Production Supervisor

Knorr-Bremse•Riverside, CA

46d•Onsite

About The Position

Oversee and manages all day-to-day production operations in the assigned production area. Contributes to production planning processes. Allocates personnel resources, proposes procedures, improvements, and implements technical infrastructure. Ensures adherence to established quality guidelines and production safety requirements. Determines manufacturing priorities based on established weekly production schedules. Make daily assignments, directs all related personnel actions. Advises staff, executes performance measurements, interprets specifications and makes judgements about the acceptability of production that is in process. Leads all Production Operators in production area assigned. This is a working supervisory role.

Requirements

Technical Capacity
Knowledge/understanding of products and services.
Computer literacy – Windows (Outlook, Excel, Word etc), SAP
Working knowledge of lean principles.
Exhibits excellent leadership skills
Basic knowledge of quantitative methods/statistical procedures and graphic skills.
Communication Proficiency
Organization Skills
Time Management
High school diploma or equivalent.
3-5 years of relevant experience in management, planning or related capacity

Nice To Haves

Lean Manufacturing, 5S, SAP systems
Associates Degree in Process, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, with experience in planning or related capacity in a manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

Provide planning to ensure production schedules are met.
Lead the training and qualification process of all direct reports.
Facilitate Team meetings to communicate departmental KPI measurements.
Lead and solicit continuous improvement ideas from team members.
Conduct departmental audits (safety, 5S)
Ensure employees are following established procedures and standard work processes.
Address employee performance issues in a timely manner.
Manage time and attendance system for direct reports.
Must be able to comply with quality, product safety, and HSE rules and regulations.
Be energy conscious, if applicable.
Conduct incident investigations.
Must understand and adhere to all relevant statutory or regulatory compliance obligations.
Must understand, support and adhere to the Integrated Management System policies, procedures and instructions.
Must understand and support relevant key performance indicators (KPIs), as defined in the goal tree.
Maintains safe, clean, healthy environment and ensures compliance with the company’s rules and policies.
Must comply with quality, product safety, HSE guidelines and regulations.
Be energy conscious.
Must understand and comply with applicable standards (i.e. ISO 9001, ISO/TS 22163, ISO 14001 ISO 45001, ISO 50001, and CMMI).
Maintain and safeguard business records.