Production Supervisor - Welding Accessories & Cutting

Illinois Tool Works•Appleton, WI

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About The Position

Welding, Accessories and Cutting, a division of Miller Electric, is seeking a 1st shift Production Supervisor to join our team and drive actions that achieve results in key areas of the business including safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost savings. As a Production Supervisor, you will be on the front lines mentoring our teams and solving problems that matter. This role is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about being a positive culture leader, develop employee/teams, and promote an engaged and safe workplace environment.

Requirements

Learning Mindset: Spend time learning about the warehouse operations and each of the areas that support the business.
Relationship Building: Collaborate and communicate across cross functional teams and divisions.
Hands On: A leader that is embedded within the warehouse to help support, coach, recognize and troubleshoot issues.
Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
Growth Mindset: The ability to look at problems from all perspectives including seeking solutions that might be outside of current practice.
Bachelor's Degree in Operations or related field
Detailed understanding of warehouse operations and impacts of order fulfillment
3+ years of related production supervisory experience
Demonstrates a positive attitude, takes personal accountability, coaches, listens, and is approachable.
Skilled at performance management; providing formal and informal feedback to employees.
Experience in lean manufacturing concepts, quality measurements and OSHA requirements.
Strong oral, written and communication skills
Strong computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, D365).
Strong initiative and follow through
Proven experience in leading a team.
Experience in driving employee involvement/engagement and encouraging creativity.
Demonstrated understanding of cost drivers
Possess the track record of a proven leader and team player
Ability to resolve issues/conflicts in a timely manner.
Exhibits encouragement of diverse ideas, with a focus on coaching/developing strengths of team members, and the ability to facilitate effective communication between shifts.
Customer focused with management, support staff, customers and suppliers; understand how the business functions link together to support the customer (i.e. engineering, materials and sales)
Problem solving and conflict management skills.

Nice To Haves

Technical acumen desired

Responsibilities

Coach and develop work teams to have positive and proactive attitudes, personal accountability.
Mentor team members to resolve conflict in a fair, consistent, and empowered manner within a team environment.
Drive a customer experience mindset within all areas of the division.
Improve order fulfillment process to respond to changing customer needs and demands through facilitating area layouts, executing action plans, and selecting equipment to improve warehouse processes.
Analyze problems and sources of conflict, explores, and selects solutions, implements an action plan, and resolves issues.
Assess & evaluate team members' performance and goals regularly while supporting goal achievement.
Mentor, develop, and support Team Leaders.
Lead safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost saving initiatives through employee involvement and ITW toolbox principles.
Work closely with safety committee and team members to constantly improve safety culture and proactively identification and correction of safety hazards.
Participate and lead committees/teams as needed.
Build & maintain a network of inter-company peers and subject matter experts for consultation on best practices that provide superior cost, quality, and delivery of our products to our customers.
Provide information and collaborate with team to effectively manage resource planning.
Build employee relationships through daily, open, and direct communication while encouraging creativity and innovation.
Demonstrate and encourage effective communication to personnel at all levels within the organization.
Deep understanding of production system and fulfillment process.
Work closely with support staff and Human Resources.
Coordinate production team during emergency repairs and non-routine maintenance to ensure continuous production flow.