2nd Shift Wets Production Supervisor

Avantor • Paris, KY

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor oversees the daily planning, implementation, and maintenance of manufacturing activities in a specific area. The Supervisor ensures the effective use of materials, equipment, and personnel to produce quality products at minimum cost; selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the function operates efficiently, and may assist a higher-level supervisor.

Requirements

• High School completion or equivalent (GED) required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, preferably life science, chemistry, and/or engineering discipline, or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive manufacturing experience and responsibilities, one of which must be in a supervisory capacity; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Life science, chemistry, chemical engineering, or chemical production experience required.
• Computer literacy applied to scheduling, procedure revisions and data management is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in cGMP manufacturing a plus.
• Familiarity with production processes and applications within a similar industry preferred.
• Highly organized and self-motivated individuals who can work independently with little supervision.
• Knowledge of MRP systems preferred.
• Must have strong leadership skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform risk assessment of products and processes and develop corrective measures.
• Must be able to manage multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing situations.
• Ability to take initiative, meet deadlines, and lead people in a team environment is essential.
• Proven record of reducing costs through process improvements and efficiencies.
• Must be hands-on, team-oriented, and committed to business improvement processes.

Responsibilities

• Supervise manufacturing employees.
• May supervise the activities of other departments (production, maintenance, shipping).
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate departmental activities (including staffing) to fulfill sales orders, meet inventory requirements, and deliver manufactured products in accordance with established procedures and approved processes.
• Train, coach, and motivate manufacturing employees by providing effective leadership, ongoing guidance, and performance feedback.
• Monitor and evaluate employee performance while fostering continuous learning, skill development, and career growth opportunities to support individual success, team engagement, and operational excellence.
• Responsible for site security, safety, and proper shutdown of the site at the conclusion of the shift.
• Supervise and participate in the production operations.
• Monitor and improve the efficiency, output, and safety of manufacturing processes through observations and measurements as well as by collecting and interpreting data.
• Ensure proper manufacturing processes are followed in accordance with written documentation (i.e., Batch Records, cGMPs, SOP’s, Work Instructions).
• Maintains and revises procedures associated with production processes to ensure accuracy, consistency, and product quality.
• Creates, edits, and maintains necessary documentation (SOP’s, Work Instructions).
• Ensure all manufacturing safety policies and procedures are implemented and always maintained.
• Investigate and eliminate departmental non-conformities in manufacturing processes by employing root cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
• Analyze and design lean manufacturing cells using effective systems to optimize use of space, equipment, material, personnel and increase capacities.
• Assist in developing plant layout in planning rearrangement of facilities, equipment, and operations for better utilization of space and to increase capacities.
• Support process validations by defining processes to quality parameters, executing protocols, collecting/interpreting data, and supporting protocol summaries as needed.
• Monitors work for accuracy, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures.
• Train, motivate, monitor, and evaluate manufacturing employees' performance.
• Develops and implements departmental cross-training initiatives to provide flexible resources and improve capacity.
• Actively participates with internal and/or customer audits.
• Participates in activities related to ISO certification and ongoing conformance.
• Works closely with internal departments to ensure customer commitments are met in a timely manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level