08 - Production Supervisor (2nd Shift)

Celestica • Richardson, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a first-level supervisory role in a large manufacturing site, providing direct supervision to semi-skilled employees within a production function or work group. The role oversees more than one production line and/or customer and typically reports to a second-level manager. It establishes annual plans and objectives, interprets policies for the functional area, contributes to policy development, executes budgets, develops schedules, and enforces procedures. The position receives tasks and goals and follows established processes to meet unit objectives; decisions or missed results may affect divisional or departmental operations, schedules, and performance goals.

The Production Team Leader assigns work, checks it at regular intervals, and directs employees using established guidelines and procedures. The role participates in interviewing and hiring, reviews employee performance, recommends compensation and disciplinary action, coaches employees, and approves overtime schedules and working hours. It also coordinates with subordinates and peers and may have monitored interactions with external contacts.

The role contributes to monthly forecasts and owns daily and weekly output and quality targets. It manages team performance, motivation, satisfaction, training, skill development, and growth to build multi-skilled capability. It ensures return-to-work interviews and first-level disciplinary hearings are conducted promptly and professionally, and manages controllable operating expenses such as scrap and consumables.

Work takes place in a manufacturing environment, with occasional exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, operating machinery, and temperature extremes. Duties may involve sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or detailed data and may require occasional travel. Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer and an E-Verify employer.

Requirements

• In-depth knowledge of the production process and the tools and equipment used in it.
• Knowledge of the business unit and how decisions affect customer satisfaction, product quality, on-time delivery, and profitability.
• Ability to coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet production quality and quantity metrics.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to lead, manage, train, and motivate a diverse group of employees to achieve high production levels within tight deadlines in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Ability to use some or all of the following PC applications: Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Four to six years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered; educational requirements may vary by geography.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to monthly forecasts and own daily and weekly output and quality targets.
• Manage team performance, motivation, and satisfaction, and the processes needed to meet quality, output, and efficiency targets.
• Manage staff training, skill development, and growth to ensure multi-skilled capability.
• Ensure return-to-work interviews and first-level disciplinary hearings are conducted in a timely, consistent, and professional manner.
• Manage controllable operating expenditures, including scrap and consumables.
• Assign tasks, check work at regular intervals, and direct employees according to established guidelines, procedures, and policies.
• Participate in interviewing and hiring employees.
• Review employee performance, coach for improvement, recommend compensation, and recommend disciplinary action as necessary.
• Approve overtime schedules and working hours.
• Execute budgets, develop schedules, and enforce policies and procedures.
• Coordinate resources to meet production quality and quantity metrics across more than one production line and/or customer.

What This Job Offers

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