Job Description

Production Supervisory Position – 2nd Shift 

Production Supervisor Job Purpose: Manufactures products by supervising production staff, organizing, and monitoring work flow.

Job Description

• Carry out the manufacturing strategies and goals set by the operations manager and the upper management; 
• Accomplish manufacturing staff results by 
  1. communicating clear job expectations; 
  2. planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; 
  3. coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees (must work with the management and HR); 
  4. initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures;
• Maintain healthy staff by 
  1. helping operations manager in recruiting, selecting, and orienting, reviewing, and training employees; 
  2. Ensuring operator training is conducted and training effectiveness is sufficient for job assignment;
  3. developing personal growth opportunities;
• Complete production plan by 
  1. assigning personnel; 
  2. accomplishing work results; 
  3. establishing priorities; 
  4. monitoring progress; 
  5. resolving problems; 
  6. reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries;
• Ensure company employee standards of conduct are enforced
  1.  Maintain employee attendance and disciplinary records;
• Work with management to resolve work problems, complaints, or grievances;
• Work with the production manager to plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals;
• Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and report to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs;
• Maintain safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; 
• maintain compliance with established policies and procedures;
• Recommend revisions after analyzing operating practices and personnel requirements;
• Work with the operations manager to establish and maintain a level-loaded finish good inventory of all goods; 
• Ensure company safety standards are enforced
  1.  Maintain safety documentation requirements;
• Corporate with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments or cells;
• Act as a catalyst of change
  1. Work as a change agent and to help in smooth transitioning as the case may be;
• Ensure timely material availability to production work cells; 
  1. Order required components on time to avoid production delays 
  2. Maintain a healthy stock of components in the production floor  
  3. Manage tube/component inventory;
     • Manage tube/component transfers between warehouses;
     • Manage mill lengths; 
     • Manage bent tubes; 
     • Manage processed tubes;
     • Perform physical inventory of tubes and other components;
     • Maintain component buffer stocks
     • Manage cell inventories of all components in the cell 
     • Distribute tubes to weld cells 
     • Schedule tube bending and processing based on the plant schedule;
• Partner with management to drive continuous improvement in the assigned cells and throughout the plant;
• Participate in daily production meeting with production management, purchasing and customer service to ensure daily/weekly shipment are met and target finished goods inventory is maintained;
• Ensure company housekeeping and maintenance standards are maintained;
• Ensure Maintenance leaders timely repair and carry out preventative maintenance of equipment;
  1. by calling for repairs, evaluating new equipment and techniques;
• Report cell, employee, and plant performance data to enable generation of Plant KPI’s, (OTD, Overtime, attendance, Scrap, Cell Efficiency);
• Create and implement corrective actions to KPI’s that do not meet targets.

Job Requirements:

• Must have a minimum of two-year college degree in business, engineering, or any other related field from a USA accredited school system or at least 7 years’ experience in manufacturing supervision in a similar environment or combination of the two    
• Must be able to use and analyze data using excel and other related software.
• Must have background in manufacturing, production, automotive, or related fields.
• Must have authorization to work in the USA. 
• Must be organized and coordinated.
• Must be reliable, trustworthy, and professional. 
• Must possess behaviors that command respect and support.
• Ability to work flexibly – various shifts plus weekends if need arises
• Must be able to work extended hours. 
• Must be a team player. 
• Must have great leadership qualities. 
• Must be a people person. 
• Must be able to strictly follow the company attendance and other policies.
• Must be able to solve and report manufacturing and employee problems and crisis. 
• Must be able to diffuse crisis or situations in a professional manner. 
• Must be proficient in report writing 
• Must be able to lift up to or move 50lb of materials. 
• Must be able correct, discipline, or counsel employees when necessary. 
• Must be able to operate and navigate simple computer system comfortably.