Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Supervise within the strategic priorities of Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
• Optimize sequencing, setup, layout, and job execution to produce a quality product efficiently.
• Track worker performance by performing regular Gemba walks and responding to problems immediately.
• Record and report daily metrics within the Daily Management Tier System.
• Manage preventative maintenance program in the production area to ensure all PMs are completed on-time.
• Ensure proper initial and cross training is performed to a satisfactory standard and ensure proper cross training to avoid capacity delays.
• Identify all additional training needs and requirements and execute all necessary training requirements.
• Manage the vacation schedules of all employees on shift.
• Enforce all contractual standards and ensure proper adherence to include discipline when applicable.
• Support and when necessary provide guidance to Value Stream support staff to include engineering, label, quality, and supply chain functions.
• Ensure proper execution of 5S program to include daily standard work completion, completion of daily audits, reporting of daily audits, and corrective action implementation to correct deficiencies Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment and a high level of safety awareness among associates. Maintains excellent housekeeping practices through 5S implementation with appropriate audits.
• Provide the training and guidance necessary to enable the employees to improve their own abilities and skill levels.
• Document standard work/SOPs and provide continuous feedback to team members to assure all are adhering to procedures and striving for continuous improvement and alignment with the objectives.
• Provide guidance, direction and leadership for the areas of supervision to ensure that products are manufactured with the highest level of quality in a safe and timely manner that will meet or exceed our customer’s expectation.
• Ensure all manufacturing orders are followed through to a completed status with accuracy and variance review as it pertains to their department and in accordance with all engineering specifications.
• Demonstrate strong business acumen, organizational and analytical skills. Must have working knowledge of other business functions (Materials, Financial, Sales, Engineering and Human Resources) in addition to Manufacturing and Quality.
• Effective employee management skills including dealing with difficult employee situations and providing constructive feedback. Ability to coach, counsel and encourage subordinates.
• Manage shift-to-shift communications.
• Responsible to assist in leading efforts to drive process continuous improvement as it relates to targeted metrics and lean manufacturing.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with ISO/GMP/FDA requirements.
General Education and Background Requirements:
• Bachelors Degree with 3-5 years manufacturing supervisory experience.
• Highly motivated and energetic in daily work, problem solving, and continuous improvement.
• Experience with PRMS or other ERP/MRP system.
• Excellent ability to lead a production staff within a union environment
• Ability and desire to solve problems to drive continuous improvement at the lowest level but the ability to communicate the need for higher level support when needed
• Demonstrated ability to lead by example and to provide guidance and mentoring to peers.
• Strong people, team building, and conflict resolution skills.
• Lean manufacturing experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of MS Office including Microsoft Word and Excel
• FDA/GMP experience a plus.
