What are the responsibilities and job description for the Department Supervisor position at Valence?
- Safety conscious and always looking for preventative safety measures
- Understands the Valence Surface Technologies Code of Conduct policy, leading by example
- Organizes assigned area to ensure ready access to and knowledge of all orders currently in process
on a daily work basis - Effectively communicates with customer service regarding work that is in the area or coming to the
area for processing - Maintains the shop in an orderly 5S and well-kept manner
- Operates within established safety, quality, and financial guidelines
- Keeps current on project and overall shop performance, understands and monitors department budget, works with manager to resolve problems and plans for improvements
- Works closely with Production Management and supervisors on other shifts/departments to determine
daily, weekly, and monthly work schedules - Maintains schedule and reassigns labor as work load changes
- Knows what needs to be done on a daily basis to keep the work moving through the production process
- Executes schedule with a sense of urgency, and with sincere concern for safety, quality, timeliness,
and cost consciousness - Maintains and monitors appropriate documentation on all orders
- Effectively supervises employees in the shop
- Organizes work to be done and assigns accordingly, follows dashboard requirements while working with customer service to exceed customer expectations
- Communicates with employees regularly and seeks their input on issues in regard to problem solving
- Clarifies responsibility and expected results
- Delegates responsibility to employees where appropriate
- Gives adequate direction, counsels employees on performance issues/concerns, provides assistance
and/or training where appropriate - Initiates disciplinary actions where necessary according to established procedures
- Works with manager and human resources to resolve problems as needed
- Trains employees and monitors their performance on Valence Surface Technologies safety procedures
and proper Valence techniques for all production processes and movement of materials in/out/around
the shop - Understands and ably performs (and ensures that others understand and can perform) appropriate
and safe techniques for lifting and maneuvering materials in various stages of completion - Understands and institutes the methods needed to get the work done in a timely and efficient manner
- Resolves technical problems and challenges by involving the appropriate people in order to keep
production moving, to meet/exceed customer expectations - Participates in improvement teams, Gemba walks, and meetings as requested
- Participates in continuous process improvement activities always looking for new ways to do the job
with eye to reducing cost, streamlining processes, and increasing throughput - Keeps current on industry trends, innovations, and changes that may affect production operations
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirement:
3 years of experience in manufacturing, HS Diploma/GED
