What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at HYMAN BRICKLE AND SON INC?
Description
The Production Supervisor will be responsible for day-to-day supervision of employees and is responsible for the continuous flow of information and products through the production floor. This position will proactively identify and escalate any issues with safety, quality, machine maintenance and bottlenecks in production. This role will provide leadership and coaching to employees to meet departmental goals while supporting company core values in a Continuous Improvement environment.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day activities such as attendance, time off, and allocation of staffing resources based on production goals and direction from the production manager.
- Lead by example to support company policies and provide fair and consistent treatment to all employees.
- Monitor employee performance to identify training and coaching opportunities and disciplinary action when necessary.
- Ensures safe work practices are always followed.
- Direct employees on the equipment they will be running to meet the production schedule.
- Coordinate shift start up by directing employees and resources where they are needed to maximize efficiency.
- Coordinate the materials needed for production in a timely manner.
- Ensure that tools and equipment needed on the floor are available and in good working order.
- Monitor stock of supplies and advise your manager when items need to be reordered.
- Monitor work on an hourly basis to ensure that all product specifications and production goals are being met and follow the escalation process when they are not.
- Monitor standard operating procedures are being followed by the employees.
- Monitor 5S plus safety.
- Participate in Gemba walks, Kaizen events and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Assist employees with completing action items on Gemba newspapers and implementing improvement ideas.
- Monitor and assist with accurate data collection for production and quality.
- Monitor production charts, production schedules, and other reports to determine requirements.
- Ensure employees are properly trained/certified for the job they are performing
- Coordinate shipping activities with the shipping department
Requirements
Competencies, skills and abilities
- Ability to effectively supervise, train, coach, and manage performance in a diverse business.
- Attention to detail, organization, and time management skills required.
- Ability to effectively interact with individuals in a variety of organizational roles and levels of responsibility.
- Capable of receiving, understanding, and effectively communicating instructions in verbal and written form.
- Ability to use good judgment, manage priorities and make independent decisions while executing multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously.
- Basic skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work extended hours or varying shifts to meet production and staffing needs.
- Bilingual Spanish is required.
Education & Experience
- 3-5 years of related manufacturing experience required.
- 1-2 Years of Supervisory experience required.
- Demonstrated experience in lean manufacturing preferred.
- Textile industry experience a plus.