Production Supervisor (Day)

Graham Packaging Company•Lee's Summit, MO

About The Position

Graham Packaging is a people-, planet-, and values-based company and a leader in sustainable packaging manufacturing. Its Blue Culture emphasizes safety, continuous improvement, accountability, innovation, collaboration, learning, integrity, and respect. The Production Supervisor oversees hourly employees across all phases of manufacturing blow-molded containers. The position is responsible for safety, quality, customer service, housekeeping, training, performance management, plant productivity, labor utilization, warehousing, and raw-material control. This is a day-shift role with scheduled hours of 6:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; 0–25% travel may be required. The supervisor exercises shift-level authority and independent judgment, including making or recommending personnel decisions in accordance with company policies and procedures. The role resolves production and quality issues, documents shift decisions and status, attends and conducts meetings, reviews employee time records, manages temporary staffing, and oversees machine utilization. The supervisor also develops methods to improve manufacturing efficiency and labor utilization, reduce operating costs, supports inventory activities, and assists production, operations, or plant management with recommendations about operations, staffing, equipment, and procedures.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree and/or related operations experience, or an equivalent combination of education and related operations experience.
Ability to maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance.
Computer usage and typing skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.
Ability to work independently and complete assignments within the parameters of instructions, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices.
Ability to communicate facts and information clearly.
Ability to collaborate with others, contribute proactively to group objectives, and volunteer to help others.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of experience in an operations supervisory or management role in a manufacturing environment, with demonstrated leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Supervise hourly employees engaged in all phases of manufacturing blow-molded containers.
Understand, follow, and enforce established safety, health, quality, GMP, and company policies, procedures, and recognized practices.
Exercise shift-level authority and independent judgment regarding personnel actions, or effectively recommend such actions, in accordance with established policies and procedures.
Oversee shift personnel training and development, safety, security, quality, inventory, housekeeping, and general compliance with company policies and procedures.
Resolve production and resulting quality problems on the shift and conduct frequent product-quality checks.
Document shift decisions, issues, actions, and status updates for compliance and continuous quality improvement.
Attend production and safety meetings and conduct shift meetings as required.
Review and authorize employees’ time records for the shift.
Manage temporary staffing assignments to achieve plant production and labor objectives.
Manage machine utilization to meet or exceed efficiency goals and recommend or direct personnel, maintenance, or engineering changes to help achieve those goals.
Develop methods and procedures to improve manufacturing efficiency, maximize labor utilization, and reduce operating costs as part of continuous quality improvement.
Assist the Production, Operations, or Plant Manager in reviewing shift operations and recommend changes to operations, staffing, equipment, and procedures.
Assist with physical inventories in accordance with company procedures.
Maintain a supportive and productive work atmosphere through professional conduct and effective communication with internal and external customers, vendors, coworkers, subordinates, and other supervisors.
Participate in job safety training and follow plant rules and work procedures to support a safe and healthy work environment.
Execute leader standard work daily.