned and required by the department.

• Must have a college degree, preferably in a business field, or seven years supervisory experience.
• Must have a minimum of three to five years of experience in a manufacturing environment or equivalent education and experience.
• Must have a minimum of three years of supervisory experience.
• Must be able to speak English.
• Outstanding interpersonal, leadership and management skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to use a forklift, tape measure, a telephone, 2-way radio, pallet jack, and the computer system used at Virco.
• Knowledge of basic computer skills (MS Word and Excel) and SAP.
• The ability to lead, influence and interact effectively with all levels of management.
• Must be able to pass a forklift-driving and background test…