Production Supervisor

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Production Supervisor to join the Audio Visual Team in Warsaw, IN.

The Production Supervisor is responsible for planning, directing, and supervising daily manufacturing and assembly operations to ensure the safe, efficient, and cost-effective production of high-quality products. This position provides leadership to production personnel, drives Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives, and ensures operational excellence in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, delivery, and cost. The Production Supervisor develops and coaches a high-performing workforce, optimizes labor and material resources, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to meet customer expectations while achieving departmental and organizational goals.

Promote and maintain a safe work environment by ensuring compliance with safety policies, identifying and mitigating workplace hazards, supporting safety initiatives and investigations, enforcing proper equipment and material handling procedures, and fostering a culture where safety is a shared responsibility.

Ensure products and processes consistently meet company and customer quality standards by enforcing standardized work, monitoring process compliance, supporting corrective actions, overseeing rework activities, and driving continuous quality improvements through collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Direct daily manufacturing operations to achieve production schedules and operational targets by managing workflow, balancing labor resources, coordinating material availability, removing production constraints, and implementing Lean Manufacturing principles to improve throughput, efficiency, and on-time delivery.

Optimize manufacturing costs by effectively managing labor utilization, reducing waste, improving inventory accuracy, supporting root cause analysis of inventory discrepancies, coordinating product replenishment, and implementing process improvements that increase operational efficiency and reduce lead times.

Support exceptional customer service by ensuring timely production and product availability, communicating production status, resolving issues that impact delivery, coordinating returned material processing, and partnering with Engineering, Inventory, Quality, Planning, and Customer Service to meet internal and external customer expectations.

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing manufacturing team by recruiting, training, mentoring, evaluating performance, recognizing achievements, promoting employee engagement and accountability, and fostering a culture of teamwork, continuous learning, and continuous improvement.

Drive operational excellence by leading Lean Manufacturing initiatives, developing and implementing standardized processes, monitoring performance metrics, identifying improvement opportunities, and championing a culture focused on safety, quality, productivity, and sustainable business growth.

• Dependable and enthusiastic with the ability to use good judgment, work independently with minimal direction, and possess a strong initiative and positive attitude
• Strong process focus – ability to recommend and implement changes in processes to improve efficiency and performance
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, GD&T, specifications, work instructions, and manufacturing procedures
• Proven knowledge and application of Lean Manufacturing Principles. (Kanban, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Single Piece Flow….)
• Understanding of MRP inputs and outputs
• Must be detail-oriented and have excellent follow-through skills
• Proven ability to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong metric focus
• Proven ability to manage people; train and…