Operations Supervisor - South Plainfield, NJ
 Canam Steel Corporation | |
 United States, New Jersey, South Plainfield | |
| 14 Harmich Road (Show on map) | |
 Mar 20, 2026 | |
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We are looking for a hands on Operations Supervisor to join our team in South Plainfield, NJ.
JOB SUMMARY: The Operations Supervisor leads a team to ensure safe, efficient, and accurate daily operations. Key responsibilities include coaching and developing staff, managing schedules and workflow, maintaining inventory and ERP accuracy, and supporting logistics and shipment coordination. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: * Drive a safe work environment and zero-injury safety culture, ensure safety rules are clear and followed. * Manages direct reports through coaching and supporting their training, development, and productivity. * Regular and reliable attendance. * Establish and maintain a cross-functional staffing and training plan for your team, provide regular feedback and coaching to your direct reports. * Perform administrative activities necessary for the effective management of your team, including administrating time and attendance, managing personnel and production schedules, compiling production data, analyzing trends, and completing reports. * Ensure the schedule meets production standards, volume, and mix requirements to meet customer deliveries. * Develop understanding of the end-to-end production process in order to effectively manage daily operations, drive continuous improvement, develop and ensure standard operating practices, and provide overall guidance to your direct team. * Ownership of logistics and production scheduling activities and management of team members. * Responsible for inventory, production, and logistics transactional accuracy and data management in ERP through review of various reports and corrective actions to facilitate production scheduling and inventory visibility. * Assists with the scheduling of shipments and communicates with affected departments and customers regarding arrival dates. * Assists with coordination of plant functions, responsibilities, budgetary performance, manpower utilization, skills, equipment, facilities and production control and inventory control systems. * Develop and ensure work instructions are available, accurate, and utilized. * Assists with root cause investigations for quality related issues. * Attends and at times leads cross functional daily management meetings (DMM). * Participates in SIOP activities with contributions as deemed necessary from manager. * Maintains a positive work environment by behaving and communicating in a professional manner with customers, co-workers, clients, and other department leaders. * Prepares reports and presentations for internal and external use. * Responsible for assisting with the physical inventory process as designated by the Operations Manager. * Support continuous learning of self and others. * Carry out leadership responsibilities in accordance with company policies and applicable laws. * Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor. | |