Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor

Company: Rieke LLC

Primary Location: 500 W 7th Street, Auburn, IN 46706 USA

Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time

Function: Manufacturing Production / Distribution

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

Position Summary:
The Production Supervisor
overviews the daily activities and how employees perform during their
shift. Responsible for maximizing
employee satisfaction through handling requests of complaints and reporting the
collective shift output of the manufacturing environment. They are in charge of
maintaining a safe and organized work environment while ensuring that
production runs smoothly. Responsible
for engaging and motivating the manufacturing team, up to 45 resources, to
achieve hourly and/or daily shift business targets.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensures a safe work environment and that all PPE is available and is used by all team members as appropriate for the job.
• Ensures team members are properly trained for the work and production targets being asked to perform/achieve. Monitors and reports the on-the-job training process for new and transferred employees. Makes recommendations to management on employees who've proven the aptitude to be cross-trained to maintain workforce flexibility.
• Voice and face of leadership and responsible for ensuring all communication is conducted respectfully and with the focus of safety first. Confers with management and team members to resolve personnel issues and supports the coaching/development as necessary to achieve company targets.
• Communicates product quality and productivity performance to team members so they are able to self-correct during the shift. Supports as necessary and communicates with Human Resources and Management on situations where corrective action is necessary
• Ensures Hourly/Daily production reporting is accurate and daily product quality and production goals are achieved.
• Works with maintenance when machine/tool/die issues negatively impact the production schedule.
• Accountable for ensuring a smooth transition between the shifts and any resource issues are properly communicated to Human Resources and Management.
• Ensures the production schedule is completed as scheduled and reports issues negatively impacting the schedule to the Buyer/Planner and Management as appropriate.
• Ensures completion of daily job orders, employee assignment and time-off requests.
• Maintains a "visual workplace" - using production boards, equipment status boards, etc.
• Immediately addresses and/or resolves off-schedule situations, lost time and production targets that are off-standard.
• Communicates opportunities for improvement to Engineering and/or Management.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in
  Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or Engineering preferred (Other
  degrees acceptable with a strong technical aptitude)
• 3-5 years of supervisory
  experience in manufacturing environment required.
• Proven people management
  skills and ability to develop and/or maintain a team.
• Excellent English verbal
  and written communication skills.
• Computer skills (ERP,
  Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Technical background in
  injection molding, steel manufacturing, paint lines and/or high-speed assembly
  is highly preferred
• Lean or Six Sigma
  qualification is preferred
• Must be able to work 3rd shift (10pm-6:30 am)