Production Area Supervisor — Lead Safety & Continuous Improvement

Continental; Sumter (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Night Shift Pay

Immediate Benefits

Paid Time Off

Tuition Assistance

Tire Discounts

Bonus Programs

401k Match

Diverse & Inclusive

Employee Assistance

Growth Opportunities

Job summary

Continental in Sumter, SC, seeks a Production Supervisor to oversee hourly manufacturing teams on day or night shifts. You will drive safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement while ensuring machine performance and employee development.

The role requires 2+ years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, plus Lean/Six Sigma exposure. A Bachelor or equivalent with strong coaching abilities is preferred. Competitive benefits available.

Qualifications

• Lead an area of hourly production employees while driving safety, quality, productivity, machine performance, employee development, and retention.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and resources needed for team success while ensuring accountability to company standards and expectations.
• Monitor departmental KPIs, identify gaps, and work cross-functionally to solve problems and drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain a safe, organized, and compliant work environment by ensuring adherence to ESH, Quality, ISO, plant, and corporate requirements.
• Manage daily production execution, material flow, inventory, scheduling requirements, and communicate barriers impacting results.
• Identify and respond to machine, process, quality, and production issues through proper escalation, documentation, and corrective actions.
• Ensure employees are properly trained and qualified through work instructions, training records, instructional programs, and skill development.
• Support audits, maintain departmental records, and ensure timely completion of required documentation, procedures, and action items.
• Lead and participate in improvement initiatives including Kaizen, TPM, 5S, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence activities.
• Partner with support functions on projects, process improvements, and other business needs as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Lead an area of hourly production employees while driving safety, quality, productivity, machine performance, employee development, and retention.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and resources needed for team success while ensuring accountability to company standards and expectations.
• Monitor departmental KPIs, identify gaps, and work cross-functionally to solve problems and drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain a safe, organized, and compliant work environment by ensuring adherence to ESH, Quality, ISO, plant, and corporate requirements.
• Manage daily production execution, material flow, inventory, scheduling requirements, and communicate barriers impacting results.
• Identify and respond to machine, process, quality, and production issues through proper escalation, documentation, and corrective actions.
• Ensure employees are properly trained and qualified through work instructions, training records, instructional programs, and skill development.
• Support audits, maintain departmental records, and ensure timely completion of required documentation, procedures, and action items.
• Lead and participate in improvement initiatives including Kaizen, TPM, 5S, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence activities.
• Partner with support functions on projects, process improvements, and other business needs as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Safety

Problem solving

Team management

Education

Bachelor degree in related field

High School Diploma/GED

Job description

Continental in Sumter, SC, seeks a Production Supervisor to oversee hourly manufacturing teams on day or night shifts. You will drive safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement while ensuring machine performance and employee development.

The role requires 2+ years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, plus Lean/Six Sigma exposure. A Bachelor or equivalent with strong coaching abilities is preferred. Competitive benefits available.