Production Supervisor

SL Tennessee; Clinton (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

SL Tennessee seeks an Assembly Supervisor to oversee the production team, schedules, and equipment in an automotive setting. You will supervise employees, analyze rejections, and ensure on-time delivery of the production plan while upholding quality standards.

The role requires coordinating training, leading problem solving teams, and maintaining safety, inventory integrity, and continuous improvement initiatives within the area.

Qualifications

• 2-3 year supervisory experience in automotive environment.
• Prefer college degree; advanced degree desirable.
• Ability to interact with hourly employees and management.
• Basic understanding of inventory practices.
• Familiar with Lean Manufacturing tools.
• Proven leadership, problem solving and communication skills.
• Knowledge of quality and environmental systems.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Supervise production department resources, schedules and equipment.
• Supervise employees.
• Participate in analysis of product rejections.
• Assure completion of the production schedule.
• Provide support and training to employees.
• Participate in problem solving teams.
• Ensure quality by monitoring requirements and criteria.
• Enforce area procedures and instructions.
• Monitor process reliability.
• Respond to customer complaints.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Inventory practices

Microsoft Office

Lean Manufacturing

Quality systems

Environmental systems

Safety awareness

Supervisory skills

Education

College degree preferred

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

About this position

Position Title: Assembly Supervisor

General Description

Supervise the production department resources, schedules, & equipment

Responsibilities

Supervise employees

Participate in the analysis of product rejections

Assure completion of the production schedule

Provide support and training to the employees

Participate in problem solving teams

Insure the quality of the product, by monitoring the compliance of the quality requirements and criteria

Supervise compliance with the area’s procedures and instructions

Monitor the reliability of the processes

Participate in the responses to customer complaints

Provide employee evaluation/review

Perform any disciplinary corrective actions to employees or incident reports as required

Supervise and provide corrective actions for the production performance indicators using fast response

Implement continuous improvement programs in the production area

Utilize business systems for decision making and ensure accuracy.

Implement inventory and scrap reduction projects

Comply with the quality and environment standards procedures and instructions (those applicable)

Common knowledge of basic ergonomics

Identify safety risks and concerns

Act on any safety risks and concerns that could cause harm to employees

All those activities generated as a result of changes, requirements and/or improvement in the process of the applicable area

Treat employees with respect to increase productivity

Job Requirements

Work Experience

2-3 year supervisory experience in automotive environment.

Education

Prefer College Degree advanced degree desirable

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

The ability to work with minimal supervision

Ability to interact with hourly employees and management

Basic understanding of sound inventory practices

Ability to complete assigned projects on time in a changing environment

Demonstrate good ethical characteristics and behaviors

Ability to perform tasks using Microsoft software; Word, Excel etc.

Basic Applied statistics

Quality and environmental systems

Handling of chemical substances and hazardous residues

Control of spilled substances

Handling of equipment against fire

Emergency programs

Basic knowledge about Lean Manufacturing and its tools

Problem solving techniques

Leadership skills, communication, human relations

Supervision

Legal aspects

Internal work regulations

Basic process tools : PFMA’s and PCP’s

Quality criteria

Quality and environmental procedures and instructions of the area Continuous improvement programs