The Position
This position reports to the Manufacturing Production Mgr and will assist in the planning, organizing, and monitoring of assigned departments. The manufacturing supervisor works across all lines/departments to ensure that production meets or exceeds the minimum daily standard, ensuring quality of product being produced and/or packaged and ensuring on-hand inventory reporting accuracy for both raw material and finished product.
Responsibilities
- Proficient level of department product knowledge
- Manages a single shift of up to 40 employees
- Supervise daily activities of production employees
- Send employee time off records daily to payroll
- Plan and coordinate daily production activities to ensure on time completion of product. Complete necessary daily production reports
- Drive continuous improvement efforts to create a world class operation
- Ensure compliance with all safety procedures and regulations
- Ensure that product quality standards are maintained.
- Oversee training and coaching of all employees to ensure adequate understanding of safety, quality and production procedures.
- Ensure that departmental production goals are efficiently met.
- Apply lean/six sigma tools to eliminate process waste and variation.
- Report performance metrics and improvement activities.
- Engage employees in improvement activities
Qualifications
Qualifications
- 2-3 years supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
- Computer literate: MS Word/Excel, Kronos, Oracle, JD Edwards
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
- Occasional bending, pushing/pulling, and reaching
Education
- BS in Management or other related field or equivalent experience
