Production Supervisor
About The Position
Kenvue is building a pipeline of experienced production and manufacturing leaders for current and future Production Supervisor opportunities across its manufacturing operations. The Production Supervisor leads frontline teams and drives safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives while ensuring efficient execution of manufacturing activities in a regulated production environment. Opportunities may be on first shift (7:00 AM–3:00 PM), second shift (3:00 PM–11:00 PM), or third shift (11:00 PM–7:00 AM); the shift will be determined by business needs and candidate availability. The role is fully onsite in Lititz, Pennsylvania, and reports to the Business Unit Manager, Personal Care.
Requirements
- Associate degree and at least 6 years of experience, or bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of experience, in Operations, Manufacturing, or Packaging.
- Demonstrated proficiency in spoken and written English.
- Basic to intermediate computational math ability.
- Strong analytical and technical-writing skills.
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing, communication, listening, negotiating, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Nice To Haves
- Experience and/or certifications related to TPM, TPS, Lean, or Six Sigma.
- At least 2 years of experience in GMP environments.
- Prior supervisory experience.
- Previous manufacturing and packaging experience.
- Experience with Six Sigma or Process Excellence tools.
Responsibilities
- Supervise production teams to meet production goals for high-speed packaging lines and manufacturing platforms, supporting customer expectations for quality, timeliness, and cost.
- Establish personnel schedules based on business needs, provide input on production flow, and identify potential manufacturing risks and challenges.
- Compile and report production metrics.
- Train staff on policies and procedures, including safety and quality, and ensure activities protect colleague health and safety and comply with policies and procedures.
- Lead implementation of changes and deliver goals that meet business, customer, and consumer needs.
- Assess work and processes to ensure compliance with required standards, policies, and procedures.
- Facilitate communication and act as a liaison between hourly colleagues and other site leaders; understand and ensure adherence to the union collective bargaining agreement.
- Recommend changes to standard operating and working practices and lead continuous improvement.
- Work with the Business Unit Manager to develop and implement methods and processes that optimize material, machine, and human-resource flow and use.
- Supervise all hourly colleagues on the shift within the business unit, ensuring performance standards and employee and equipment productivity, uptime, and efficiency targets are achieved.
- Provide feedback on operational budgets and understand financial drivers.
- Maintain appropriate levels of labor, scrap, data integrity, schedule attainment, quality, uptime, runtime, cycle time, and housekeeping.
- Recommend changes to working conditions and equipment to increase business-unit and staff efficiency.
Benefits
- Competitive benefit package.
- Paid company holidays.
- Paid vacation.
- Volunteer time.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Kenvuer Impact Networks.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
