Manufacturing Production Supervisor- Edmond, OK

This position is located in Edmond, Oklahoma.

The Production Supervisor reports to the Mint Production Manager and will be responsible for managing production personnel to maximize quality and output in a manufacturing operation. Accountable for achieving production targets by optimizing people, equipment, process, systems and documentation resources. The Production Supervisor helps establish the APMEX culture at the plant location and assists in identifying and developing the next generation of leaders. The Production Supervisor is responsible for executing production output to meet quality, productivity, and accuracy standards. The supervisor will oversee weighing, casting, buffing, burnishing, stamping/coining, packaging and outbound/inbound shipments.

A Day in the Life of a Production Supervisor:

• Meet daily/weekly/monthly key performance indicators that as it relates to quality, accuracy, and productivity.
• Adhere, develop, and improve processes for Mint production operations
• Lead, plan, organize, direct and run optimum shift operation to meet production goals
• Monitor execution against standardized processes, and perform coaching and/or process assessment to improve performance against standard(s)
• Maintain and execute against 5S principles
• Work on projects assigned by management
• Ensure quality standards are being met throughout the entire production process and support no defects from leaving a station or team area
• Trains staff in the areas of safety and quality
• Lead and manage a team of 2-5 team members
• Provides input to production flow and identifies potential manufacturing issues
• Gather, organize and analyze data regarding key business drivers to present information in a manner that is meaningful to teammates by using metrics and analytics to guide organizational decision making
• Thoroughly understand APMEX resource utilization to identify operational and performance improvement opportunities
• Champion the "standardization" of work practices across shifts, functions and teams
• Actively drives Good Manufacturing practices that meet company standards
• Support of control plans to assure critical features are controlled through the production process
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems
• Verify the readiness of the production line at start-up and supervise change overs
• Monitors the production process, makes routine process checks and adjusts equipment or work practices according to standard operating procedures
• Tracks production orders and schedules and will communicate to upper management daily
• Manage overall package and product quality to ensure all standards and specifications
• Flex work schedule to meet the business demands
• Schedules or performs training for all employees
• Maintains time and production records
• Collaborate with front-line teammates daily to improve leadership and management behaviors while empowering front-line accountability of actions, roles and responsibilities
• Trains, coaches and reviews performance of employees. Works with HR for employee discipline issues, terminations, and recruitment
• Challenge teams to accelerate their growth and development
• Interacts and collaborates with other departments to solve any restriction that may stop or slow down production, including material, personnel, equipment and process issues
• Notifies management of reoccurring issues that may require equipment replacement. Able to perform minor troubleshooting process experiments and clearly communicate results.
• Other duties as required.

Other Qualities of a Production Supervisor:

• Communication: Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.
• Adaptability/Flexibility: Adapts to change, is open to new ideas, takes on new responsibilities, handles pressure, and adjusts plans to meet changing needs.
• Leadership: Leads through changes and adversity, makes the tough call when needed, builds consensus when appropriate, motivates and encourages others.
• Personal Organization: Keeps information organized and accessible, maintains clean/functional work space, works systematically/efficiently, and manages time well.
• Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.
• Sense of Urgency: Prioritizes well, shows energy, reacts to opportunities, instills urgency in others and meets deadlines.
• Teamwork: Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team leader to meet goals.
• Problem Solving: Ability to proactively recognize a problem, determine the root cause, develop an analysis of its effect, and present options for solutions to management.

APMEX is a multibillion-dollar ecommerce company that is the leader in Precious Metals. Our employees love our values and culture. Our APMEX team is large enough to get the job done better than anyone else in the industry, while being small enough to listen to, and care, about our employees. Without their dedication, APMEX would not continue to be named the #1 Specialty eRetailer by Internet Retailer Magazine! Come see why APMEX was "Voted as one of the Best Places To Work in Oklahoma!" and one of the Top Workplaces by the Oklahoman. Join the team today!

Education:

• High School degree or GED required; Bachelors degree preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years experience in a manufacturing environment and thorough knowledge of high-volume production systems and processes preferred.
• A minimum of 2 years experience in supervisory roles of people and processes. Preferred in a manufacturing environment to include demonstrated leadership capabilities.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong organization, planning, decision making abilities within a Lean Manufacturing working environment.
• Understanding of production processes and controls.
• Ability to lead, mentor, engage and impact a production team.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills required.
• Ability to generate production status reports
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and propose solutions and courses of action
• Able to work well under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines
• Remain engaged, proactive, and positive in tough circumstances, owning assignments and taking full accountability for the teams success
• Work efficiently and productively in independent and team settings
• Communicate clearly using excellent written and verbal skills
• Strong organization skills with meticulous attention to detail

Computer Skills:

• Fluent with common MS office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)

At APMEX, our employees have access to extraordinary benefits including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401K (Company matches!)
• Lunch Stipend
• Tuition Reimbursement
• College Debt Repayment
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off with Sell Back Option
• Paid Day off for your Birthday
• Paid Volunteer Opportunities
• Lunch and Learns