Production Supervisor - Press
About The Position
The Production Supervisor is a supervisory leadership role within Ford’s Manufacturing team, supported by on-the-job training, development, and opportunities for career progression. The role supervises an hourly manufacturing team and organizes workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements. The supervisor helps ensure lines operate safely and smoothly and produce quality parts, while driving team performance through coaching and servant leadership. The position also involves building relationships with hourly team members, union representatives, and management teams.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- At least 2 years of supervisory and/or manufacturing experience.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends.
- Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism in difficult and stressful situations.
- Two-way communication skills, including active listening.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and a customer-first mindset.
- Ability to create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies.
- Ability to administer a collective bargaining agreement consistently and effectively.
- Values different opinions and is open to ideas and perspectives from others.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Safety and quality experience.
- Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification.
- Knowledge of constraint management principles.
- Prior experience managing a unionized workforce.
- Stamping experience.
Responsibilities
- Supervise, evaluate, and empower an hourly team producing manufactured products, and organize workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements.
- Coach standardized work and verify production lines are operating safely and smoothly and producing quality parts.
- Drive personal, team, and company goals by maintaining high performance standards through servant leadership.
- Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union representatives, and management teams.
- Maintain professionalism in difficult and stressful situations.
- Communicate in both directions and actively listen to hourly team members, leaders, business partners, and customers.
- Support continuous improvement by applying innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset.
- Create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies.
- Administer the collective bargaining agreement consistently and effectively.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare, and more.
- Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
- Tuition assistance.
- Established and active employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
