Production Supervisor--Manufacturing in Franklin, Ohio at Sunstar Engineering Americas Inc

Perform duties to supervise the production department ensuring safety, environmental compliance, quality and efficiency all align with the goals of the Manufacturing Department.

Supervisory Duties

• Maintain safe operating practices and good working conditions in the department.
• Develop and implement Company safety programs and activities, and act as Safety Leader.
• Facilitate Daily EMDS Activity with KPI input, monitoring goals, daily team member review, problem-solving activities, and continuous improvement.
• Promote Standard Work with Best Practices work environment.
• Escalate issues involving personnel injury, product rejection, property damage, equipment issues preventing the flow of production, and all downtime events to Manufacturing Manager.
• Lead, monitor, and audit 5S, and support CANDO program.
• Coordinate Preventive Action and Continuous Improvement activities in assigned areas.
• Assign, train, review and check work, assist employees, evaluate performance, and eliminate ordinary operating difficulties.
• Ensure all Team Leaders are held accountable to following Leader Standard Work practices and use Leader Standard Work sheet as a coaching tool in weekly one on one meetings with Team Leaders.
• Maintain daily attendance records, review hours worked records, overtime reports for payroll processing, and hold Team Members accountable to attendance adherence.
• Hold team members accountable to pre-determined performance targets.
• Conduct performance reviews with all associates within assigned department.
• Develop, coordinate, and monitor status of assigned projects within approved budgets, and evaluate progress and report to department manager and other department as required.
• Recommend hiring and temporary placement of workers to department manager.

Production Duties

• Coordinates with Team Leaders to prioritize daily scheduling based on published production schedule.
• Review production schedule to determine overtime needs and make recommendations to PC Manager and Manufacturing Manager.
• Supports Training Team with New Hire Orientation, New Hire Training, Re-training, and Compliance Training.
• Conduct or designate weekly inventory of finished goods and report the count to production scheduler.
• Schedule and coordinate the logistics for transferring of weekly pre-mixes & bulk pail pre-weighs.
• Conduct corrective action investigation for internal problem, PCARs, and QPRs.
• Coordinate scheduled preventive maintenance and escalate issues needing corrective maintenance immediately.
• Monitor documentation (EBC, logs)
• Oversee inventory counts and variance investigation immediately so materials can be reconciled in the ERP system.
• Lead, monitor, and audit shop floor 5S, and support CANDO program.
• Coordinate Preventive Action and Continuous Improvement activities on shop floor.
• Work with PE’s and Maintenance to reduce downtime events, and schedule production downtime for planned maintenance.
• Coordinate special Research and Development Department and Quality Department requirements to include authorized rework.
• Coordinate tote cleaning program and direct needs as required by the production schedule.
• Control and coordinate scrap, and rework and reject inventory, including final disposition.
• Oversee and direct bulk product tanker loading and offloading of raw materials.

Education & Experience Requirements

• Have a High School Diploma with minimum 3-years’ experience as a supervisor in a related area or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• General understanding of manufacturing and/or chemical environment preferred.
• Must have good communication skills both written and verbally.
• Must possess basic math skills.
• Must be able to learn and apply LEAN tools in daily work.
• Must be able to create and support a culture to instill discipline in following SOP guidelines and escalating issues when Non-Conformances appear at any part of the process.
• Must have experience and working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Payroll Systems, and other software tools used in daily work.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and stand for the majority of an 8-hour day in an environment consisting of heat, dust and dirt.
• Excellent attendance is required.