Shift Production Supervisor (2nd Shift)

SUMMARY

Responsible for day to day direction of shift team members, health & safety, maintenance, and supporting engineering for the Milwaukee facility.  Ongoing focus areas will include: Continuous improvement, project management and Lean Management Operating System (MOS) - implementation and sustainment.

A successful candidate will understand and practice Servant Leadership to lead a production team through the manufacturing of materials from raw product to finished product. It also requires an enhanced ability to analyze data for equivalency, trends, and meet specifications while adhering to quality procedures and systems. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES includes but is not limited to the following.

• Plans and coordinates work, trains, motivates, monitors and evaluates performance of employees; ensures their ability to SAFELY operate equipment to produce product; counsels, records, and disciplines as necessary.
• Responsible for all processes, equipment, employees’ safety, and housekeeping of the entire operations area and meeting productions quality and quantity standards on the shift.
• Support the plant to manufacture and deliver quality products to meet customer expectations.
• Collaborate with members of the supply chain; operations, product management, and customer support teams, to engage and work effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Facilitate training and development in lean techniques.
• Active member of Plant Safety Team
• Initiate actions to prevent any non-conformances related to product, process and systems.
• Work with operational leadership to ensure appropriate plant KPIs are established.
• Investigate and understand MUV (Material Usage Variance) for the plant.
• Work directly with machine operators to identify needs and develop solutions; work with Maintenance on equipment modifications and preventative /predictive maintenance to ensure reliability.
• Identify, propose and execute projects to improve customer satisfaction, through performance and product reliability. Develops / improves product reliability, performance consistency and cost effectiveness.
• Provide manufacturing waste, Overall Equipment Effectiveness and other key operational reports to the site leadership team.
• Ensures Quality products and processes are maintained by:
  • Understanding and supporting both quality policies and the Quality System while assisting with customer quality audits as needed.
  • Performing work at a level that ensures quality of this position meets or exceeds internal and external customer specifications.
  • Identifying and correcting if possible any identified quality issues both in the department and plant as a whole.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly supervises up to 20 employees in the Production team, with both direct and indirect labor. Approving timecards for hourly staff every payroll cycle. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's Safety Philosophy, policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Demonstrated Project Management skills are a must.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of ERP systems and ERP implementation protocols and procedures.
• Knowledge of continuous Improvement tools and their application (PDCA, root cause analysis etc.) Excellent problem solving skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal and organizational skills and the ability to lead others, coach and model effective teamwork. Ability to plan, organize and handle a variety of tasks and responsibilities simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently and self-directed. Ability to interface with all levels of management and external community contacts and possess strong relationship management and negotiation skills.
• Strong ability to influence and work through others to achieve results.
• Strong computer skills i.e. MS Office, pivot tables, and Share Point.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

At least 3 years in operational roles or equivalent combination of education and experience.  Ability to lead, motivate, select, train and instruct personnel.  Good interpersonal, organizational and communication skills are a must. 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as statistical inference.  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.  Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.  Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit.  The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear; or smell.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.