Production Supervisor

Lydech Thermal Acoustic Solutions (TAS) • Hamptonville, NC

3h • Onsite

About The Position

This Production Supervisor position is responsible for ensuring employee safety, maintaining plant housekeeping and 6S standards, and meeting daily production requirements. The role also involves ensuring on-time shipping of high-quality parts that meet customer expectations, while continuously improving manufacturing operations. The supervisor directly oversees team leaders, production associates, die set-up personnel, and material handlers on the backshift. This position requires flexibility to work various shifts, including 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED Equivalent
• 3-years manufacturing experience
• 3-5 years prior supervisory or team leadership responsibility in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to be self-directed and motivated to achieve manufacturing excellence in assigned area – drive for results
• Ability to conduct independent root cause analysis /5 Whys
• Ability to hold employees accountable for their performance in a fair, consistent, and respectful manner
• Ability to interpret data and clearly present conclusions and identify required improvement actions
• Ability to maximize manpower and utilization in fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Ability to utilize creativity and innovative thinking to implement solutions to problems
• Demonstrates personal ownership and accountability for safety and production performance
• Functional knowledge of shop floor and order management systems, both ERP (Oracle) and visual management.
• Functional knowledge of an ERP systems (D365 preferred)
• Functional knowledge of core Lean Manufacturing principles, including Kaizen events
• Strong inter-personal, communication and organizations skills
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to direct, motivate and lead by example
• Working knowledgeable of OSHA regulations/requirements, ISO/TS 16949, ISO9001

Nice To Haves

• 1+ years automotive manufacturing experience
• 1+ years supervisory experience in automotive manufacturing environment
• Poses AS or BS level degree
• Accountability
• Communication
• Creative Problem Solving
• Customer Focus
• Drive for Results
• Experience using ERP (Oracle or D365)
• Experience using HRIS systems / Timekeeping System (Workday)
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Lean Manufacturing experience

Responsibilities

• Ensure daily line staffing is sufficient to meet production and deliver requirements.
• Ensures compliance to all rules, regulations and policies. Immediately documents, communicates and corrects violations or unsafe conditions; treats all direct reports equally with respect and compassion.
• Ensures compliance to visual management controls. Hour-by-hour performance tracking, KANBAN pull systems, Line OEE, scrap trends and improvement actions, downtime tracking and improvement actions, 6S audits trend and improvement actions.
• Ensures employee compliance to part and process operating standards and standards work requirements. Immediately corrects non-conformance to procedure and issues identified Layered Process Audits (LPA).
• Monitors hourly performance for each production line. Coordinates with Team Leader and other support function as needed to immediately correct off-target line performance.
• Reviews line performance (safety, productivity, scrap, customer concerns, 6S). Discuss and initiate countermeasures for off-target performance. Follow-up on associates needs and concerns as it relates to production needs.
• Reviews schedule and order requirements for each production line. Communicates with prior and later shift supervision on schedule/order status as well as known priorities. Notifies FFM of unplanned downtime, excessive scrap or risk of not meeting schedule/order requirements per downtime escalation procedure.
• Works extended hours when required, including weekends.
• Other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED