Manufacturing Supervisor

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