Manufacturing Supervisor

Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing. We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit family atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.

Focuson our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviors of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• health savings and flexible spending accounts
• life and disability insurance
• generous paid time off and holidays
• 401(k) match
• employee discounts
• free EAP services
• financial planning assistance
• well-being coaching

Our comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with health savings and flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off and holidays, a 401(k) match, employee discounts, and valuable well-being benefits like free EAP services, financial planning assistance, and well-being coaching all designed to support your health and financial security.

The targeted hiring range for this full-time position is depending on qualifications; however, the expanded salary range provides opportunities for advancement. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and job location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, competencies, experience, and relevant education, training or a combination of these things and market demand. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

This role is based on-site in Potosi, MO for daily in-person work.

At Red Wing, regardless of working in roles that are fully remote, onsite, or hybrid, what matters most is working together, staying connected, and putting care into everything we do.

Job Description

Red Wing Shoe Company is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to join our Potosi team. The Manufacturing Supervisor is responsible for managing the budgets, schedules and daily operations (safety, quality, cost, delivery) along with improvements to production processes and employee morale at the department level.

Production CORE Hours

Monday - Thursday: 6:00 AM-4:30 PM.

Plant production overtime may expand core hours and include Fridays. This is an exempt position.

Develop and implement goals and action plans to achieve business objectives for Potosi: safety, quality, cost, delivery and people.

Drive continuous improvement of operations through effective assessment of capabilities and maximization of resources and utilization of LEAN tools to improve current processes.

Drive continuous improvement of human resources through effective assessment of capabilities, development of internal resources and leveraging external sourcing where needed to achieve objectives.

Ensure compliance with all company and regulatory policies and procedures. (e.g., safety, quality, finance, human resources).

Drive employee engagement, effective communications and positive employee relations.

Ensure effective collaboration with other business partners in Potosi and other manufacturing locations/ business functions outside of Potosi as opportunities arise.

Achieve financial objectives for area of responsibility by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

Effectively engage in research and development of new/improved processes and machinery as opportunities arise.

Ensure effectiveness of the staff through communications; coaching/counseling; monitoring and appraising job results; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies and procedures; selection, training and…