Production Supervisor

The Shift Supervisor has accountability to lead operations including hourly production team members in a 24/7 manufacturing facility in Sedalia, Missouri. He/she is a key person responsible to develop and maintain an energized environment where employees work together to safely produce quality products that meet or exceedour customers' requirements and maximize company growth and earnings. The Shift Supervisor works fixed 12 hour shifts (day or night), alternating weeks of 2 days on, 3 days off, 2 days on and 2 days off, 3 days on, 2 days off.

This position reports to: Production Manager

Span of Control: 22 to 25 production hourly employees,

Living the safety stand and adhering to safety responsibilities

• Ensure employees completion of all required safety training.
• Lead execution of monthly team safety requirements - including near miss reporting, safe work permits, safety meetings, pre-shift safety inspections, departmental inspections, etc. and builds a culture where safety is the number one priority.
• Participates in the investigation of safety incidents and leads root cause analysis to drive for permanent resolution.

Achieve customer satisfaction and quality commitments.

• Understand and communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department, and ensure all products meet customer standards and requirements.
• Ensure timely and accurate production to schedules in order to meet or exceed delivery to promise.
• Ensure operational procedures are followed to product specifications, and quality metrics meet customers' needs.
• Perform root cause analysis with the involvement of operators on all quality issues and resolve.
• Train operators on problem solving skills, and coach through resolution.

Leading and Developing Talent.

• Engages all teams to collaboratively own the success of the business by contributing to continuous improvement in the areas of safety, quality, cost, productivity, etc.
• Provides candid feedback on expectations and performance to members of the team on a regular basis, and drives appropriate actions for further improvement.
• Invests in the growth and development of team members and others to achieve sustained success.
• Implements and documents corrective action when performance issues occur.
• Partners with relevant stakeholders to ensure team members are well trained and up to date on certifications required to perform the full scope of the job.
• Encourage all employees to build strong working relationships and communication through sharing, respect, candor, integrity, innovation, accountability, and fun.
• Effectively communicates critical plant performance metrics to team members on a daily basis to ensure engagement.
• Monitors and enforces all facility and corporate policies and procedures.

Managing Operations

• Reaches mutually beneficial agreement with all operating departments on required capacity specifications. Capacity specifications measures capacity related to quality, availability, and performance.
• Analyses and communicates output data to the Leader on a regular basis.
• Assesses situations and takes action to proactively mitigate potential problems.
• Ensures consistent product quality by guiding team members to analyze key process variables, maintain critical product and equipment information.
• Performs root cause analysis in partnership with key stakeholders to address quality issues, and resolves those issues in a timely manner.
• Utilizes proper resourcing to meet cost targets.
• Partners with the maintenance staff to ensure the efficiency of plant equipment.
• Verify time and attendance reports ensuring processing and production needs are met.

Leads Continuous Improvement Activities

• Leverages standard work to minimize variation and waste.
• Leads focused Improvement activities to improve process capability and efficiencies, reduce costs, and eliminate waste.
• Partners with relevant stakeholders to optimize process and drive continuous improvement initiative.
• Participates in and leads 6S events in various work areas throughout plant.
• Leads product qualification efforts with the support of key stakeholders.
  
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completed High School Diploma or GED required
• Three (3) years of experience leading or supervising
• Must be at least 18 years of age
  
  

PREFERRED:

• Completed Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering
• Leadership or supervising experience in an industrial manufacturing or manufacturing setting
• Electrical, mechanical, electronic controls and process troubleshooting experience
• Six Sigma Green Belt and continuous improvement experience preferred
• Strong mechanical aptitude
  
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Computer literacy-MRP systems (SAP) and Microsoft Office Suite, Kronos
• Strong communications skills (written and oral) to effectively communicate with people across all levels of the organization
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work extended/Flexible hours
• Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks and projects
• Logic, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills
• Build strong team alignment and communication
• Coach and guide for results.
• Leads through safety and corporate vision
• Possesses strong change management skills