Production Supervisor

About the position

The position supervises all facets of production operations, including processes and people, with a focus on continuous improvement and ensuring a clean, safe workplace. The role is accountable for production operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures. It involves maintaining health and safety standards, motivating teams, making data-driven decisions, and holding individuals accountable for results. The supervisor plans and executes changes in support of model changes and capacity modifications, develops departmental work instructions, and continuously improves operations using lean practices.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for production operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
• Maintains standards of health and safety, hygiene, housekeeping and security in the work environment.
• Motivates, organizes, and encourages at the individual and team levels to ensure set productivity targets are met.
• Makes sound decisions using facts and data that are in the best interest of the business.
• Holds all individuals, including him/herself, accountable for delivering results and satisfying internal and external customers.
• Plans and executes changes in support of model changes, capacity and/or schedule modifications.
• Assists in developing and maintaining departmental work instructions for all tasks and utilizes them appropriately.
• Maintains/improves productivity, efficiency, and performance by reviewing reports and statistics and making appropriate adjustments.
• Recommends measures to improve quality of service, increasing efficiency of department including performance of personnel and equipment.
• Continuously improves production operations using lean enterprise practices.
• Understands hazardous materials and the proper and safe handling of such ensuring all proper policies and procedures are followed.
• Shows initiative, courage, integrity, and bases decisions on what is best for the company, not the individual.
• Identifies and develops team members to be future leaders.
• Leads by example.
• Identifies areas for personal growth and seeks opportunities for ongoing education.
• Completes production requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; monitors work results and executes corrective actions when required.
• Maintains production staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training new employees.
• Monitors staff performance and progress.
• Explores options for internal and external activities having impacts on the department and/or business.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Supervisory skills and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret business documents and data.
• Knowledge of general business computer software and aptitude to learn new software applications.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or five years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.