Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

ABOUT THE SHADE STORE

At The Shade Store, we have handcrafted the finest Shades, Blinds, and Drapery for 75 years. We believe designing beautiful custom window treatments should be an effortless experience, so we offer outstanding services to help our customers every step of the way, from inspiration to installation. We are always looking for friendly, passionate individuals to join our team and deliver the finest custom window treatment experience.

Our team is expanding, and there has never been a more exciting time to be a part of it.

The Production Supervisor is responsible for ensuring the manufacturing process remains smooth and efficient by organizing workflows and monitoring staff. Additionally, the incumbent is responsible for overseeing manufacturing processes by managing a staff of full-time employees and temporary hourly employees on the production floor and coordinating resources to complete the daily/weekly production schedule in accordance with all company safety, quality, and productivity protocols.

The primary role is to run the shift production, meet safety, production schedules, and maintain high quality standards in a harmonious work environment. The position builds strong relationships with manufacturing leaders & team members to enhance workforce performance by supporting employees’ safety and development. The Production Supervisor will coordinate with the Production Manager and Customer Service Department to access workload, maintain standards, and resolve potential problems.

This position builds strong relationships with manufacturing leaders and team members by making recommendations on personnel, tooling, fixtures, equipment, and process improvement.

• Supervising operations within a facility to achieve higher output. This includes the coordination and evaluation of production activities between stations to ensure optimum efficiency and attainment of production and quality goals.
• Monitor daily production and adjust production based on inventory.
• Identify opportunities for improvements in manufacturing quality, optimization, and process standardization.
• Maintaining communication between team members and manufacturing leaders to ensure daily, weekly and monthly objectives and procedures and policies are well-understood.
• Develop meaningful partnerships with our internal departments and team members.
• Create a culture of empowerment and accountability.
• Ensuring the flow of production materials, machinery, and other resources.
• Develop talent and recognize Production Associates’ contributions and accomplishments.
• Prepare the production floor for daily production.
• Support manufacturing including investigation into root cause of manufacturing defects and/or failures and recommendation and implementation of appropriate corrective actions.
• Work with management and our employees to leverage their experience and knowledge, and to drive process improvements.
• Confirm final documentation accuracy of production/engineering work orders.
• Drive the continuous improvement culture with a “Plan, Do, Check, Act” management style.
• Document and respond to production and quality statistics related to output and lot traceability performance issues.
• Perform and document product testing to confirm and maintain quality requirements.
• Participate in process improvement and lean implementation. Support 5S to maintain established housekeeping standards. Actively contribute to ongoing continuous improvement activities.
• Evaluates employee’s overall performance, establishing goals and objectives for proper manufacturing techniques.
• Observe, enforce, and conduct audits of quality, safety, and compliance standards to ensure Production Associates abide by TSS policies, procedures, and departmental expectations.
• Ensure all product, material, parts, and documentation follow Company specifications and quality standards.
• Report defective materials or questionable conditions to the department supervisor.
• Identifies units that fail tests or tolerance levels and repairs as necessary according to process.
• Lead and support day-to-day production activities within…