Production Supervisor

CareerWise Recruitment; Galway; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

CareerWise Recruitment is seeking a Production Supervisor (Group Lead) for our Galway based client. The Group Leader for the Operations team reports to the Operations Manager.

The successful candidate will ensure that the manufacturing process is managed in order to meet production targets while maintaining the highest quality standards, as well as achieving continuous cost reduction targets by leading a group within the manufacturing organization.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in Production Supervisor or similar.
• 3rd level qualification in business, engineering or similar.
• Profound experience in using various types of manufacturing machinery and tools.
• Good practical experience with MS Office.
• Experience collaborating with unions is a distinct advantage.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills with a results-driven approach.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated and an efficient problem solver.

Responsibilities

• Achieve production, Safety and Quality targets and establish standard work; ensure standard work is carried out and problems are eliminated at root cause.
• Maintain efficiency of assigned area with respect to manpower, productivity, and overtime levels; implement improvements and cost reduction initiatives.
• Determine delivery point, layout and presentation of direct materials; establish line feed quantities and targets to monitor.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety, Environmental issues including 5S program management.
• Identify, measure and display performance criteria and cell metrics; solve problems in a changing environment.
• Develop problem solving abilities within the group and implement continuous improvement actions.
• Determine manpower planning and forecasting with HR; involved in recruitment and training plans.
• Coordinate allocation of resources to meet daily outputs; manage vacations and absences.
• Design and distribute work assignments; ensure procedures reflect activities.
• Foster a strong team-working environment; promote Employee Engagement.
• Establish two-way daily communication with the team; provide feedback on performance.
• Ensure Performance Reviews are completed; conduct development conversations with HR input.
• Manage grievances and disciplinary issues with HR support.
• Identify new training requirements with Training Specialists; develop training plans.
• Control and monitor machinery; manage budget for consumables.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Education

Business/Engineering degree

Tools

MS Office

Job description

A Production Supervisor (Group Lead) is required by CareerWise Recruitment for our Galway based client. The Group Leader for the Operations team reports to the Operations Manager. The successful candidate will ensure that the manufacturing process is managed in order to meet production targets while maintaining the highest quality standards, as well as achieving continuous cost reduction targets by leading a group within the manufacturing organization.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Achieve production, Safety and Quality targets and establish standard work. Ensure that the standard work is carried out, improved, and problems that occur are eliminated at root cause
• Maintain efficiency of assigned area with respect to manpower requirements, productivity, and overtime levels. Actively demonstrate innovation with respect to improvements including productivity and cost improvement initiatives and programs.
• Determine the delivery point, layout and presentation of all direct materials, establish appropriate line feed quantities and frequencies. Devise and document, with team members, method, layout and systems to deliver, be able to establish targets to track and monitor.
• Ensure compliance with all aspects of Health, Safety, Environmental issues, including management of the 5S program (auditing, reporting and issue resolution) in assigned areas.
• Identify, measure and display all performance criteria and cell metrics. Make decisions and solve problems in a working environment that deals with change, use problem solving techniques in safeguarding and improving key cell metrics.
• Work with group members to develop problem solving techniques and abilities within the group and to generate ideas and implement continuous improvement actions.
• Determine manpower planning & forecasting in conjunction with HR, involved directly in the recruitment of team members and establish a T&D plan for new hires.
• Co-ordinate the allocation of resources to ensure that daily outputs are achieved, as well as vacation management, and absence management and administration of systems to capture this information.
• Design, improve & distribute the contents of work assignments. Ensure area procedures and work instructions accurately reflect work activities.
• Develop a strong team-working environment through cooperation, respect and fairness promoting positive Employee Engagement.
• Establish two way communication daily with team members. Give feedback on team/group performances on issues including production schedule, quality, cost initiatives, and team performances against objectives. Listen, inform, and give feedback on corrective action.
• Ensure Performance Reviews are completed during first year of Employment. Carry out regular Development conversations with team members and work with HR to ensure development objectives are captured and a plan put in place to achieve the objectives.
• Manage grievance and disciplinary issues with the support of HR as they arise.
• Together with Training Specialist(s) to identify new training requirements as a result of new product integration, and/or ongoing training requirements through training needs analysis, and the development of training plans.
• Control, maintain and monitor all machinery and all activities/people involved in the operation and maintenance of the machinery. Establish budget for all consumables.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years' experience as Production Supervisor or similar
• 3rd level qualification in business, engineering or similar
• Profound experience in using various types of manufacturing machinery and tools
• Good practical experience with MS Office
• Experience collaborating with unions a distinct advantage
• Strong organizational and leadership skills٫ together with a results-driven approach
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and an efficient problem solver