2nd Shift Bilingual Production Supervisor

Tenneco; Van Wert (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenneco in Ohio is seeking a Plant Manager to lead the operation of one or more value streams, ensuring safety, quality, and continuous improvement. The role drives productivity and cost reduction across shifts, coordinating supply chain, production control, and manufacturing priorities.

You will guide up to 50 associates, foster teamwork, and implement standardized work while promoting safety, environmental compliance and employee development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 3-5 years' management or supervisory experience.
• Background in accounting, PC skills, manufacturing, HR management and inventory control.
• Demonstrated teamwork and teambuilding; promote safety and positive change.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Lean Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Must be bilingual English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Lead operation of one or more plant value streams, ensuring a safe work environment and drive quality improvements.
• Oversee day-to-day activities to meet daily, monthly, quarterly and annual expectations; coordinate between shifts in the value stream.
• Align schedules and training to develop a qualified workforce and maintain production discipline.
• Instill a positive team atmosphere, hold regular team meetings, and coordinate cross-department support.
• Provide cross training and backups to assure smooth operation of value streams.
• Supervise and develop up to 50 associates; drive productivity and capacity planning to meet schedules and customer satisfaction.

Skills

Management

Lean manufacturing

Bilingual English/Spanish

Accounting background

Inventory control

HR management

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:

Responsibility for leading operation of one or more plant value streams. Ensures a safe work environment, drive quality improvements, develop a qualified workforce, reduce operating costs, inventories and leadtimes through continuous improvements. Oversee day-to-day activities to meet daily, monthly, quarterly and annual expectations. This position leads the plant value stream(s) in daily operations and continuous improvements, which include but are not limited to: supply chain, production control, manufacturing priorities and coordination between all shifts in the value stream.

DUTIES INCLUDE:

• Ensuring and encouraging a safe working environment by promoting safety and environmental compliance with all safety rules and procedures
• Aligning shift schedules to include work station assignments/rotations, employee vacations, employee breaks, training/coaching production line employees, and overtime assignments.
• Create the basis for continuous improvement and employee empowerment by ensuring that standardized work and processes are followed, needed adjustments are implemented and the area is compliant.
• Instill and maintain a positive team atmosphere in the Value Stream(s); hold regular team meetings and assign team member tasks and coordinate support activities from departments outside of the team.
• Provide effective cross training for Value Stream employees and backups from other value streams to assure the continuous smooth running of the value stream.
• Responsible for: a. supervision and professional development of a group of up to 50 associates; b. continual improvement of productivity of the value stream; c. recognizing where and when improvements are necessary, and initiating the appropriate corrective action; d. capacity planning for the Value Stream to ensure schedule attainment and customer satisfaction.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 3-5 years' management or supervisory experience
• Sufficient background in accounting, PC skills, manufacturing, human resource management and inventory control.
• Demonstrated teamwork and teambuilding skills. Ability to assess and develop individual and team skills and capabilities. Able to create and maintain enthusiasm for challenges. Serve as model by promoting safety, new ideas and positive change.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Preferred experience with Lean Manufacturing activities.
• Must be bilingual in English and Spanish.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

The essential functions have been provided as examples of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The Company reserves the right to modify the work assignments and/or to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. The job description is not intended to be an all inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. It is intended to describe the general nature of the position.