Production Supervisor - Molding Department

Description of duties and responsibilities:

Production:

• Maintain staffing of both full time and temporaries to meet customer demand.
• Assign associates to work cell and adjust staffing daily to match workload.
• Meet with Buyer/Planners daily to discuss issues such as material shortages, customer demand, capacity, etc., and adjust appropriately.
• Work with all plant support groups i.e. Safety, Industrial, Manufacturing, & Quality Engineering groups as required.
• Be a promoter of Safety 24/7, Customer Satisfaction & a willingness to promote and sustain continuous improvement.
• Maintain Visual Control Boards per MSA Operating System standards.
• Oversee equipment problems in department and make sure repairs are completed in a timely manner.

HR:

• Addressing Associate’s personal and work-related issues.
• Interview associates to fill open positions.
• Enforcing MSA policies and procedures ensuring accountability for compliance.
• Create and maintain associate’s training records.

Communication:

• Daily interaction with Associates on multiple shifts according to MSA Operating System standards.
• Attend Safety, Staff, department, stand-up and material management meetings.
• Post-daily information on KPI and or department bulletin board.

Administrative:

• Approve time for permanent and temporary associates and maintain attendance, vacation, etc. data in Replicon system.
• Maintain the department roster, cross-training matrix and evacuation plan.
• Write up safety documentation including JSA/SOP records, near hit and incident reports.
• Verify and review ECO documentation.
• Approve requisitions and tooling requirements.
• Review, sign-off, and reconcile VISA transactions.
• Respond to audit, CQN, and notification findings with solid root cause and occurrence prevention solutions.

Budget:

• Review performance of department and adjust and improve performance.
• Help Production Manager with 6-week departmental projections
• Review productivity, linearity or schedule achievement as compared to departmental goals.
• Monitor and investigate job-closeout variances.

Special knowledge, skills and abilities required:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to keep the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action.
• Proven ability to organize and prioritize a large number of tasks, solve technical problems, lead projects and drive change.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities to promote teamwork, delegation, individual responsibility, and positive employee morale.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and foster good working relationships with co-workers at all levels within the organization.
• Self-motivated individual with demonstrated abilities to work independently.
• Up to 10% domestic travel is required.

Preferred:

Familiar with Lean, Six Sigma principles, Continuous Improvement, and/or EHS initiatives.

Education and experience required:

This position is available at three different career levels based upon experience, education, etc.:

Level one:

• Associates Degree in related field or educational academic equivalent required.
• • Two years of proven supervisory/leadership experience in a manufacturing, warehouse, or military setting may be substituted for an Associate’s degree.
• One year of proven supervisory experience or leadership experience (this can include Group leader experience), and two years working experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment is required.
• • Related military experience may be substituted for up to two years of supervisory and / or work experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.

Level two:

• Associates Degree in related field or educational academic equivalent required.
• • Four years of proven supervisory or leadership experience in a manufacturing, warehouse, or military setting may be substituted for an associate’s degree.
• Two years supervisory or leadership experience (this can include Group Leader experience), and three years working experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment is required.
• • Related military experience may be substituted for up to two years of supervisory and / or work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Level three:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or educational academic equivalent required.
  • Three years supervisory or leadership experience (this can include Group Leader experience), and four years working experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment is required.

• • Related military experience may be substituted for up to two years of supervisory and / or work experience.
• Master’s degree/ certification preferred.

• One year experience in manufacturing.
• Professional work-related experience in Molding or lean manufacturing.
• Industrial Engineering degree.
• Prior MSA Experience.

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