Production Supervisor

Overview

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 seeking a Production Supervisor to join our team and contribute to our ongoing success.

• Supervision and Safety
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  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
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  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
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  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 and drive improvements; % red sheets – monitor customer quality and drive improvements as needed. Lead-time from Assigned to Ship status. On Time Delivery: monitor and drive improvements to lead time (To Customer Delivery Date and To Target Ship Date).
  
  Labor cost/unit: monitor and improve operator efficiency (units/person hour) at each position; control overtime and headcount to meet unit cost targets. Material cost/unit: monitor in-process material scrap and minimize.
• Continuous Improvement
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  Identify potential process improvements and cost reduction opportunities. Drive root cause analysis and reduce repeat process breakdowns via communication between team and support organizations. Request updates to WI’s, PM’s and workflow 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.

• Skills, Intellectual Demands and Job Requirements
• 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
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  Bi-lingual English/Spanish preferred; flexibility to work in a demanding environment including ability to multi-task and reassess priorities; strong communicative, problem solving, organizational and planning skills; excellent teaming skills; understanding and dedication to Lean Principles including 5S; computer skills including Excel and MRP planning software.
• Intellectual Demands
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  Must understand vague and implicit instructions and react favorably; be approachable and responsive; resolve problems, handle conflict and make effective decisions under pressure; long attention span to listen and bring issues to a successful conclusion; ability to present information and respond to questions; ability to solve practical problems; mathematical ability; professional language, appearance, and tone; expected to work 45+ hours as required by production demands;
  
  may work off shift or weekends.

• Other duties and special projects as assigned

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Sales, General Business, and Education
• Industries:
  Wireless Services, Telecommunications, and Communications Equipment Manufacturing

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