Production Supervisor

Top Talent Recruiter; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Production Supervisor for a company in Montgomery, AL. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma, wood manufacturing experience, and at least 3 years in a leadership role within assembly manufacturing. This position involves managing workflow, training staff, and ensuring safety and productivity on the shop floor under variable temperature conditions.

Qualifications

• Experience in wood manufacturing is required.
• At least 3 years of experience in an assembly manufacturing leadership role is preferred.
• Knowledge of Lean processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish priorities and communicate job expectations.
• Maintain quality of staff by hiring and training employees.
• Provide leadership to improve operating efficiencies.
• Manage workflow and monitor production processes.
• Analyze blueprints and production requirements.

Skills

Outstanding communication skills

Organizational skills

Strong time management

Teamwork

Positive attitude

Education

High school diploma/GED

Tools

SAP

Job description

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

MONTGOMERY, AL

Essential Duties

• Achieves results by establishing priorities, communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees, and initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains quality of staff by hiring, training, developing, and mentoring employees to ensure maximum performance.
• Provides creative leadership and direction to employees to improve operating efficiencies and ensuring safety, quality, and productivity.
• Manages work flow by monitoring steps of the process, setting process variables, observing control points and equipment, monitoring personnel, and developing reporting procedures and systems.
• Must be able to read and analyze blueprints for production orders.
• Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements to evaluate estimates and outputs.
• Timely complete and report administration duties which include time and attendance system, holiday/vacation planning, production reports, back order reviews, past due lists, and safety violations/concerns.
• Review and distribute production, work, cycle counts and shipment schedules.
• Confer with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates.

Education, Skills Needed, and Physical Demands

• High school diploma/GED (required)
• Wood manufacturing experience (required)
• SAP knowledge (preferred)
• At least 3 years of experience in assembly manufacturing leadership role (preferred)
• Working knowledge of Lean processes (preferred)
• Outstanding communication skills (verbal and writing).
• Organized, strong time management skills, deadline, and detail-oriented.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team.
• Positive attitude and action oriented.
• Majority of time will be spent in a shop floor environment with extreme hot and cold temperatures fluctuating based on weather temperatures.

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