Lean Production Leader – Safety, Quality & Delivery

Carlisle Brake & Friction Inc

Medina (OH)

On-site

USD 65,000 - 95,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Carlisle Brake & Friction Inc is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead our Medina, Ohio manufacturing operations. This hands-on role focuses on safety, employee development, and driving improvements in quality, delivery, and cost.

You will work across departments to achieve production goals in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of manufacturing experience, including leadership of production teams, and a proven track record with Lean principles and

Qualifications

  • Associate degree in manufacturing, operations, engineering, business, or equivalent experience.
  • Five+ years manufacturing experience, incl. 3+ years leading production employees.
  • Proven track record in safety, quality, delivery, labor, productivity, cost.
  • 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 (ERP/MES/timekeeping).

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Leadership
Coaching
Communication
Performance management

Education

Associate degree
Bachelor's degree

Tools

ERP systems
MES systems
Timekeeping software

Job description

Carlisle Brake & Friction Inc is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead our Medina, Ohio manufacturing operations. This hands-on role focuses on safety, employee development, and driving improvements in quality, delivery, and cost.

You will work across departments to achieve production goals in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of manufacturing experience, including leadership of production teams, and a proven track record with Lean principles and

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