Production Supervisor

Kelly Services; Sedalia (MO); On-site; USD 47,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelly Services is seeking a Production Supervisor in Sedalia, MO to lead a manufacturing team on a 12-hour overnight schedule (6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.) with a 2-2-3 rotation. The role emphasizes safety, quality, and on-time delivery while developing staff and driving continuous improvement across operations.

The ideal candidate has a background in manufacturing leadership, strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills, and familiarity with SAP, Kronos, and MS Office.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Three years of experience leading or supervising.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering.
• Leadership or supervisory experience in an industrial or manufacturing setting.
• Experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, electronic controls, and processes.
• Six Sigma Green Belt and continuous improvement experience.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Model safe work practices and uphold all safety responsibilities.
• Ensure employees complete required safety training.
• Lead monthly team safety activities, including near-miss reporting, safe work permits, safety meetings, pre-shift safety inspections, and departmental inspections.
• Participate in safety incident investigations and lead root cause analysis to help prevent recurrence.
• Monitor and enforce facility and corporate policies and procedures.
• Communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department and ensure products meet required standards.
• Support timely, accurate production to schedule to meet or exceed delivery commitments.
• Ensure operational procedures are followed and quality metrics meet customer requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis on quality issues, involving operators and relevant stakeholders.
• Train and coach operators in problem-solving skills.
• Engage team members in the success of the business and in improvements to safety, quality, cost, and productivity.
• Provide regular, candid feedback on expectations and performance, and take appropriate action to support improvement.
• Invest in employees’ growth and development.
• Document and implement corrective action when performance issues arise.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure team members receive required training and maintain job certifications.
• Foster strong working relationships and communication built on respect, integrity, accountability, innovation, candor, and collaboration.
• Communicate critical plant performance metrics to the team each day.
• Work with operating departments to align on capacity specifications for quality, availability, and performance.
• Analyze and regularly communicate output data to the Leader.
• Identify potential problems early and take proactive action.
• Guide team members in monitoring key process variables and maintaining critical product and equipment information.
• Partner with stakeholders to resolve quality issues promptly.
• Use resources effectively to meet cost targets.
• Work with Maintenance to support efficient plant equipment operation.
• Verify time and attendance reports to help ensure production needs are met.
• Use standard work to reduce variation and waste.
• Lead focused improvement activities to improve process capability and efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste.
• Partner with stakeholders to optimize processes and advance continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in and lead 6S events across plant work areas.
• Lead product qualification efforts with support from key stakeholders.

Skills

Team leadership

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office Suite

Kronos

Job description

Production Supervisor

Location: Sedalia, MO 65301

Pay: $35.10 per hour

Schedule: Third shift, 12-hour overnight shifts, 6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m., on a 2-2-3 schedule

Position Summary

The Production Supervisor leads and develops a manufacturing team to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals. This role promotes a safety-first culture, supports employee growth, ensures production commitments are met, and leads continuous improvement across the operation.

Key Responsibilities

Safety

• Model safe work practices and uphold all safety responsibilities.
• Ensure employees complete required safety training.
• Lead monthly team safety activities, including near-miss reporting, safe work permits, safety meetings, pre-shift safety inspections, and departmental inspections.
• Participate in safety incident investigations and lead root cause analysis to help prevent recurrence.
• Monitor and enforce facility and corporate policies and procedures.

Customer Satisfaction and Quality

• Communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department and ensure products meet required standards.
• Support timely, accurate production to schedule to meet or exceed delivery commitments.
• Ensure operational procedures are followed and quality metrics meet customer requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis on quality issues, involving operators and relevant stakeholders.
• Train and coach operators in problem-solving skills.

Team Leadership and Development

• Engage team members in the success of the business and in improvements to safety, quality, cost, and productivity.
• Provide regular, candid feedback on expectations and performance, and take appropriate action to support improvement.
• Invest in employees’ growth and development.
• Document and implement corrective action when performance issues arise.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure team members receive required training and maintain job certifications.
• Foster strong working relationships and communication built on respect, integrity, accountability, innovation, candor, and collaboration.
• Communicate critical plant performance metrics to the team each day.

Operations Management

• Work with operating departments to align on capacity specifications for quality, availability, and performance.
• Analyze and regularly communicate output data to the Leader.
• Identify potential problems early and take proactive action.
• Guide team members in monitoring key process variables and maintaining critical product and equipment information.
• Partner with stakeholders to resolve quality issues promptly.
• Use resources effectively to meet cost targets.
• Work with Maintenance to support efficient plant equipment operation.
• Verify time and attendance reports to help ensure production needs are met.

Continuous Improvement

• Use standard work to reduce variation and waste.
• Lead focused improvement activities to improve process capability and efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste.
• Partner with stakeholders to optimize processes and advance continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in and lead 6S events across plant work areas.
• Lead product qualification efforts with support from key stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Three years of experience leading or supervising.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering.
• Leadership or supervisory experience in an industrial or manufacturing setting.
• Experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, electronic controls, and processes.
• Six Sigma Green Belt and continuous improvement experience.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Computer literacy, including MRP systems such as SAP, Microsoft Office Suite, and Kronos.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate across all levels of an organization.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work extended or flexible hours.
• Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks and projects.
• Logical troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Ability to build team alignment, coach and guide others toward results, and lead through safety and organizational vision.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Please note: The following benefits reflect Kelly's general offerings. Eligibility may vary by assignment, location, and job type. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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