Production Supervisor

Job Title: Production Supervisor

Location(s): Springfield, TN 37172

Function: Manufacturing

Audience: Experienced Professional

Work Arrangement: On Site

Requisition : 69625

The Production Supervisor is responsible for ensuring a safe, inclusive, and productive work environment while meeting production and quality targets. The ideal candidate will be a strong communicator and team leader with a passion for employee development, engagement, and continuous improvement.

Reports to: Operations Leader

Schedule: Monday-Thursday 4:15 pm – 3:45 am

Span of Control: 25+ employees

* Shift rotation and Friday shifts may be required as business needs demand*

• Promote and enforce a culture of safety by ensuring compliance with all safety policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Conduct regular safety audits, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
• Lead safety training and awareness initiatives to reduce workplace hazards.
• Lead execution of monthly team safety requirements—behavior-based safety observations, near miss reporting, safe work permits, safety meetings, pre‑shift safety inspections, departmental inspections, etc., and build a culture where safety is the number one priority.
• Participate in the investigation of safety incidents and lead root‑cause analysis to drive permanent resolution.

• Understand and communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department, ensuring all products meet customer standards and requirements.
• Ensure timely and accurate production schedules to meet or exceed delivery commitments.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise daily production activities to meet output, efficiency, and quality targets.
• Perform root‑cause analysis with operators on all quality issues and resolve them.
• Train operators on problem‑solving skills and coach through resolution.
• Monitor production metrics and implement corrective actions to address variances.
• Collaborate with quality assurance to ensure products meet or exceed standards.

• Engage all teams to collaboratively own business success and contribute to continuous improvement in safety, quality, cost, and productivity.
• Provide candid feedback on expectations and performance to team members on a regular basis and drive appropriate actions for improvement.
• Identify skill gaps and coordinate ongoing training and cross‑training opportunities.
• Support career development through coaching, mentoring, and performance feedback.
• Invest in the growth and development of team members to achieve sustained success.
• Implement and document corrective action when performance issues occur.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure team members are well trained and up to date on required certifications.
• Effectively communicate critical plant performance metrics daily to ensure engagement.

• Reach mutually beneficial agreements with operating departments on required capacity specifications, measured by OEE or similar metric.
• Analyze and communicate output data to leadership regularly.
• Assess situations and act proactively to mitigate potential problems.
• Ensure consistent product quality by guiding team members to analyze key process variables and maintain critical product and equipment information.
• Perform root‑cause analysis with key stakeholders to address quality issues and resolve them promptly.
• Utilize proper resourcing to meet cost targets.
• Partner with maintenance staff to ensure plant equipment efficiency.
• Verify time and attendance reports to ensure production needs are met.

• Foster a positive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and collaboration.
• Maintain open lines of communication with team members through regular meetings, feedback sessions, and one‑on‑one check‑ins.
• Recognize and celebrate team achievements and individual contributions.
• Encourage employees to build strong working relationships and communicate through respect, candor, integrity, innovation, accountability, and fun.

• Identify opportunities for process…