Production Supervisor

American Bath Group; Salem (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

American Bath Group is seeking a Production Supervisor at its Salem, Ohio facility to lead a frontline manufacturing team on the floor. You will set daily expectations, monitor progress, and ensure priorities move through to completion with accountability for output, attendance and quality.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, quick problem-solving, and strong coordination with maintenance, quality, and support functions to maintain schedule reliability and disrupt-free operations.

Qualifications

• Direct experience supervising hourly employees in a manufacturing environment.
• Proven floor presence and real-time production leadership.
• Experience managing labor deployment, daily priorities, and shift execution.
• Ownership of attendance, behavior, or performance matters through resolution.
• Ability to work onsite in Salem, Ohio on the required day-shift schedule.

Responsibilities

• Lead an assigned production area on the floor with clear daily expectations.
• Translate priorities into actionable direction for the team and monitor shift performance.
• Intervene when output, attendance, quality, safety, or behavior fall below expectations.
• Close the loop on assigned work: set deadlines, communicate progress, escalate when needed.
• Coordinate with maintenance, quality, tooling, supply chain and other plant functions to stabilize execution.

Skills

Floor presence

Production leadership

Labor deployment

Attendance management

Shift execution

Tools

Production boards

Job description

American Bath Group is a leading North American manufacturer of bath and shower products, with a broad manufacturing footprint and a portfolio of established brands serving residential and commercial markets.

The Salem facility is an important manufacturing operation supporting customer demand across the organization. The site continues to strengthen its operating structure, production consistency, and frontline leadership capability as the business evolves.

The Opportunity

American Bath Group is seeking a Production Supervisor to strengthen daily manufacturing execution at its Salem facility.

This role will provide hands‑on leadership for an assigned production team. The supervisor will establish clear expectations, maintain a visible presence on the floor, address operating issues as they occur, and ensure production priorities move through completion.

The position is designed for a manufacturing leader who is comfortable taking direct ownership of people, output, quality, attendance, and daily execution.

Success in Year One

Success in the first year will mean independently leading an assigned production area and establishing a dependable operating rhythm across staffing, production, quality, communication, and employee accountability.

The successful supervisor will help the facility maintain production expectations, improve schedule reliability, reduce avoidable disruption, and strengthen follow‑through. Plant leadership should be able to rely on this person to accept direction, clarify expectations, complete work on time, and raise barriers before they become missed commitments.

The role should also reduce the need for senior leaders to intervene in routine frontline matters by creating stronger ownership at the supervisor level.

The Mandate

Provide high‑effort, floor‑based supervision by setting clear daily expectations, following through on assigned priorities, enforcing workforce accountability, and stabilizing shift execution without requiring constant leadership intervention.

The supervisor will translate production priorities into clear employee direction, monitor performance throughout the shift, and intervene when output, attendance, quality, safety, or behavior falls below expectation.

This person will be responsible for closing the loop on assigned work. That includes confirming expectations, establishing deadlines, communicating progress, resolving issues within the role, and escalating early when additional support is required.

Year One Critical Outcomes

• Maintain performance against established hourly and shift production expectations.
• Establish consistent shift‑start communication and production visibility.
• Improve schedule adherence within the assigned area.
• Reduce avoidable defects, rework, downtime, and overtime dependency.
• Maintain current staffing, attendance, and employee‑performance follow‑up.
• Address employee performance and behavioral concerns promptly and consistently.
• Complete leadership‑assigned work by agreed deadlines.
• Escalate barriers early with clear facts and recommended next steps.
• Improve coordination with maintenance, quality, tooling, supply chain, and other plant functions.
• Reduce repeated management follow‑up on routine supervisory responsibilities.

Specific production measures will be aligned to the area assigned and the operating expectations established by plant leadership.

Why This Role Is Hard

The Salem operation is continuing to strengthen execution while managing production demands, workforce complexity, operating changes, and evolving leadership expectations.

The supervisor must remain effective when every process is not fully defined. Some issues will require independent action, while others will require timely coordination with plant leadership and support functions.

The workforce includes employees with different levels of tenure and experience. The role requires a leader who can establish credibility while still addressing attendance, behavior, quality, safety, and production concerns directly.

This is also a role with meaningful schedule demands. The facility operates on day shift, and periods of elevated production demand may require extended hours or additional coverage. Candidates should consider the opportunity with a clear understanding that visible leadership and schedule flexibility are part of the operating responsibility.

Leadership Profile

• Leads primarily from the production floor.
• Maintains visible effort and a consistent operating pace.
• Converts direction into completed work without repeated reminders.
• Sets clear expectations and follows through until issues are resolved.
• Addresses attendance, behavior, quality, safety, and performance concerns promptly.
• Builds employee trust without allowing relationships to replace accountability.
• Communicates clearly with employees, peer leaders, and support functions.
• Distinguishes between issues that can be resolved directly and those requiring escalation.
• Brings facts and a proposed next step when seeking additional support.
• Accepts direct feedback and adjusts behavior when expectations are clarified.

Experience Requirements

Required

• Direct experience supervising hourly employees in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated floor presence and real-time production leadership.
• Experience managing labor deployment, daily priorities, and shift execution.
• Proven ownership of employee attendance, behavior, or performance matters through resolution.
• Evidence of completing operational assignments without repeated management follow‑up.
• Ability to work fully onsite in Salem, Ohio, on the required day‑shift schedule.

Preferred

• Experience supervising a frontline manufacturing team of comparable size and complexity.
• Experience in a union or similarly structured workforce environment.
• Experience in plastics, forming, finishing, paint, assembly, or adjacent manufacturing operations.
• Familiarity with production boards, hourly performance tracking, shift huddles, and documented action lists.
• Experience strengthening execution within an established production team.
• Familiarity with progressive discipline, attendance management, quality follow‑up, labor allocation, and shift handoffs.
• Experience remaining productive through operating change, incomplete processes, or leadership transition.

Why the Right Candidate Will Be Excited

This role provides direct ownership of a frontline production team and the opportunity to make a visible impact on daily operating performance.

The right candidate will have enough authority to influence how work is organized, how employees are directed, and how production issues are resolved. At the same time, the role remains focused enough for the supervisor to stay close to the workforce and see the results of their leadership.

For someone who prefers being on the floor, solving practical manufacturing problems, and building a dependable team, this position offers meaningful responsibility and regular interaction with plant leadership.

Why This Role Matters

Stable manufacturing performance depends on supervisors who are present, engaged, accountable, and dependable.

This position strengthens the leadership layer closest to production. When the role is performed well, employees receive clearer direction, operating issues are addressed earlier, assigned work reaches closure, and plant leaders can focus on broader priorities rather than routine frontline intervention.

The impact is practical and measurable: stronger daily ownership, more consistent execution, fewer unresolved issues, and a more reliable path to meeting customer commitments.