Lean Production Supervisor: Drive Safety, Quality & Efficiency

Carlisle; Medina (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Carlisle Brake & Friction seeks an experienced Production Supervisor to lead operations at the Medina, Ohio facility. This hands-on leadership role focuses on building a strong safety culture, developing employees, and achieving production goals while improving quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.

The ideal candidate will lead by example, hold teams accountable, apply root-cause problem solving, and work collaboratively across Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Materials, and HR to drive

Qualifications

• Associate degree in manufacturing, operations, engineering, business, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Five or more years of manufacturing experience, including at least three years leading production employees.
• Demonstrated success managing safety, quality, delivery, labor, productivity, and cost performance.
• 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 such as ERP, MES, or electronic timekeeping.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, hands-on manufacturing environment.
• Authorization to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Problem solving

Safety focus

Education

Associate degree in manufacturing/engineering

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/manufacturing

Tools

ERP

MES

Timekeeping systems

Job description

Carlisle Brake & Friction seeks an experienced Production Supervisor to lead operations at the Medina, Ohio facility. This hands-on leadership role focuses on building a strong safety culture, developing employees, and achieving production goals while improving quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.

The ideal candidate will lead by example, hold teams accountable, apply root-cause problem solving, and work collaboratively across Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, Materials, and HR to drive