Fitting Supervisor

The Jay Group • Wynne, AR

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Run the stitching room. Sequence work across the largest team in the plant and roughly nine distinct machine operations so that every upper reaches Lasting complete, in size order, and on schedule.

Requirements

• Ten or more years in a footwear stitching room, hands-on capable on at least four machine types.
• Able to set up and troubleshoot industrial sewing machines without calling maintenance for routine adjustments.
• Able to run a skill matrix and schedule around absence.

Responsibilities

• Sequence and balance work across skiving, marking, cementing, backstay, eyelet, box toe, closing and top-stitch stations.
• Own the department skill matrix.
• Rate every operator on every station and close the gaps where only one person can run a machine.
• Set and adjust thread tension, needle size, stitch length and gauge on post-bed, flatbed and Puritan machines.
• Inspect uppers for stitch quality, seam alignment, backstay placement and eyelet spacing before releasing them to Lasting.
• Manage work in process.
• Raise it early if Fitting is about to become the bottleneck.
• Train new fitters and certify them before they run production unsupervised.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed