Production Supervisor in Grove City, Ohio at Welspun USA Inc

Position Title: Production Lead

Reports To: Production Supervisor / Plant Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Position Summary

The Production Lead oversees day-to-day operations on the production floor in a textile and pillow manufacturing environment. This role ensures production lines operate efficiently, quality standards are met, and team members have the support and direction needed to meet daily output goals. The Production Lead acts as a hands-on leader, coordinating workflow, training operators, and troubleshooting issues to maintain a safe, efficient, and high-performing operation.

Key Responsibilities Production Operations

• Coordinate, monitor, and support production activities including filling, and finishing of pillows and textile products.

• Ensure production orders, schedules, and targets are met daily.
• Balance labor across workstations based on skill, workload, and production needs.
• Identify workflow bottlenecks and act to maintain continuous production.
• Become fully trained on all filling, sewing, and packing equipment for garnetted and blown polyester pillow and feather and down pillows. Train operators on the equipment.
• Fill in when operators are away from their work station.

Quality Assurance

• Perform preproduction checks for correct work order production, raw material component use, construction methods and packing specifications.
• Inspect in-process and finished products to ensure they meet quality, safety, and customer specifications.
• Enforce quality standards and ensure corrective actions are followed when defects occur.
• Document quality issues and assist with root-cause investigation.

Team Leadership & Training

Safety & Compliance

Equipment & Materials

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain accurate production records, output counts, downtime logs, and shift reports.
• Track production to targets for schedule attainment.
• Support inventory accuracy by reporting material usage and waste.
• Relay production updates, issues, and improvement opportunities to supervisors

Required Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in manufacturing or production; textile or pillow manufacturing preferred.
• Prior experience in a lead or supervisory support role.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing workflows, quality standards, and production equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret production work orders, specs, and measurements.
• Strong communication and coaching skills.
• Ability to stand for long periods and lift up to 50 lbs.

Preferred Qualifications

Core Competencies