Job Description
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HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
The Production Superintendent provides leadership, direction and support to both Shift Supervisors and the hourly workforce to ensure overall business objectives are obtained. These objectives include but are not limited to safety, production, quality, cost and delivery. Additionally, the Production Superintendent will act as a change agent to help implement process improvements and management initiatives at floor level. Included in the endeavor is active participation in the Continental Business System (Lean) activities to reduce product and process variation and eliminate waste.
Safety: Improve safety performance through ensuring floor level accountability with respect to safety rules and process. Ensure that root case analysis and corrective action are implemented to prevent safety incidents.
Production: Provide leadership and resources necessary to drive plant productivity and efficiency, while staying within the right of the union contract. Interact with scheduling to promote plant throughput and drive delivery.
Human Development: Support training processes for hourly associates. Ensure that operator cross training requirements are supported and met.
Quality: Improve key process indicators and ensure compliance with quality process and standards.
Collaborates with Quality Manager to facilitate corrective actions to customer problems, as well as support and participate in customer calls with the Quality Manager
Customer Satisfaction: Understands and leads production team to achieve the needs of the customers both external and internal.
Cost: Ownership of department costs, labor, inventories, waste, and efficiencies associated with meeting customer demand
Drive lean thinking and best practices on the shop floor through daily activities including but not limited to standard work, visual management, daily production (Gemba) walks
Maintains effective communication and cooperation with the plant operating committee, all process areas and support groups.
All additional duties as assigned
THE ENVIRONMENT
Safety is our highest priority and safety procedures / guidelines must be always adhered to. This includes safety wear such as safety glasses, safety-toed sheos, and hearing protection.
The job is within an environment where you will be exposed forklift and pedestrian traffic, heat and noise.
The role involves various physical tasks, including lifting and operating machinery, with comprehensive training provided.
Qualifications
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Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree preferably in business management, engineering or equivalent experience required + 5 years manufacturing management experience OR 10 years manufacturing management experience if no bachelor’s degree
Ability to communicate to all levels of the organization
Strong leadership, people and organizational skill
Strong problem-solving skills (A3 problem solving preferred)
Demonstrated lean knowledge, leadership, and results
Experience with Microsoft Office, SAP and Minitab preferred
Experience leading hourly and salary associates
Flexible to work any shift
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job posting.
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Management experience in a union environment.
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Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines
EEO-Statement:
EEO / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to Careers@conti-na.com or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.
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