General Responsibilities:
The Production Supervisor’s role is to support, direct, and manage the workforce and work area to safely produce customer requirements within budgeted costs. Supervisors should spend 80% of their workday on the shop floor and 20% off the floor to perform their assigned responsibilities. Responsible for the efficient and effective management of their area to meet goals including:
*Safety Management
*Policy/Employee Management
*Time and Attendance
*Productivity Management
*Quality
*On-Time Delivery
Specific Duties:
- Enforce Company Rules and Regulations, which apply to this department.
- Responsible for staffing department (hiring and firing authority)
- Ensure compliance with PPE and Safety procedures. Correct behavioral or conditional risks immediately. Investigate and write up accident reports.
- Improve workplace 6S through daily observations and improvements
- Assign work daily and move labor to operations necessary to support customer requirements
- Attend and participate in morning markets.
- Track Labor and Optimize use of straight and overtime hours
- Manage department spending within budget
- Develop/follow a daily production plan that supports customer needs
- Ensure employees are properly trained and submit all training records
- Maintain visual displays of work group activity and goals.
- Address underperformance/workmanship issues with coaching, counseling, and/or progressive discipline, utilizing Human Resources.
- Assist in make-up of schedule; Direct and guide the dispatching and schedule execution.
- Support/Assist/Lead Lean initiatives
- Establish and support team atmosphere within assigned area.
- Cross training and creating/maintaining a flexible workforce.
- Conduct team Meetings with all direct reports reviewing safety and productivity goals and company communications.
Time & Attendance:
- Understand the connection and interaction between Time & Attendance and Shop-Trak
- Review employee’s time records for accuracy
- Make corrections without breaking the Time & Attendance–Shop‑Trak link
Shop-Trak Application:
- Understand and be able to provide guidance on the transaction process your employees are required to follow (Both “Live Labor” and RTE Labor)
- Understand and be able to provide guidance on the transaction type available to your employees
- Understand you are Responsible and Accountable for WIP Moves: op-to-op moves and op-to-inventory moves
- Follow the process to review Hours, reported quantities, materials issued and make any required corrections prior to making a WIP Move and when to mark Operations “Complete” (SWI1504 Shop-Trak: Move Transactions)
Syteline (-ST Login):
- Review and fix Locked Employees
- Understand the life cycle of a transaction that gets started in the Shop-Trak application and when, where, and how you can interact and Edit transactions
- Review and correct Forgot to Punch Out Transactions, Active Transaction corrections
Syteline (User Login):
- Responsible and Accountable for Material Accuracy
- Responsible and Accountable for Labor Accuracy
- Tools to review:
- Job Order Closing
- Job Transaction Analytics
- Job Operations
- Job Materials
- Job Transactions
- Responsible and Accountable for marking Operation “Complete” once all reviews have been completed and validated as correct
You may assign others in your area (Assistant Supervisors, Line Leaders, etc) to complete these tasks. They then become Responsible and you are still Accountable.
Qualifications:
Education:
2 or 4 year degree in Business management or Engineering preferred but not required
Experience:
Production Experience (Assembly or Machine shop)
Other Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
Strong leadership skills
Communication skills (written/verbal)
Organizational skills
Handle multiple priorities/tasks
Strong interpersonal skills.
Computer skills: excel, word, Syteline.
Familiar with Lean Manufacturing concepts
Familiar with finance/budgeting
Familiar with OSHA requirements/regs.
Operations Competencies
Change Leadership
- Proactively galvanizes support and energy for the change from stakeholders
- Involves other early in problem resolution or in change management, resisting the temptation to escalate issues before first involving peers
- Empathizes with others: identifies with the other’s interests while advocating for the desired action
- Leads change with conviction, authenticity and passion (knowing anything short of that may not get it done) and provides effective coaching to others
- Proactively addresses resistance to change, challenging others openly, honestly and respectfully, assuming good intent, with a focus on positive resolution or issues
- Knows the mechanics of change: breaks change down into manageable steps, timeframes and initiatives, while listening to and engaging stakeholders and leveraging appropriate tools and help
- Demonstrates openness to other’s ideas as well as new trends, and opportunistically incorporates these into own strategies and actions as appropriate
Continuous Improvement
- Continuously challenges the status quo by critically examining current processes to find opportunities to reduce time, and eliminate waste and low value work
- Actively participates in improvement efforts and readily adopts new processes, methods and tools that add business value
- Discovers, calls attention to, and resolves exceptions and gaps in standard processes.
- Uses data as well as in –person, face to face, bottom up approach to assess the current state, map the value stream and identify improvement opportunities
- Gains agreement on improvement opportunities, uses appropriate tools and methodology, validates improvements and ensures they are sustained with follow through
- Motivates and drives culture change by coaching, role modeling, and raising visibility of results and individuals’ contributions toward improvement goals.
Drive for Results
- Demonstrates integrity, and a sense of ownership and accountability for the outcome of projects or initiatives
- Holds others accountable for their commitments
- Demonstrates passion for delivering high quality work that achieves customer and business goals
- Leads by example and with respect and stays upbeat in the face of obstacles
Teamwork
- Develops and maintains positive, productive working relationships within the team and with other groups
- Acts to enable the success of others as well as the overall company
- Works with peers to create opportunities for teamwork across departments and functions
- Builds trust by being open and transparent, considering the needs and perspective of others, focusing on larger company/customer goals and demonstrating results
Internal and External Customer Focus
- Ensures that we focus on metrics that drive internal/external customer satisfaction and success, and responds quickly when customer needs are not being met
- Represents the voice of the customer, and raises the visibility of the impact that individuals have on customer satisfaction
- Builds a team that is focused on responding to the needs of our customers
Business and Financial Acumen
- Understands the effect of operational factors (such as scrap, rework, inventory, productivity, overhead and make vs. buy) on quality, delivery and cost.
- Deploys financial, human and capital resources to promote the greatest return for Lisk
Developing and Leading People
- Identifies employee development needs and provides coaching tailored to each need, dealing effectively with difficult performance issues
- Works with mentors to help employees develop through the levels program
- Effectively communicates the vision and motivates people toward that vision, inspiring the team to “pull together” Promotes team accomplishments while also holding them accountable for results
Compensation: $64,000.00 - $80,000.00 annual base salary-based experience
GW Lisk is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
