2nd Shift Production Supervisor - Lean Culture & Safety

CentroMotion; Medina (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Carlisle Brake & Friction in Medina, Ohio is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead manufacturing operations. This hands-on leadership role focuses on safety culture, employee development, and achieving production goals.

You will drive lean initiatives, coach teams across departments, and partner with Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Materials, and HR to resolve issues. The ideal candidate demonstrates problem solving at the source and a track record of improving cost, quality,

Qualifications

• Associate degree in manufacturing, operations, engineering, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Five+ years of manufacturing experience, including at least three years leading production employees.
• Demonstrated success managing safety, quality, delivery, labor, productivity, and cost performance.
• Experience with Lean manufacturing and structured root-cause problem-solving.
• Strong coaching, communication, conflict-resolution, and performance-management skills.
• Experience using Microsoft Office and manufacturing systems such as ERP, MES, or electronic timekeeping.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, hands-on manufacturing environment.
• Authorization to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop production employees to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals.
• Plan daily staffing and work assignments based on production requirements, employee capabilities, and equipment availability.
• Promote and enforce safe work practices, including PPE, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, and plant safety procedures.
• Monitor production output, downtime, scrap, rework, labor efficiency, and schedule attainment.
• Use data and structured root-cause methods to resolve equipment, process, quality, and workflow issues.
• Drive Lean manufacturing initiatives, including 6S, standard work, visual management, kaizen, waste reduction, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Materials, Supply Chain, and Human Resources to resolve operational issues.
• Set clear employee expectations and provide timely coaching, recognition, performance feedback, and corrective action.
• Coordinate employee onboarding, training, cross-training, and skills development.
• Ensure accurate production reporting, timekeeping, attendance tracking, and shift handoffs.
• Maintain a clean, organized, safe, and audit-ready production environment.

Skills

Coaching

Communication

Conflict resolution

Performance management

Team leadership

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Tools

ERP/MES systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Carlisle Brake & Friction in Medina, Ohio is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead manufacturing operations. This hands-on leadership role focuses on safety culture, employee development, and achieving production goals.

You will drive lean initiatives, coach teams across departments, and partner with Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Materials, and HR to resolve issues. The ideal candidate demonstrates problem solving at the source and a track record of improving cost, quality,