Production Supervisor

Ford • Lima, OH

7d • $86,600 - $144,900 • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor is a critical manufacturing leadership role that connects strategic goals with daily execution. The supervisor leads an hourly team, supports a safe and collaborative workplace, and is responsible for operational performance, product quality, and continuous improvement. The role involves prioritizing work and allocating resources, using data to address downtime and defects, developing employees, resolving conflicts, maintaining accountability, and collaborating with team members, union representatives, management, suppliers, and other stakeholders. The position requires the ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 3–7+ years of supervisory, manufacturing, military, or other relevant experience.
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Lean / Six Sigma methodology.
• Experience with the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP).

Responsibilities

• Champion workplace safety by enforcing regulations and promoting a vigilant safety culture.
• Lead and direct employees to produce high-quality products and meet or exceed production targets.
• Monitor team performance, address shortcomings, and recognize successes.
• Prioritize tasks and allocate human resources to maximize efficiency.
• Address safety and quality issues promptly, analyze problems, develop solutions, make informed decisions, and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Build high-performing teams, support employee growth, and foster a positive, collaborative work environment.
• Use data and insights to reduce downtime and quality defects and improve efficiency and quality.
• Track and report employee time and attendance, and use the resulting information for decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Identify and eliminate inefficiencies, improve processes, and promote innovation in productivity, quality, and safety.
• Implement and maintain quality standards and work to eliminate defects.
• Address and mediate conflicts fairly, using active listening and de-escalation to facilitate solutions.
• Build positive working relationships through transparent communication and listening.
• Promote accountability for personal and hourly workforce performance against processes and standards.
• Listen to and value perspectives from team members and department stakeholders, partnering with the team, union, and management to drive improvement.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up childcare.
• 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.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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