Production Supervisor

Woodbridge Group; Romulus (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in innovative material technologies is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor in Michigan. This role entails promoting safety practices, managing the workforce, and ensuring adherence to quality standards in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Three to five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Record of pro-active supervisory accomplishments.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools and ability to teach WPS.

Responsibilities

• Promote and ensure good Health, Safety & Environment practices.
• Manage workforce and meet daily production demands.
• Monitor product and process concerns to ensure just in time delivery.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Problem Solving

Coaching

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Engineering

Job description

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Woodbridge is a privately-owned company offering innovative material technologies for applications in automotive, commercial, recreational, packaging, healthcare and building products. In addition to manufacturing operations, the company also offers a full array of services including: chemical research and development, product and process engineering, tooling, technical support and accredited laboratory testing. Woodbridge operates more than 50 facilities across 10 countries—employing over 7,500 teammates and serving more than 600 customers worldwide.

Responsibilities:

• Promote and ensure good Health, Safety & Environment and 5S practices are followed
• Meet daily production demands while maintain quality and safety standards
• Ensure customer quality standards are adhered to and related issues are responded to in a timely manner
• Effectively manage workforce including TWI, coaching, Kaizens, WPS tools and discipline
• Monitor and respond to day-to-day product and process concerns and ensure just in time delivery
• Work closely with other departments in problem solving issues
• Uses WEPS and WPS data driven problem solving techniques
• Ensure compliance to the Collective Agreement as applicable and Plant Rules
• Decision-making and problem solving of any technical or scheduling issues arising during the shift
• Tracks and improves production OEE

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Engineering
• Record of pro-active supervisory accomplishments
• Three to five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
• Knowledge and use of Lean Manufacturing tools such as Kaizen, 5S, LTR, SOTs, OEE, Five Questions of Continuous Improvement and the ability to teach WPS (Woodbridge Production Systems) to others

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Woodbridge is committed to fostering a diverse workplace. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider employment applicants without regard to race, colour, ancestry, creed, place of origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other protected status. Please let us know if you require any special needs requirements. We will do our best to accommodate in accordance with local legislation.