Production Supervisor

High5; Lititz (Lancaster County); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

High5 seeks experienced production and manufacturing leaders to support current and future Production Supervisor opportunities across our manufacturing operations. Successful candidates will lead frontline teams, drive safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives, and ensure efficient execution of manufacturing activities in a regulated production environment.

Available opportunities may be on 1st Shift (7:00 AM – 3:00 PM), 2nd Shift (3:00 PM – 11:00 PM), or 3rd Shift (11:00 PM – 7:00

Qualifications

• Associates degree with 6+ years of experience or Bachelor’s with 4+ years in Operations/Manufacturing/Packaging.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication required.
• Strong math ability (basic to intermediate).
• Analytical and technical writing skills required.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills.
• Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Supervise production teams to meet goals on high speed packaging lines and platforms.
• Establish personnel schedules; identify risks and challenges in production flow.
• Compile and report production metrics.
• Train staff on safety and quality policies; ensure compliance with all procedures.
• Lead change initiatives to improve business cost and customer satisfaction.
• Assess work processes to ensure standards compliance and safety.
• Coordinate between hourly colleagues and site leadership; adhere to union agreements.
• Recommend changes to operations to drive continuous improvements.
• Partner with Business Unit Manager to optimize material, machine, and labor use.
• Oversee shift performance, productivity, uptime, and efficiency against targets.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication (English)

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Technical writing

Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Education

Associate degree + 6+ years in Ops/Manufacturing/Packaging

Bachelor’s degree + 4+ years in Ops/Manufacturing/Packaging

Tools

MS Office

Lean Six Sigma tools

Job description

We are continuously building a pipeline of experienced production and manufacturing leaders to support current and future Production Supervisor opportunities across our manufacturing operations. Successful candidates will lead frontline teams, drive safety, quality, delivery, and productivity objectives, and ensure efficient execution of manufacturing activities in a regulated production environment.

Available opportunities may be available on 1st Shift (7:00 AM – 3:00 PM), 2nd Shift (3:00 PM – 11:00 PM), or 3rd Shift (11:00 PM – 7:00 AM). Shift assignment will be determined based on business needs and candidate availability.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise production team to meet production goals related to the operation of high speed packaging lines and manufacturing platforms to support internal and external customer expectations for quality, timeliness and cost.
• Establishes personnel schedules based on business needs. Provides input to production flow and identifies potential manufacturing risks and challenges.
• Compiles and reports out on production metrics.
• Trains staff in policies and procedures including areas of safety and quality. All activities will be completed in a manner that protects the health and safety of all colleagues and in full compliance to all policies and procedures
• Establishes a work environment that embraces change by providing the leadership needed to implement and deliver goals that achieve business and costumer & consumer's needs.
• Continuously assesses work and processes to ensure compliance to all required standards, policies, and procedures.
• Facilitate communication activities and acts as a liaison between hourly colleagues and other leaders at the site. Responsible to understand and ensure adherence to union collective bargaining agreement.
• Recommends changes to standard operational and working practices providing the leadership vital to develop and implement continuous improvements.
• Works with Business Unit Manager to develop and implement methods and processes that optimize the flow and use of material, machine and human resources.
• Supervise all hourly colleagues on the shift within the business unit ensuring performance standards are achieved and driving employee and equipment productivity, uptime and efficiency to achieve optimum results in the areas of quality, production, health and safety, cost of goods, etc.
• Provides feedback to operational budgets and have an understanding of financial drivers.
• Maintain appropriate levels of labor, scrap, data integrity, schedule attainment, quality, up time, run time, cycle time, and housekeeping.
• Recommend changes in working conditions and equipment to increase the efficiency of the business unit and staff

Required Qualifications

• Associates degree with a minimum of 6 years of experience or Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of experience in Operations / Manufacturing / Packaging is required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in oral and written communication in the English language is required.
• Basic to intermediate math (computational) ability is required.
• Strong analytical and technical writing skills are required.
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing, communication, listening, negotiating and problem solving / decision-making skills are required.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint is required.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience and/or certification(s) related to TPM, TPS, Lean, Six Sigma is preferred
• A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in GMP environments is preferred.
• Prior Supervisory experience is preferred.
• Previous manufacturing and packaging experience is preferred.
• Basic to intermediate math (computational) ability is required.
• Experience with Six Sigma/Process Excellence tools is preferred.