Production Supervisor

Acro Service Corp; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Acro Service Corp is seeking a 3rd shift supervisor to manage production and staff, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery. This role emphasizes timely decisions, coaching, and enforcing company policies, with exposure to Lean manufacturing and cross-functional environments.

The position requires coordinating training, providing clear work instructions, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience making sound decisions and being proactive in high-pressure or time-sensitive environments
• Ability to conduct crucial conversations, including ability to enforce company policies, practices, procedures, and work rules
• Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional performance and teamwork in situations without authority
• Demonstrated experience utilizing lean manufacturing techniques to drive business improvements
• Two or more years of experience with shop floor manufacturing and incentive pay systems (such as CIPP)
• Cross-functional work experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Material Control, or Supply Management
• Possess a good working knowledge of the appropriate operating and information systems used in Operations (Word, Excel, SAP, SharePoint, PowerBI)

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor individual and departmental production and employee performance on safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency and take corrective action including discipline as needed
• Establish the employee environment regarding communications, feedback, and overall guidance
• Ensure that assigned personnel have appropriate training, work instruction, and the tools necessary to successfully execute their jobs
• Drive department-level support of factory goals regarding 5S implementation, Continuous Improvement, manpower planning, and operating budgets

Skills

Decision making under pressure

Policy enforcement

Cross-functional teamwork

Lean manufacturing

Shop floor experience

Tools

SAP

SharePoint

PowerBI

Job description

Shift: 3rd shift (9:30 pm to 6:00 am) Sunday night to Friday morning - overtime likely

Your Responsibilities:

• Manage and monitor individual and departmental production and employee performance on safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency and take corrective action including discipline as needed
• Establish the employee environment regarding communications, feedback, and overall guidance
• Ensure that assigned personnel have appropriate training, work instruction, and the tools necessary to successfully execute their jobs
• Drive department-level support of factory goals regarding 5S implementation, Continuous Improvement, manpower planning, and operating budgets

Skills

• Demonstrated experience making sound decisions and being proactive in high-pressure or time-sensitive environments
• Ability to conduct crucial conversations, including ability to enforce company policies, practices, procedures, and work rules
• Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional performance and teamwork in situations without authority

Makes you stand out:

• Demonstrated experience utilizing lean manufacturing techniques to drive business improvements
• Two or more years of experience with shop floor manufacturing and incentive pay systems (such as CIPP)
• Cross-functional work experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Material Control, or Supply Management
• Possess a good working knowledge of the appropriate operating and information systems used in Operations (Word, Excel, SAP, SharePoint, PowerBI)