Lead Production Supervisor - Lean Manufacturing & Safety

Carlisle Brake & Friction; Medina (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Carlisle Brake & Friction in Medina, Ohio is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead manufacturing operations and uphold safety, quality, and delivery goals. The role requires hands-on leadership, coaching of staff, and collaboration across Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, and Materials to resolve issues and drive Lean initiatives.

Candidates should have an associate degree or higher, 5+ years manufacturing experience including 3+ years leading teams, and proficiency with ERP/MES

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent in manufacturing, operations, or engineering.
• At least 5 years of manufacturing experience with 3+ years leading production staff.
• Proven track record in safety, quality, delivery, and cost performance.
• Experience with Lean and structured root-cause problem solving.
• Strong coaching, communication, and performance-management skills.
• Experience with ERP/MES and timekeeping systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop production employees to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost and productivity goals.
• Plan daily staffing and work assignments based on production needs and equipment.
• Enforce safe work practices, PPE, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, and procedures.
• Monitor output, downtime, scrap, labor efficiency and schedule attainment.
• Use data and root-cause methods to resolve issues across operations.
• Drive Lean initiatives, 6S, standard work, visual management, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Materials, Supply Chain and HR.
• Set clear expectations and provide coaching, recognition, feedback and corrective action.
• Coordinate onboarding, training, cross-training and skills development.
• Ensure accurate production reporting, timekeeping, attendance and shift handoffs.
• Maintain a clean, safe, audit-ready production environment.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Root-cause analysis

Coaching

Communication

ERP/MES

Safety culture

Timekeeping

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP

MES

PLCs/HMIs

Job description

Carlisle Brake & Friction in Medina, Ohio is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead manufacturing operations and uphold safety, quality, and delivery goals. The role requires hands-on leadership, coaching of staff, and collaboration across Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, and Materials to resolve issues and drive Lean initiatives.

Candidates should have an associate degree or higher, 5+ years manufacturing experience including 3+ years leading teams, and proficiency with ERP/MES