Plant Ops Leader: Boost Quality, Efficiency & Safety

Pratt Industries, Inc.; Vandalia (OH); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Pratt Industries, Inc. in Vandalia, OH is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead plant floor operations, ensuring production targets, quality standards, and on-time shipping.

You will manage 3–30 employees, develop talent, implement process improvements, and uphold GMPs in a hands-on role. The ideal candidate has manufacturing experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to analyze data to reduce waste and cost while maintaining safety.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, engineering or related field preferred or equivalent experience
• 1 to 3 years related experience in a manufacturing environment
• Extrusion, plastic bag converting, paper converting experience is a plus
• Proven technical and leadership ability to utilize structured problem solving to deliver results
• Demonstrated competence to work with minimal supervision effectively at all levels within the organization
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with the willingness to learn new systems
• Superior problem-solving and coaching capabilities
• Ability to relate to people at all levels of an organization
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example
• Strong team building, decision making and people management skills
• Adequate knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources)
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret complex documents and statistical information
• Request and/or build computer generated reports that measure and track performance of one or more departments
• Exceptional organizational, priority setting and time management skills
• Excellent written and oral communications skills

Aufgaben

• Commit to overall safety of the plant and procedures.
• Manage 3 to 30 manufacturing employees at the location
• Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations.
• Increase production, assets capacity, reducing waste and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.
• Be responsible for production output, product quality, reducing waste and on time shipping.
• Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.
• Implement strategies in alignment with strategic Division initiatives providing a clear sense of direction and focus for production employees.
• Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions.
• Share a trusting relationship with work group and recruit, manage and develop the plant staff. Provide leadership and drive training initiatives for all plant employees. Develop future talent by coaching and mentoring direct reports.
• Collect and analyze data to find areas of waste or overtime and implement an improvement process.
• Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics, and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets, quality and safety.
• Participate in monitoring, managing and controlling expenses throughout the year.
• Perform strategic thinking and actively participate in plant and company processes.
• Conduct meetings with employees to communicate company goals, objectives, initiatives and progress to date.
• Build and retain a “customer focused” environment; including internal and external customers.
• Adhere to all plant Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), operating procedures (SOPs). Manage, drive and oversee continuous improvement programs.
• Communicate the needs of all production operations functions to the Production Manager and or Plant Manager and local Management team on an as needed basis.
• Develop and analyze new methods of reducing/avoiding costs, improving products and assuring a safe working environment.
• Create a departmental vision and translate into action items with specific completion dates and delegation of responsibilities to appropriate direct reports.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Team management

Problem solving

Communication skills

Data analysis

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or related field

1–3 years manufacturing experience

Jobbeschreibung

Pratt Industries, Inc. in Vandalia, OH is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead plant floor operations, ensuring production targets, quality standards, and on-time shipping.

You will manage 3–30 employees, develop talent, implement process improvements, and uphold GMPs in a hands-on role. The ideal candidate has manufacturing experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to analyze data to reduce waste and cost while maintaining safety.