Kitting Supervisor — Lead, Cross-Train & On-Time Kits

Mittera Creative + Tech; Berkeley (IL); Presencial; USD 80.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K with match

Descripción de la vacante

Mittera is seeking a Kitting Supervisor in Berkeley, IL to lead day-to-day kitting operations, ensure kits are assembled safely, accurately, and on time, and meet quality standards. You will direct people, plan staffing, train cross-trained teams, and drive continuous improvement in safety, throughput, and cost performance across the department.

This role collaborates with multiple production teams and requires strong leadership, prioritization, and problem-solving to maintain schedule

Formación

• Three or more years of supervisory or lead experience in printing, packaging, fulfillment, kitting, or a related manufacturing environment.
• Experience with kitting, assembly, finishing, fulfillment, or similar hand-work and production processes.
• Demonstrated leadership, organization, communication, delegation, and conflict-resolution skills in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to train and cross-train employees and to build flexibility and capability within a team.
• Ability to read and interpret job tickets, kit specifications, bills of materials, samples, schedules, safety rules, and customer requirements.
• Ability to use measurements and basic math, including counts, fractions, decimals, percentages, and production calculations.

Responsabilidades

• Lead day-to-day kitting operations across scheduled shifts, including kit assembly, component staging, hand assembly, inserting, packaging, labeling, and related activities.
• Prioritize, schedule, and assign work to meet customer specifications, production schedules, quality requirements, and due dates; monitor job progress throughout the shift and act early on jobs at risk of missing their commitments.
• Review job tickets, kit specifications, bills of materials, samples, packaging instructions, and special instructions before production begins, confirm components are on hand, and ensure expectations are clearly communicated.
• Maximize labor and floor space utilization by balancing workloads, sequencing jobs effectively, and matching assignments to employee skills.
• Expand department capabilities by identifying new kit types, processes, equipment, and workflow opportunities, and by working with Operations leadership to evaluate and implement them.
• Monitor on-time delivery, productivity, labor, accuracy, rework, non-chargeable time, materials, and supplies; identify root causes and implement corrective action.
• Ensure kit contents, counts, labeling, and packaging are accurate and meet customer specifications before work moves to shipping; maintain checks and procedures that prevent errors.
• Coordinate with Scheduling, Prepress, Press, Bindery and Finishing, Customer Service, Quality, Receiving, Shipping, and other production teams to maintain workflow and resolve constraints.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized department; enforce safety rules, required personal protective equipment, and housekeeping standards.
• Drive continuous improvement in safety, throughput, accuracy, waste reduction, standard work, workplace organization, and cost performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Supervisory experience

Manufacturing

Kitting

Process improvement

Training

Herramientas

Production systems

Descripción del empleo

Mittera is seeking a Kitting Supervisor in Berkeley, IL to lead day-to-day kitting operations, ensure kits are assembled safely, accurately, and on time, and meet quality standards. You will direct people, plan staffing, train cross-trained teams, and drive continuous improvement in safety, throughput, and cost performance across the department.

This role collaborates with multiple production teams and requires strong leadership, prioritization, and problem-solving to maintain schedule