Production Supervisor_26-05220

Job Title: Production Supervisor
Location: Horicon, WI
Duration: 24 Months

Shift Information: 1st Shift (5:00 AM - 1:30 PM); before/after shift and weekend overtime likely (Saturdays)

Position Overview:
The Production Supervisor will be responsible for supervising production employees to ensure individual, line, and departmental goals are achieved while representing the company's values and high standards of integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Foster an equitable employee environment regarding communications, feedback, and overall guidance.
• Manage first shift assembly operations to improve and sustain the safety, quality, and productivity goals.
• Be responsible for onboarding, training, and development of your team to ensure safety and success.
• Direct departmental continuous improvement plans and activities.
• Monitor control plans and troubleshoot workmanship problems to ensure that manufactured products meet or exceed all established quality requirements.
• Implement, monitor, and sustain safety programs and housekeeping.
• Determine manufacturing priorities based on the production schedule and make necessary workforce adjustments via staffing and hours to meet customer promise dates.
• Administer employee policies, practices, procedures, and work rules.
• Monitor and act to achieve individual, line, and budget performance.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and data management.
• Experience working with union employees.
• Decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Effective team membership and productivity.
• Working knowledge of SAP.
• Cross-functional experience in areas such as accounting, manufacturing, engineering, operations, warehousing, production employee supervision, and supply management.
• Knowledge of manufacturing/distribution processes, quality, tooling, tool design, TPM, and facilities.
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing, Just-in-Time, Kanban, and related systems.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years demonstrated team leadership and mentoring experience.
• 2+ years of manufacturing experience in a factory environment.
• Knowledge of CIPP (Continuous Improvement Pay Plans).
• Project management experience (planning, coordinating resources, delivering results).
• Bi-lingual in English and Spanish preferred.

Education:

• Preferred: University degree or 4-year work equivalent in Supply Management, Business, Manufacturing Technology, or Engineering.
• Associate's degree acceptable; high school diploma with adequate years of experience considered.