Supervisor Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Generac•Beaver Dam, WI

About The Position

The Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Supervisor is a business partner who provides leadership for ongoing process improvement initiatives across the value chain. The role coordinates and leads engineering resources and employees to meet or exceed company business objectives, applying enterprise standards and implementing policies, procedures, and process documentation to support continuous improvement. The supervisor 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 sustain operational excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Two years of engineering experience in an operational environment.
Two years of experience leading teams, developing people, or organizing tasks.
Demonstrated ability to understand mechanical and electrical principles, machine functionality, drawings, and schematics.

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.
Relationship-building and trust: follows through on commitments, communicates, demonstrates accountability, and leads inclusively and fairly.
Accountability: remains outcome-focused, holds the team accountable, removes barriers, defines objectives and milestones, and keeps leadership apprised of progress and solutions to issues.
Listening and follow-up: listens actively, asks questions, demonstrates care, closes the loop, and uses coaching to drive action, alignment, and team development.
Ability to inspire, motivate, and recognize others; teach new tasks; and recognize individual successes.
Conflict-management skills, including encouraging collaboration and suggestions, remaining unbiased, and addressing conflict constructively.
Ability to identify, engage, and retain employees by creating an open and honest environment that supports development and growth.
Change-agent skills: promotes transformation, uses voice of customer (VOC) feedback to validate ideas, and works autonomously and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

Select, coach, and develop staff; set clear expectations to inspire and motivate the team.
Manage performance by recognizing achievement, providing feedback, and administering 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, multidisciplinary 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).
Design, lead, and implement 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 flows are synchronized to maximize efficiency, minimize operating cost, and meet or exceed customer expectations.
Oversee deployment of standard Generac tools, methodologies, standards, practices, and processes.
Direct continuous improvement initiatives to achieve customer satisfaction and fulfillment needs.
Define resource needs and work within budget and staffing parameters to accomplish area objectives.
Act as SAP Super User within the assigned functional area.