Production Supervisor

Job description

Production Supervisor
Cuyahoga Falls, OH
$65,000 – $75,000
2nd Shift

Overview:
The Production Supervisor plays a pivotal role in guiding and enhancing production teams and workflows to achieve safety, quality, output, and customer satisfaction targets. This position entails overseeing day-to-day production operations, mentoring employees, managing resources, and fostering continuous improvement within a secure, efficient, and team-driven workplace.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop production staff to accomplish safety, quality, productivity, and customer service objectives.
• Strategically organize and implement daily production and assembly plans to ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Coordinate various production functions, such as scheduling, staffing, maintenance, procurement, and material requirements.
• Facilitate team meetings and provide continuous training and development opportunities for employees.
• Evaluate production metrics to maintain compliance with established productivity and quality benchmarks.
• Monitor and analyze production data, sharing outcomes with the team for transparency and improvement.
• Champion continuous improvement projects aimed at enhancing safety, quality, efficiency, and overall production results.
• Identify opportunities to minimize scrap, waste, downtime, and other inefficiencies in the production process.
• Support and educate team members on the utilization of quality tools and best practices.
• Ensure that employees are equipped with the necessary tools, materials, training, and resources to achieve production targets.
• Regularly inspect work areas for unsafe conditions or behaviors and implement corrective measures when necessary.
• Maintain a safe workplace environment and advocate for employee health and safety.
• Collaborate with Maintenance, Quality, Planning, Purchasing, Engineering, and other departments as required.
• Manage multiple production priorities and flexibly adjust plans according to dynamic business demands.
• Complete First Aid training and uphold certification requirements.

Qualifications:

• Associate Degree in Business, Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field, along with a minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience in a collaborative environment; or at least 5 years of supervisory experience in a process-oriented, customer-centric, quality-driven manufacturing or production setting.
• Proficient in production scheduling, staffing, workflow management, and performance oversight.
• Strong knowledge of safety, quality standards, and production processes in manufacturing.
• Preferred experience in continuous improvement methodologies and in reducing waste and production inefficiencies.
• Capability in tracking and interpreting production metrics and performance data.
• Adept at effectively coordinating with Maintenance, Quality, Planning, Purchasing, and other departments.