Production Supervisor

FUJIFILM; Greenwood (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the imaging industry is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee daily operations in Greenwood, SC. The role involves managing a team, ensuring production efficiency, and maintaining compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates will have supervisory experience in manufacturing and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a supervisory role in manufacturing.
• Ability to plan, set priorities, and coordinate work.

Responsibilities

• Supervises production technicians and manages staffing schedules.
• Leads operations to achieve company goals and monitors KPIs.
• Ensures compliance with safety and quality standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team Coordination

Education

Associate's Degree in Business Management

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Position Overview

We are hiring a Production Supervisor who will report toOperations Director, QuickSnap. The Production Supervisor, QuickSnap is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the production lines and driving the production KPI’s such as capacity, yield, and downtime for the Q plant manufacturing operation producing Fujifilm One Time Use Cameras. The position is in Greenwood, SC and will have 16 direct reports and 20 contractors reporting to it.

Company Overview

At FUJIFILM North America Corporation, we are many things to both consumers and business customers. We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven people to help us continue to innovate.

With five operating divisions, there’s a lot of opportunity to find your niche and make an impact. Perhaps you’ll click with our Imaging Division that provides one-time-use cameras, digital printing equipment, and instax. Maybe you’ll get charged up about our Electronic Imaging Division that markets digital cameras, lenses, and accessories for content creators. Or, you might have your eye on our Optical Devices Division, which provides optical lenses for the broadcast, cinematography, videography, and industrial markets. You could be drawn to our Business Innovation Division—they develop office and commercial print solutions and enable digital transformation. And if you’re interested in tape, check out our Industrial Products Division—they develop data storage solutions.

We offer a collegial culture and a flexible work environment. Our headquarters is in Valhalla, New York, a quaint town just one hour north of New York City.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

Responsibilities

Leadership & Employee Relations

• Supervises the production technicians. Responsible for effectively leading, coaching, mentoring, and developing associates.
• Makes the associates’ work schedule based on available manpower due to medical leave, sick time, and vacation. Anticipates adequate staffing and work schedules to assure best possible production coverage.
• Conducts supervisory human resource activities such as: interviewing, employee discipline, performance assessments, salary administration, career development, etc.
• Complete performance evaluations. Composes and delegates measurable goals and objectives to be attained by the team and individuals. Maintains personnel files including time, attendance, paid time off, warnings, etc. as required. Monitors team progress and calculates team and individual associate productivity, creates action plans, and provides feedback. Builds rapport and resolves associate conflicts to advocate effective teams through listening and coaching skills.
• Demonstrates ability to use verbal, written and listening communications skills with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Budget and Expense Management

• Provides input for budget forecasting.
• Orders and maintains expense items for the process areas.

Operations

• Leads associates to achieve company, plant, and team goals and objectives that have significant impact on operations. Monitors factory KPI’s and adjust controllable variables to meet targets.
• Responsible for supporting production after hours. Take phone calls after hours to give the technicians guidance and to determine if maintenance is required to come in. On some occasions, required to come in to lead trouble shooting or problem-solving event.
• Responsible for coordinating maintenance activities and help set repair or preventive maintenance priorities.
• Performs regular safety audits to ensure team is following safety rules and guidelines as well as looking for safety improvements.
• Monitors and reviews quality checks performed by the technicians.
• Demonstrates ability to identify problems and determine their cause and effect. Demonstrates a willingness to assume risk in the exercise of professional judgment.
• Completes daily, weekly, and monthly objectives as determined by senior management.
• Completes weekly reports and attends daily operations meeting to address any production issues.
• Effectively communicates technical information and complex ideas.
• Effectively handles stressful situations (resolving conflict and meeting deadlines)
• Demonstrates professionalism, e.g., cooperation, courtesy, assertiveness, good attendance, non-defensiveness, and accepting of constructive criticism.

Compliance

• Ensure operations is compliant with ISO9001/14001.
• Responsible for Associates’ adherence to all State and Federal Regulations and Company Policies affecting their departments, including Fujifilm’s Employee Code of Conduct Policy and Safety policies.
• Ensure compliances with Fujifilm’s “Green” policy by monitoring and auditing factory’s waste streams and processes.
• Approves revisions to Fujifilm Operating Standards and policies. Schedules and administers problem solving meetings to develop process corrective actions. Advocates on the job training for associates to initiate appropriate corrective actions.
• Responsible for understanding Fujifilm’s management of change system. Represent the department on the approval route. Demonstrates the ability to perform risk assessments and decision making.

Required Skills/Education

• Minimum of an associate’s degree in business management/administration or technical field, or equivalent related experience in a fast paced and highly competitive operational and / or manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a supervisory role within a manufacturing operation, with increasing scope and responsibilities.
• Demonstrates ability to plan, set priorities, organize, and coordinate work with others.
• Effectively works with others within the team to achieve team goals.
• Effectively communicates.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, Intermediate skill level preferred.

Desired Skills

• 5-years’ experience in a supervisory or management position within a manufacturing operation, with increasing scope and responsibilities
• Creates a trusting atmosphere by relating to people in an open, friendly, and accepting manner.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective leadership to a large group.
• Demonstrates ability to use verbal, written and listening communications skills with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
• Demonstrates professionalism, e.g., cooperation, courtesy, assertiveness, good attendance, non-defensiveness, and accepting of constructive criticism.
• Effectively handles stressful situations (resolving conflict and meeting deadlines).

EEO Information

Fujifilm is committedto providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

ADA Information

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department ([e-mail]).