Production Supervisor

Job Title: Production Supervisor

OC Business Title: Front Line Leader

Location: United States: Ohio: Medina Roofing Plant

The Production Supervisor is responsible for the safe, quality-focused and efficient day to day operation of a manufacturing shift of personnel. The person in this role assumes the responsibility to ensure their staff is properly trained to perform their primary functions autonomously and creates and maintains a sustainable plan to cross train for maximum flexibility of their shift compliment.

Shift: E Shift- 12 hour shift (6:00AM - 6:00 PM) and 48/36 bi-weekly

Reports to: Operations Leader

Span of Control: Position is responsible for direct leadership of 15-20 hourly employees

Aligns with the Roofing and Asphalt business goals

• Develops and achieves personal objectives that stretch self and align to the Department, Plant, Division and Company goals.
• Success will be measured by the Production Supervisor's ability to coordinate with peer group to collectively achieve operational excellence in safety, quality, cost control, inclusion, engagement, inter-department cohesion and compliance.
• Assists in developing their staff understanding of the equipment, process, and the effects of their actions up and downstream to their area. Ensures a macro and micro level understanding of the plant processes and the inter-relation to the individual work area.
• Is a positive change agent encouraging and closely involved in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) efforts to ensure shift culture mirrors initiatives
• Active in all AM areas and responsible for facilitating and/or leading area meetings, TPM expansion activity and focused improvement projects
• Ensures Operator training materials are maintained up to date through routine audit and management of change process input to Training and Development (T&D) Pillar Leader when changes occur in process settings, equipment, etc.

Accountable for employee safety

• Models the appropriate safe work practices and prioritizes safety above all other metrics
• Holds others accountable for working safely and engaging actively in safety initiatives to maintain a zero- incident culture
• Provides appropriate resources to ensure a fully engaged and incident-free operation

• Ensures the plant is always in a clean, customer tour-ready state; owns a plan that identifies hazards, including housekeeping issues, resolves and sustains the plan in an ongoing fashion
• Ensures the safe manufacture of a quality product in accordance with schedule requirements

Demonstrate the commitment to build an exceptional workplace environment; fostering open communication, employee engagement, and inclusion

• Actively manages the continued training, development and growth of all personnel.
• Provides daily management of timekeeping systems to ensure payroll accuracy is maintained
• Encourages a culture of data driven decision making
• Sets clear expectations of performance and establishes, communicates and regularly reviews commitments to make certain milestones are achieved as planned
• Audits daily to ensure data accuracy of all inputs (e.g. POP, SAP, check sheets, layered process audits, computer inputs, etc.)
• Professional and motivating communication skills to recognize and bring out the best in each employee
• When operating on an off shift, represents the entire management team

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Completed High School diploma or GED; Bachelor's Degree Preferred
• Minimum 3 years manufacturing experience
• Experience directly leading people in an industrial manufacturing or maintenance operations environment
• Experience utilizing computer programs and Microsoft office products
• SAP experience preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of Lean, 6S, and TPM
• Ability to reduce waste through continuous/focused improvement of existing processes
• Mechanical aptitude highly preferable
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts in office or plant setting including working physically on machine as needed
• Routinely ascend and descend stairs and forklift to enter work areas
• Safeguard self with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - steel toed shoes, ear plugs, eye protection (glasses, goggles, and/or facemask) as necessary for task
• Schedule flexibility as needed to accommodate operations need
• Ability to travel 1-2 times per year if needed