Lean-Driven Production Supervisor

Tenneco; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenneco is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee manufacturing teams, ensuring safety, quality, and timely production to meet customer orders. The role requires hands-on leadership, process discipline, and coordination across shifts.

Responsibilities include resource planning, priority communication, escalation handling, and driving continuous improvements while adhering to Tenneco's standards and policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
• 1 year leadership in a manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of Problem Solving, proven skill on driving problems solving based on at least one methodology such as A3, 8D’s, 5Why’s, Shiny, etc.
• Lean Principles knowledge (Basic knowledge or part of implementation teams).

Responsibilities

• Assure the availability and efficient assignment of resources.
• Ensure correct execution of processes (Safety, Quality, etc).
• Communicate priorities and tasks clearly.
• Lead and communicate the escalation process.
• Achieve the Production plan.
• Coordinate activities related to gaps or deviations of production consumables.
• Meet established goals and KPIs.
• Initiate and lead corrective actions vs deviations; problem solving.
• Improve multiskills/training matrix within area.
• Follow up and execute defined systems.
• Prepare production reports at end of shift.
• Manage shift schedule from start to end, meetings and priorities.

Skills

Problem solving

Leadership

Communication

Lean principles

Safety awareness

Planning

Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Tenneco is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee manufacturing teams, ensuring safety, quality, and timely production to meet customer orders. The role requires hands-on leadership, process discipline, and coordination across shifts.

Responsibilities include resource planning, priority communication, escalation handling, and driving continuous improvements while adhering to Tenneco's standards and policies.