Supervisor Manufacturing 2nd shift Compounding

Job Details

Job Location:

Page - St Louis, MO 63114

The Compounding Shift Supervisor promotes and models the company vision and mission. They ensure adequate capacity for resources such as material, equipment, and personnel to meet production planning demands. They monitor waste, equipment downtime, and personnel attendance, implement process recommendations and equipment modifications to improve performance and safety, facilitate optimal integration of human resources, and promote good employee relations through continuous improvement initiatives.

They establish corrective action plans to eliminate process deviations and documentation errors, prepare personnel evaluations, and maintain/improve metrics such as yields, compliance (FPQ, QE, human errors), and cycle time.

• Behavior: Exhibit team player qualities of cooperation and coordination; professional interaction in all business contacts, all day, every day.
• Attendance: Present for work when scheduled; work hours may extend beyond normal business hours based on workload of the department.
• Safety: Compliance and enforcement of all company safety rules, procedures and guidelines; reporting safety issues is mandatory.
• Ensure proper training/development of team members.
• Assign employees to compounding duties and establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Observe start‑up procedures; identify problem areas; assist in developing and implementing corrective action.
• Inspect products to verify conformance to specifications.
• Analyze and resolve work problems, or assist workers in solving work problems.
• Initiate or suggest plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Perform activities of workers supervised.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of compounding technicians engaged in batch/blend processing, weighing and bulk chemical tank unloading to meet quality, safety, productivity and customer service requirements.
• Ensure the timely and accurate documentation and close‑out of batch records.
• Recommend hire and discharge, evaluate performance, recommend salary increases and promotions, train and instruct employees; resolve employee problems; approve, compute, and record employee hours on timecards.
• Attend daily production meetings to ensure understanding and communication of daily procedures, changes to schedules, current and potential problem areas.
• Discuss with appropriate department supervisor any discrepancies which occur in the production schedule or process; develop appropriate action.
• Develop and manage budget and performance objectives; scheduling, hiring, performance evaluations, termination, etc.
• Investigate and write incident reports that affect the release of batches.
• Investigate and write safety incident reports and close‑out in a timely manner.
• Participate in technical transfer and validation activities affecting the department.
• Ensure cleanliness and sanitization of compounding area.
• Interact with Planning and Manufacturing to assure customer service goals are met.
• Analyze work methods, collect and analyze process and productivity data for use in continuous improvement initiatives.
• Comply with cGMPs through adherence of SOPs and company policies relating to quality, safety, housekeeping and cost effectiveness.
• Recommend supplies to be ordered and, at the manager’s direction, place orders for Purchase Orders provided.
• Apply analytical reasoning and root cause analysis to solve problems.
• Familiarity with automated batch recipe systems.
• Experience with PLC‑controlled batch and/or blend processing operations.
• Work any shift and occasional weekend shift if needed.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Knowledge/
  
  Education:
  
  Bachelor of Science degree or bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering is preferred. Demonstrated supervisory and administrative skills. Demonstrated leadership and management traits including the ability to motivate people while engendering their respect and support. Proficient with MS Office products. SAP or ERP knowledge preferred. Strong math and calculating skills.
• Experience: Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in manufacturing or chemical processing preferred, particularly in the personal care industry. Two (2) years’ supervisory experience required. Demonstrates ability to read, understand, interpret and implement technical writing instructions.
• Machines, Tools, Equipment and Work Aids: Operational knowledge of production equipment; computers, spreadsheet and word processing programs, fax, copier and other standard office equipment.
• License(s) / Certification(s)
  
  Required:
  
  Forklift certification or the ability to obtain a certification.

Standing and walking in the position can require being on your feet the entire shift; other activities are sitting, climbing, stooping, reaching, grasping, hearing, talking, pushing, pulling.