Production Supervisor

What You’ll Do

• Support the Mission, Vision and Values of Autoliv through daily actions of decisions to become an effective agent of change.
• Driving the company-wide continuous improvement effort to maximize safety, quality, reliability, and cost reduction of manufacturing.
• Accomplishing budget commitments, operating plans and plant deployment objectives.
• Ensuring environmental compliance and safety corporate goals are achieved.
• Leading, promoting, educating and instilling a culture of Zero Defects throughout the plant organization by following standard work and specifications, and by utilizing Lean Manufacturing concepts including information boards, visual indicators, pitch by-pitch tracking, and other appropriate tools and techniques.
• Providing leadership consistency in implementing best demonstrated practices across all areas of the plant.
• Fostering an environment of teamwork across departments, functions, and roles.
• Accountability for the communication effectiveness and support of the team. This includes the acquisition, filtering and distribution of relevant information.
• Support peers, business units, design engineers and related departments by building networks, sharing successes, tools and knowledge.
• Accomplishing budget commitments, operating plans and plant deployment objectives.
• Guiding the production team to improve Safety and Environmental goals, to improve customer service through good manufacturing practices with managing total cost, quality, and on-time delivery through analysis of data and improving team member performance.
  
  

Management Accountabilities

• Supervises and provides leadership, coaching, guidance, training and staff development; interviews and selects employees; plans and evaluates employee performance; recommends merit increases, transfers and promotions; counsels and disciplines employees as necessary; recommends termination when appropriate; and monitors time and attendance of subordinates.
• Develop and motivate team members to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short and long term performance plan goals. Exhibit the ability to think quickly, creatively and challenge the team to do the same.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with team members to achieve planned results.
  
  

What Is Required

• Bachelor of Science degree, preferably in Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations Management or related field strongly desired or equivalent related experience required.
• Supervisory experience in a manufacturing role is preferred.
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts and their application in a production environment, including experience in converting from traditional manufacturing to Lean principles (scheduling, reduction of cycle time, visual metrics, flow and load balancing preferred) and methodology is strongly desired.
  
  

What’s In It For You

• Attractive compensation package
• Flexible Options (schedule, etc)
• Recognition awards, company events, family events, university discount options and many more perks.
• Gender Pay Equality
  
  

Autoliv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Autoliv does not discriminate in any aspect of employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify and/or expression, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Autoliv does business.