Converting Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Pregis•Sussex, WI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Pregis is a packaging company focused on protecting what matters and committed to sustainable growth through purpose-driven innovation and customer-centric packaging solutions. They operate in various high-growth industries and value innovation, customer focus, high integrity, teamwork, and collaboration. Sustainability and social responsibility are core to the company's DNA.

Requirements

5+ years of progressive experience
2+ years of management experience
Basic understanding of lean manufacturing.
Ability to motivate others, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret operational data.
Sense of urgency.
Self-motivated and work independently.
Process improvement focus.
Results oriented.
Proven employee development and team building skills.
Strong problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong organizational skills.
Customer service skills.
Computer literate.
Ability to learn new software programs.

Nice To Haves

An associate’s degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Converting production area.
Provide direct supervision to production employees.
Plan daily work schedules, determine priorities, allocate work assignments, and regulate production process to meet specific daily production requirements.
Evaluate employee performance and provide necessary feedback.
Utilize corrective action to resolve conflict and inappropriate behaviors.
Provide appropriate training and instructions to employees on standard and new operating procedures.
Ensure a safe working environment through formal inspections, correcting unsafe behaviors, safety meetings, and utilizing proper work methods, procedures, and equipment.
Interviewing, hiring, training, terminating, disciplining and coaching employees.
Coach and develop team members.
Monitor Employees’ performance, conduct performance reviews, motivate team members and create strategies to boost engagement and productivity.
Ensures effective training of team members.
Work in accordance with Pregis safety guidelines.
Drive improvements and enhancements to plant safety programs.
Ensures plant housekeeping meets established standards.
Lead successful implementation of continuous improvement projects to improve product quality and reduction of process scrap.
Improve plant productivity through enhanced operating processes and workflow.
Serve as a conduit for communication between employees and management and between departments.
Work with Production Control (PC) to ensure production schedule is properly planned and customer expectations are met.
Maintain and approve employee schedules and time off requests.
Work cooperatively with all departments to ensure expectations are met.
Incorporate vision and values into day-to-day activities and behaviors guiding and motivating others.