Lean Production Leader – Safety, Quality & Delivery

Carlisle Brake & Friction Inc; Medina (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

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