Manufacturing Production Supervisor

Manufacturing Production Supervisor

Requirements

• Must be able to delegate and prioritize in an ever-changing environment
• Leadership skills with a focus on development and accountability
• Ability to interact with all levels of management
• Lean or Six Sigma Continuous Improvement experience and will have the ability to drive
• Visual Management and KPI/metrics performance measures
• Computer proficiency including Google Workspace applications and ERP/MES systems

Responsibilities

• Participates in the hiring process of new team members
• Provides onboarding training ensuring constant cross-training of the team and maintains updated employee training records
• Leads coaching and development discussions of team members
• Drives the disciplinary action process, including recommending appropriate actions and overseeing implementation when needed
• Creates a culture of safety, inclusion, engagement, and accountability
• Leads operations in work areas, by determining most efficient utilization of production staff and by maintaining optimal inventory levels in collaboration with the planning team
• Leads the daily huddle meetings, communicate work assignments of personnel to cover all phases of production, and ensure daily goals are met
• Provides daily operations summaries to the supply chain management team
• Reviews and approves timesheets including requests for time-off
• Enters, validates/edits, analyzes production and quality data using SAP, MES and other systems (usage transactions, production transactions, scrap transactions, quality rework, etc.)
• Escalates concerns to management in a timely manner
• Monitors Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and makes recommendations for labor and manufacturing efficiency, cost savings, and quality improvements to management
• Collaborates with the maintenance team to ensure that all equipment is in good operating condition, and that equipment calibration and preventative maintenance are completed on time
• Works with the supply chain engineers to maximize manufacturing OEE and line capacities through cycle time and downtime reduction
• Works with supply chain engineers to drive continuous improvement through the daily use of Lean tools, quality data from field returns and root cause analysis, to achieve high first pass yield and On Time Delivery
• Works with the supply chain engineers to develop/update efficient, impactful standard operating procedures
• Works with the supply chain engineers to lead the introduction of new products into manufacturing.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years people leadership work experience
• Chemicals or Biochemicals industry manufacturing experience
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing implementation
• Experience with using root cause analysis and Lean Six Sigma tools for process improvement and waste reduction
• Knowledge of SAP