Production Supervisor

Samsung SDI America Inc.•Auburn Hills, MI

13d

About The Position

The Production Supervisor oversees hourly workers, team leaders, and supervisors, helping ensure daily safety, quality, and production requirements are met. The role develops and implements hiring and training processes for the hourly workforce, including training for proficiency across multiple assembly-line positions and job rotation. It establishes daily workforce accountability and manages attendance, timecards, and performance. The supervisor helps create and monitor key performance indicators through Layered Process Audits (LPAs), covering health and safety, quality, ergonomics, and delivery. The role leads daily production meetings, addresses challenges in a cross-functional team environment, escalates issues, and participates in cross-functional meetings. It also coordinates production with preventative maintenance plans and oversees in-process buffer levels to support production goals. The position includes responsibilities under the Integrated Management System and applicable quality and occupational health and safety requirements. These include identifying concerns, initiating corrective and preventative actions, supporting risk assessments, reporting hazards and incidents, leading incident investigations, and completing monthly health and safety inspections.

Requirements

Working experience in a production plant start-up.
Working-level knowledge of health and safety challenges in a production environment.
Working-level knowledge of KPI creation, implementation, and monitoring.
Working-level knowledge of Layered Process Audits (LPA).
Working-level knowledge of MES systems.
Working-level knowledge of 5S.
Working-level knowledge of quality gates.
Working-level knowledge of start-of-shift documents.
Highly organized and detail-oriented.
Ability to stand, walk, carry light objects, handle or feel parts, and reach with hands and arms.
Knowledge of customer-specific requirements or where to locate them.
Ability to follow safe work procedures, use required PPE and safety systems, and report hazards and incidents.

Nice To Haves

Lead production role experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Work with HR to create and implement an interviewing and hiring process for the hourly workforce.
Create and implement a training plan that enables hourly workers to become proficient in multiple assembly-line positions and supports job rotation.
Create an environment of daily workforce accountability to meet safety, quality, and production requirements.
Supervise hourly workers, team leaders, and supervisors, including tracking attendance, managing ADP timecard systems and approvals, and overseeing performance management.
Help create key performance indicators and monitor them through Layered Process Audits for health and safety, quality, ergonomics, and delivery.
Lead daily production meetings, address and manage challenges in a cross-functional team environment, and escalate issues as required.
Attend cross-functional meetings daily, weekly, or monthly.
Coordinate production activities with preventative maintenance plans and work with Maintenance personnel to schedule required and preventative maintenance during production gaps.
Oversee in-process buffer levels to accommodate overall production goals.
Comply with the Integrated Management System and applicable ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 requirements.
Identify concerns and initiate corrective actions, including verification, relating to product, process, and quality systems.
Initiate preventative and continuous improvement actions relating to product, process, and quality systems.
Follow company safe work procedures and OH&S directions; use and maintain required PPE and safety or emergency equipment.
Assist with preparing risk assessments and conduct them with relevant staff and the supervisor before commencing work or research.
Report OH&S problems, workplace hazards, and work-related injuries or illnesses through the appropriate reporting system.
Lead incident investigations and implement corrective actions.
Complete monthly health and safety inspections.
Complete required internal training, including the Quality Policy, job-specific training plan, quality objectives, new-hire or new-position orientation, Integrated Management Systems, and Samsung Philosophy and Values.