Night Shift Manufacturing Supervisor – Safety & Lean Leader

Unilever; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 71,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Unilever is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor for the 12-hour night shift to lead teams on the largest North America personal care factory. You will champion factory operating system practices, drive safety and quality, and deliver productivity through manufacturing processes.

You will develop teams, manage conduct, and ensure alignment with business targets while promoting a culture of safety and continuous improvement across the plant.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 1–3 years leadership experience in manufacturing.
• Excellent communication skills and passion for continuous improvement.
• Ability to clearly articulate and analyze complex operational details.
• Strong leadership skill, ability to share clear, consistent, accountable, and actionable feedback.

Responsibilities

• Drive the Unilever safety systems/culture on the factory floor ensuring compliance to all regulatory, plant safety rules and other programs such as LOTO and risk assessments.
• Drive compliance to quality standards through training, educating teams on the floor as per the existing standards. Ensuring all risks are evaluated and proper support is available to navigate quality concerns.
• Provide guidance in root cause analysis for quality and safety incidents and establishes countermeasures to mitigate recurrence.
• Drive productivity through execution of factory operating systems in all areas, ensuring resources are directed as per the business priorities/urgency
• Sets and delivers the business targets such as Operational reliability, PM & AM compliance, and operational waste.
• Guide the teams during equipment breakdown, documenting breakdown details, and assigning relevant resources for resolution.
• Sets and delivers plan to deliver the medium term and long-term business targets.
• Tracks performance indicators such as operational efficiency, changeover losses along with cost, escalates and directs resources as per the priorities.
• Builds capabilities in teams through engagement and ensuring hiring, training and communication is always in place.
• Shares consistent and on time feedback to the teams, ensures the performance, attendance standards are always met.
• Shares and builds development plans for employees when performance gaps are identified through regular performance reviews
• Fosters a culture of positive employee relations, builds capability, recognizes gaps, and acts to help resolve those gaps
• Leads the execution of WCM principles, guidelines on the floor and participates/leads in focused improvement projects.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Operational analysis

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 1–3 years leadership experience in manufacturing

Job description

Unilever is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor for the 12-hour night shift to lead teams on the largest North America personal care factory. You will champion factory operating system practices, drive safety and quality, and deliver productivity through manufacturing processes.

You will develop teams, manage conduct, and ensure alignment with business targets while promoting a culture of safety and continuous improvement across the plant.