Senior Production Supervisor

Ford • Sterling Heights, MI

3d • Onsite

About The Position

In this position...
The Senior Production Supervisor position is a supervisory leadership role supported by on-the-job training, development, and opportunity for career progression. Senior Production Supervisors are:
· Resilient
· Detail oriented
· Ambitious
· Demonstrate high integrity
What you'll do...
1. Team Leadership & Performance Management:
• Supervise, evaluate, and empower a team that produces manufactured products, and organize workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements.
• Drive to exceed personal/team/Company goals by holding self and team to high performance standards through servant leadership.
• Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives.
2. Operational Excellence & Standardized Work:
• Ensure safety, quality, and productivity objectives are met through coaching standardized work, verifying lines are running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts.
3. Relationship Building & Communication:
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union representatives, and management teams.
• Act as a two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners, and customers.
4. Development & Coaching:
• Support peer team by training, coaching, and developing newly hired and promoted Supervisors.
5. Continuous Improvement & Problem Solving:
• Be highly committed to continuous improvement, applying innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset.
• Develop Kaizen projects to improve processes for material handling operations.
6. Performance Monitoring & Reporting:
• Manage and update Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within the zone control center.
7. Safety & Policy Implementation:
• Create a safety culture; apply and implement workplace policies consistently.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• 2-3 years as a Process Coach
• Working knowledge in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends
• Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism in difficult and stressful situations
• Two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers
• Highly committed to continuous improvement, while applying innovative solutions with a customer first mindset
• Create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies
• Administer the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) consistently and effectively
• Values different opinions & is open to ideas & perspectives from others

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Safety and quality experience
• Six Sigma: Black or Green Belt certified
• Knowledge of constraint management principles
• Prior experience managing a unionized workforce
• Strong mechanical background

Responsibilities

• Supervise, evaluate, and empower a team that produces manufactured products, and organize workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements.
• Drive to exceed personal/team/Company goals by holding self and team to high performance standards through servant leadership.
• Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives.
• Ensure safety, quality, and productivity objectives are met through coaching standardized work, verifying lines are running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts.
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union representatives, and management teams.
• Act as a two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners, and customers.
• Support peer team by training, coaching, and developing newly hired and promoted Supervisors.
• Be highly committed to continuous improvement, applying innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset.
• Develop Kaizen projects to improve processes for material handling operations.
• Manage and update Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within the zone control center.
• Create a safety culture; apply and implement workplace policies consistently.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of 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: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED