Operations Supervisor - Safety, Efficiency & Development

Brenntag; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dev programs

Parental leave

Education assistance

Employee assistance

Healthcare options

401(k)

Job summary

Brenntag is seeking a production supervisor to oversee one or more departments and help set priorities and schedules based on safety, customer needs, and equipment issues. You will drive efficiency, develop cross-trained redundancy, and coach staff to achieve performance and safety goals.

The role requires strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills with experience in production environments. On-site role with HR support and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years supervisory experience, preferably in distribution and/or chemical industry.
• Review and approve plant invoices.
• Participate in customer and regulatory audits.
• Lead/participate in customer plant visits.
• Excellent communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills with both fellow employees and customers
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Driven, proactive individual who works well with minimal supervision.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Computer skills sufficient to perform the job requirements (enterprise management software, Word, Excel, Outlook).

Responsibilities

• Assume direct supervision of one or more departments.
• Assist in setting priorities and production schedules based on safety issues, customer needs, equipment failures, and other operational challenges.
• Aggressively pursue efficiency improvements.
• Develop redundancy through cross training within production departments. Manage personnel and assign manpower to the greatest need.
• Coach, guide, and develop direct reports. Hold all reports accountable for performance and safety.
• Execute performance reviews.
• Discuss and support pursuit of career progression.
• Participate in quality/customer service meetings, assist in project development, drive assigned projects to completion.
• Ensure assignments for production are completed in a timely manner.
• Participate in monthly safety meetings and inspections.
• Drive plant-wide participation in and value-creation through the safety KPI program.
• Emphasize housekeeping to improve safety.
• Monitor and coordinate disposition of waste and nonconforming material.
• Manage and enforce production and safety standards.
• Train operations personnel and ensure maintenance of training records.
• HR- Assist with interviewing and onboarding new employees.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Leadership

Tools

Enterprise management software

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Brenntag is seeking a production supervisor to oversee one or more departments and help set priorities and schedules based on safety, customer needs, and equipment issues. You will drive efficiency, develop cross-trained redundancy, and coach staff to achieve performance and safety goals.

The role requires strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills with experience in production environments. On-site role with HR support and training opportunities.