Production Shift Supervisor

Multi-Color Corporation Recruiting • Scottsburg, IN

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About The Position

The Production Shift Supervisor manages and coordinates shift operations to meet safety, production, sustainability, and quality standards. The role provides leadership and management to the departments on an individual shift to achieve the company’s core strategies. The supervisor serves as a technical resource across assigned work areas, supports production flow, coordinates training and staffing, and works with the Production Manager and other departments to align team activities with plant operational goals.

This position follows a continuously repeating 2-2-3 rotating schedule: in the first week, work two days, take two days off, and work three days; in the second week, take two days off, work two days, and take three days off.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years of progressive experience in the role or roles being supervised.
• Minimum two-year certificate from a college or technical school in Management or a related program, or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including frequent walking; standing; using hands to finger, feel, and touch; reaching with arms and hands; and talking and hearing.
• Ability to occasionally climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Ability to regularly lift or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision requirements include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• A degree or supervisory experience in a LEAN manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to and enforce mandatory safety requirements, conduct safety observations or audits, monitor safety policies, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Serve as a technical resource for all assigned work areas and provide immediate support when a process flow is down.
• Participate in meetings covering quality, safety, performance, staffing, art, shipping, and scheduling.
• Support direct reports in resolving conflicts and difficult situations, and determine when Sales or Operations leadership should become involved.
• Work with the Production Manager to implement departmental initiatives aligned with plant operational goals and reinforce those initiatives.
• Bring forward ideas to expedite orders, resolve issues, and confirm cost absorption.
• Conduct at least one performance evaluation per employee each year.
• Communicate concerns and issues to peers during shift changes as needed.
• Conduct job and item approvals as outlined in the Quality Management System (QMS), working with customers as needed.
• Coordinate technical and specific job-task training for the team.
• Provide immediate constructive feedback, both positive and negative, to peers and others.
• Teach and develop employees individually and in relation to the business.
• Resolve daily staffing issues when necessary.
• Communicate with other departments and team leaders.
• Cross-train with other supervisors to provide coverage across plant areas during vacations and on weekends.
• Educate teams about the Plan vs. Actual process and communicate it during daily meetings.
• Verify time and attendance daily using the Dayforce work system.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, and a 401(k).
• Paid holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and two floating holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree