Supervisor Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Generac Power Systems•Beaver Dam, WI

About The Position

The Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor is a business partner who leads process-improvement initiatives across the value chain and coordinates engineering resources and employees to meet or exceed company business objectives. The role applies enterprise standards and implements policies, procedures, and process documentation to sustain continuous improvement. It leads, coaches, and develops a high-performing team of Industrial or Manufacturing Engineers and works closely with Production, Supply Chain, IT, SGS, and Engineering. Success is measured by step-function improvements and process capabilities that support sustained excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
At least 2 years of engineering experience in an operational environment.
At least 2 years of experience leading teams, developing people, or organizing tasks.
Demonstrated ability to understand mechanical and electrical principles, machine functionality, drawings, and schematics.
Relationship-building and trust: follows through on commitments, communicates, demonstrates accountability, and sets an inclusive and fair example.
Accountability: remains outcome-focused, holds the team accountable, removes barriers, defines objectives and milestones, and keeps leadership informed of progress and options for issues.
Listening and follow-up: listens actively, asks questions, shows care and concern, closes the loop, and uses coaching to drive action, alignment, and development.
Ability to inspire, motivate, recognize, and teach others while understanding personal strengths and development opportunities.
Conflict management: influences collaboration, remains unbiased, encourages suggestions, addresses conflict, and focuses on solving problems.
Ability to create an open and honest work environment that supports others’ development and retention.
Change-agent skills: promotes improvement and transformation, uses the voice of the customer to validate ideas, and works autonomously and in a team.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience using SAP or an equivalent ERP system such as Oracle, JD Edwards, or Microsoft Dynamics, and Microsoft Office.
Formal leadership or team-development training.
Experience with Lean or Demand Flow principles.

Responsibilities

Select, coach, and develop staff; set clear expectations, motivate the team, recognize achievement, provide feedback, and administer progressive discipline when necessary.
Oversee, direct, and assign activities and responsibilities to maintain high operating standards for facility appearance, cleanliness, and orderliness.
Execute and lead complex, multi-year, multi-discipline strategic operational projects based on best practices.
Train, develop, motivate, monitor, and lead a team to achieve established SMART goals and objectives.
Lead and coordinate successful operational launches of New Product Introductions (NPI).
Lead the design and implementation of the Generac Fulfillment System (GFS) across the Order-to-Cash process: Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and Service.
Manage facility transformation, technology transfer, and ongoing maintenance of mixed-model lines or value streams.
Implement policies, procedures, and process documentation to sustain process-improvement initiatives.
Deploy demand-driven principles and strategies that support operational excellence and long-range plans.
Ensure product, material, and information streams flow and synchronize to maximize efficiency and minimize operating costs while meeting or exceeding customer expectations.
Oversee deployment of standard Generac tools, methodologies, standards, practices, and processes.
Direct continuous-improvement initiatives and objectives to achieve customer satisfaction and fulfillment needs.
Define resource needs and work within budget and staffing parameters to accomplish objectives for the area of responsibility.
Act as SAP Super User within the assigned functional area.