Production Supervisor

Sensaria is a leader in the Wall Decor and Print-On-Demand industry. We operate 8+ e-commerce storefronts, two business-to-business brands, in-house art creation, and coast-to-coast production facilities. Sensaria brings moments and art to life. We are proud to be a leading innovator in our industry, enabling more for customers
-more products, more quality and speed. We are enthusiastic, we think bigger and work hard to unlock opportunity and achieve incredible results. We are seeking an Production Supervisor to join our team and contribute to our ongoing success.

Production Supervisor

Supervision and Safety (30% of position responsibility)

• Provide daily direction to leads and operators to ensure product is produced safely, per standards operating procedures, 5S guidelines, and area playbooks to ensure product quality and on time delivery to customers.
• Conduct daily team meetings, reviewing safety, quality, and output metrics.
• Plan and implement daily area staffing. Reorganize staffing as necessary to keep lines balanced and output steady.
• Drive machine uptime by coordinating maintenance and repair as needed, and ensuring daily cleaning and PM programs are completed.

Employee Development (30% of position responsibility)

• Provide regular feedback to employees with respect to work performance and accountability including anti-harassment, attendance, and privacy policies. Utilize HR performance management process as needed.
• Identify training needs and arrange needed training with Training Coordinator. All training must be documented by Training Coordinator and Training Assistants.
• Identify and acknowledge outstanding employee performance.
• Help to develop employees for future opportunities and promotions.
• Create succession plans to ensure business continuity.

Performance to Metrics (30% of position responsibility)

• Safety: Dart Rate:
  Minimize safety accident risks by notifying CDP engineering and EHS regarding risk areas and improvement suggestions. Manage accidents and near misses per Safety team guidelines.
• Quality: % reprints:
  Monitor reprint yield. Focus and drive improvement based on highest impacts.
• % red sheets:
  Monitor customer quality. Drive for operational improvements as needed.
• Lead-time from Assigned to Ship status
• On Time Delivery:
  Monitor and drive for improvements to lead time to Customer Delivery Date (Internal Lead Time goal)
• To Target Ship Date (customer commitment)
• Labor cost/unit:
  Monitor and improve operator efficiency (units/person hour) at each position
• Control overtime and headcount to ensure unit cost targets are met.
• Material cost/unit:
  Monitor in process material scrap, taking needed actions to minimize.

Continuous Improvement (10% of position responsibility)

• Identify potential process improvements and cost reduction opportunities. Work with the team to implement changes.
• Drive root cause analysis and reduce repeat process breakdowns via good communication between team and support organizations. Request updates to WI's, PM's and work flow based on operator feedback, observations, and results.
• Engage leads and operators to increase accountability at every level.
• Lead and participate in Kaizen events.
• Coordinate with CDP Training Coordinator to increase cross training.

Additional Tasks and Responsibilities

• Other duties and special projects as assigned

Education and Formal Training

• 1 - 2+ years' experience in a production Lead position.
• 1+ years' experience in a LEAN environment

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years' experience managing people.
• Understanding of and Dedication to Lean Continuous Improvement and 5S/6S

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability

• Flexibility to work in a demanding environment including ability to multi-task, and reassessing priorities on a continual basis.
• Excellent planning skills
• Excellent teaming skills.
• Understand and dedication to Lean Principles including 5S
• Computer skills including excel expertise and MRP planning software.

Intellectual Demands

• Must understand vague and implicit instructions and react favorably in all work situations.
• Must be approachable and responsive to a variety…