Production Supervisor--Manufacturing

Job Summary

Perform duties to supervise the production department ensuring safety, environmental compliance, quality and efficiency all align with the goals of the Manufacturing Department.

Supervisory Duties

• Maintain safe operating practices and good working conditions in the department.
• Develop and implement Company safety programs and activities, and act as Safety Leader.
• Facilitate Daily EMDS Activity with KPI input, monitoring goals, daily team member review, problem-solving activities, and continuous improvement.
• Promote Standard Work with Best Practices work environment.
• Escalate issues involving personnel injury, product rejection, property damage, equipment issues preventing the flow of production, and all downtime events to Manufacturing Manager.
• Lead, monitor, and audit 5S, and support CANDO program.
• Coordinate Preventive Action and Continuous Improvement activities in assigned areas.
• Assign, train, review and check work, assist employees, evaluate performance, and eliminate ordinary operating difficulties.
• Ensure all Team Leaders are held accountable to following Leader Standard Work practices and use Leader Standard Work sheet as a coaching tool in weekly one on one meetings with Team Leaders.
• Maintain daily attendance records, review hours worked records, overtime reports for payroll processing, and hold Team Members accountable to attendance adherence.
• Hold team members accountable to pre-determined performance targets.
• Conduct performance reviews with all associates within assigned department.
• Develop, coordinate, and monitor status of assigned projects within approved budgets, and evaluate progress and report to department manager and other department as required.
• Recommend hiring and temporary placement of workers to department manager.

Production Duties 

• Coordinates with Team Leaders to prioritize daily scheduling based on published production schedule.
• Review production schedule to determine overtime needs and make recommendations to PC Manager and Manufacturing Manager.
• Supports Training Team with New Hire Orientation, New Hire Training, Re-training, and Compliance Training.
• Conduct or designate weekly inventory of finished goods and report the count to production scheduler.
• Schedule and coordinate the logistics for transferring of weekly pre-mixes & bulk pail pre-weighs.
• Conduct corrective action investigation for internal problem, PCARs, and QPRs.
• Coordinate scheduled preventive maintenance and escalate issues needing corrective maintenance immediately.
• Monitor documentation (EBC, logs)
• Oversee inventory counts and variance investigation immediately so materials can be reconciled in the ERP system.
• Lead, monitor, and audit shop floor 5S, and support CANDO program.
• Coordinate Preventive Action and Continuous Improvement activities on shop floor.
• Work with PE’s and Maintenance to reduce downtime events, and schedule production downtime for planned maintenance.
• Coordinate special Research and Development Department and Quality Department requirements to include authorized rework.
• Coordinate tote cleaning program and direct needs as required by the production schedule.
• Control and coordinate scrap, and rework and reject inventory, including final disposition.
• Oversee and direct bulk product tanker loading and offloading of raw materials.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Have a High School Diploma with minimum 3-years’ experience as a supervisor in a related area or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• General understanding of manufacturing and/or chemical environment preferred.
• Must have good communication skills both written and verbally.
• Must possess basic math skills.
• Must be able to learn and apply LEAN tools in daily work.
• Must be able to create and support a culture to instill discipline in following SOP guidelines and escalating issues when Non-Conformances appear at any part of the process.
• Must have experience and working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Payroll Systems, and other software tools used in daily work.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and stand for the majority of an 8-hour day in an environment consisting of heat, dust and dirt.
• Excellent attendance is required.