Lean Production Supervisor: 5S & Workplace Lead

Cornerstone Building Brands; Rocky Mount, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Inclusive environment

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Cornerstone Building Brands is seeking a hands-on Supervisor / Workplace Organization Pillar Lead for the Rocky Mount Model Line in Virginia. You will drive daily production execution and implement Workplace Organization while coaching teams and applying structured methods.

You will receive training and rapidly apply Lean tools (5S, visual management, standard work) to reduce waste and balance workloads. A strong leadership and continuous improvement background is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead and coach employees in manufacturing.
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing, continuous improvement or operational excellence.
• Strong communication, organization and accountability skills.
• Ability to learn new methods and translate training into floor-level execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily manufacturing execution with focus on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, cost and people.
• Own Workplace Organization implementation and performance within the assigned model-line area.
• Establish team roles, zone ownership, baseline conditions, Activity Boards and execution plans.
• Lead and coach teams in 5S, red tagging, visual management and workplace standards.
• Identify workplace losses including unnecessary motion, waiting, searching, handling and other non-value-added activity.
• Apply 3M – Muda, Mura and Muri analysis to identify waste, variation and overburden.
• Support time observations and VAA/NVAA analysis.
• Partner with the Process Engineer to use Yamazumi/work-balance analysis to identify workload imbalance and improve operator balance.
• Develop, implement and sustain standard work and visual work instructions.
• Improve ergonomics, point-of-use organization and operator movement.
• Lead daily Activity Board reviews and ensure abnormalities have owners, countermeasures and closure dates.
• Coach Team Leaders and employees in problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Verify implementation and sustainment through floor observation, audits and performance results.
• Support expansion of successful Model Line practices to additional production areas.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Problem solving

Strong communication

Tools

5S methods

VAA/NVAA analysis

Yamazumi/work-balance analysis

Visual management

Job description

Cornerstone Building Brands is seeking a hands-on Supervisor / Workplace Organization Pillar Lead for the Rocky Mount Model Line in Virginia. You will drive daily production execution and implement Workplace Organization while coaching teams and applying structured methods.

You will receive training and rapidly apply Lean tools (5S, visual management, standard work) to reduce waste and balance workloads. A strong leadership and continuous improvement background is essential for success.