Supervises the activities of hourly colleagues to achieve optimal levels of safety, quality, productivity and delivery to assure internal and external customer satisfaction. Provides direct leadership and supervises hourly colleagues. Has the ability to identify, select, train and coach management talent. Provides model behavior to demonstrate corporate values.

RESPONSIBILITIES

· Provide key input into the development of departmental strategic goals along with identifying key measurable to support the departmental goals.

· Responsible for performance feedback and leadership of all direct reports including mentoring, coaching, counseling, and corrective action when situations dictate.

· Provide key input into the development of departmental strategic goals along with identifying key measurable to support the departmental goals.

· Provide direction and leadership to shift colleagues consistent with plant business plan goals.

· Responsible for production department safety, quality, production, and delivery objects in his/her area of responsibility.

· Responsible for providing productivity reports, scrap reports, downtime reports and other reports as determined by the Operations Manager.

· Leads the overall coordination and communication of the area he/she supervises.

· Responsible for ensuring accountability and discipline.

· Responsible for maintaining maximum levels of production utilization and efficiency.

· Drive shift manning levels and utilization to assure compliance and improvement to the budget.

· Provide leadership and promote positive morale and ensure a total team concept.

· Provide the proactive leadership necessary to achieve and maintain a continuous improvement mind set for the team.

· Coordinate and assess required training and team building by empowering colleagues.

· Complete individual work team performance reviews for probationary colleagues.

· Track, monitor and implement improvement activities.

· Assist with plant activities to achieve quality, productivity, and cost reduction goals.

· Participate in formal team problem solving activities.

· Assist in the coordination of new colleague orientation.

· Provide colleagues with the necessary training to be successful in their roles.

· Review the daily production logs from each line for accuracy.

· Input individual colleague hours into the Kronos system.

· Maintain the communication scoreboards for each line daily.

· Communicate key information to the organization through the daily “shift to shift” plant communication method.

· Prepare all accident reports to include identification of root cause and corrective action.

· Assure all direct reports are aware of their Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) responsibilities and hold all direct reports accountable.

· Maintain a positive working relationship with all levels of the organization.

· Maintain a high level of housekeeping in the work area.

Required Skills

Required Experience

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

· Knowledge of manufacturing, stamping, and/or assembly processes required for this position.

· Two to five years of manufacturing leadership, preferred.

· Excellent organizational, analytical and communication skills.

· Ability to prioritize responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

· Ability to mentor and teach the team in effective problem-solving methods.

· Experience in applying lean manufacturing concepts.

· Proven leadership ability.

· Experience as a training facilitator preferred.

· Ability to work well with others in a team environment.

· Proficient in Microsoft Office software.

• Basic computer skills (inventory/production reporting software experience preferred).
• Ability to communicate in English; basic skills to read and interpret written work instructions
• Ability to work in a team environment required.
• Experience in material handling, including wrapping and packaging