Manufacturing Supervisor

About This Role

This role is responsible for driving continuous improvement and lean principles within manufacturing operations. The supervisor oversees their shift's performance in safety, quality, on-time delivery, and cost, while fostering a high-performance work team and respectful environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high visibility with production staff and use a hands-on approach to communicate daily and involve them in problem-solving
• Develop a high-performance work team with high levels of worker morale, satisfaction, and performance
• Create and maintain a respectful work environment by listening, seeking facts to support decisions, managing one's own reactions, and addressing unacceptable behavior
• Help production staff succeed through performance management, providing coaching and performance communication to support development
• Review general status of production schedules to identify and resolve problems
• Ensure desired product quality levels are achieved through standard work, training to those standards, training in operation and inspection techniques, and use of tools/data
• Support and implement new, customer-focused processes in accordance with lean principles and practices
• Provide training and coaching to improve standard work, work center organization (5S), and housekeeping
• Actively provide change leadership as required
• Support and foster an environment of continuous improvement by encouraging production staff to challenge existing processes and implement solutions that enhance the overall effectiveness of the operation
• Support production staff in understanding company policies and practices
• Maintain time and production records
• Take notice of process-related problems and support production staff in taking corrective action to improve the overall performance of the team
• Communicate with and listen to production staff on a daily basis regarding work team performance, strategic initiatives, policy changes, safety, quality, etc.
• Communicate with other supervisors and appropriate personnel regarding equipment, safety, work center schedules, company policies and practices, performance improvement plans, etc.
• Hire and retain a diverse, highly qualified staff and provide ongoing performance feedback
• Maintain a safe and professional work environment
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements
• Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments
• Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors