Production Supervisor Assembly

At West, we're a dedicated team that is connected by a purpose to improve patient lives that has been at the center of our Company for more than a century. Our story began when Herman O. West solved the problem of supplying penicillin in mass quantities to the US Government during World War 2. Through our work to deliver thousands of life-saving and life-enhancing injectable medicines to millions of patients daily, West's indelible mark on the healthcare industry has just begun.

A name started our story. How will your help write about our future?

There's no better place to join an inclusive community of professionals with opportunities for lifelong learning, growth and development. Supported by benefit programs, we empower the physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our team members and their families.

We believe in giving back to help those in need in the communities where we live and work. And we are equally committed to creating a healthier environment and planet through our sustainability efforts.

Shift: 2nd

Shift: Sunday
- Tuesday, E/O Wednesday 5:45pm-6:00am

Location:

Tempe,Arizona

Job Summary

In this role, you will supervise employees in a manufacturing and assembly environment: plans and assigns work, implements policies and procedures and recommends improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

* Ensures effective employee relations. Provides employee coaching, development, and performance reviews. Administers the hiring, termination, and disciplinary process for production area personnel. Resolves employee issues through problem resolution.

* Responsible for ensuring applicable training and compliance associated with work area and products.

* Responsible for shift personnel scheduling and assignments, verbal communications and visual checks of all work activity for the duration of each assigned shift, ensuring that quality requirements are being fulfilled.

* Provides feedback to proper departments regarding production, quality, engineering, and personnel issues.

* Direct and assists training of all production floor positions; topics include, but not limited to: SOPs, WIs, SPCs, and FDA regulations.

* Ensures work areas are kept clean, orderly, and safe. Makes frequent safety inspections with follow-through reporting and/or corrective actions, including work related injuries.

* Responsible for finalizing all necessary data that is required for a timely, shift-to-shift transition, ensuring completeness and accuracy.

* All interactions, workflow, productivity levels, and quality standards are implemented with a "Customer Service" approach to both internal and external customers.

* Assists in the decision-making process in regard to cycle standards and process changes.

* Lead continuous process improvement efforts to reduce scrap, cycle times, improve efficiency, and eliminate waste within the production environment.

* Supervise shift personnel in the manufacture of customer products consistent with high quality and safety standards.

* Troubleshoot problems arising on the shop floor as it relates to injection molding product quality and automation systems for throughput and yields with the appropriate engineering support from Engineering functions within the value stream / business unit

* Maintain close observation of orders to keep informed of manufacturing status and, when needed, initiate the necessary steps to conform to schedule.

* Promote and support site initiatives including safety programs, lean initiatives, training programs, and consistently interpret and apply all policies, practices and procedures among plant employees.

* Recommend and implement measures to motivate employees and to encourage employees to recommend ways to improve process, quality, safety and efficiency.

* Routinely evaluate employee performance and identify training needs. Coach and counsel employees for performance, attendance and behavior. Participate in the resolution of employee relations issues.

* Review and approve work time in the appropriate timekeeping system. Maintain and verify accuracy of the hours each employee has…