Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

US01 VALEO NORTH AMERICA; Kentucky; On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo North America in Kentucky is seeking a Production Supervisor for the 3rd shift (Sunday–Thursday, 10:00 PM–6:00 AM). You will lead a team of operators, organize onboarding and training, and ensure adherence to safety and quality standards in a fast-paced automotive production environment.

You will manage daily performance boards, coordinate with the APZ and APU, and drive continuous improvement projects with TPM, 5S, and SQCDM targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; other degrees and experience in lieu of education will be considered.
• 3+ years experience in Production Supervision in a high-speed manufacturing environment, preferably automotive.

Responsibilities

• Induct new hires and plan training actions for APZ.
• Monitor certification processes and update the flexibility grid in real time.
• Oversee attendance, holidays, safety rules, and environmental risk analysis.
• Ensure standards compliance, operating instructions, 5S, and TPM activities.
• Lead monthly performance reviews, appraisals, and career discussions with team.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Training & coaching

Education

Bachelor's degree in management or leadership

Job description

What You Will Win

As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share. You will receive a best in class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value.

Position is 3rd Shift: Sunday - Thursday, 10:00PM - 6:00AM

What You Will Do

Manage People Be responsible for induction of all newcomers in his/her perimeter (temporaries included). Ensure the organization and scheduling of training actions. Analyze flexibility and multi skills needs of his/her APZ, and define training plans in order to develop team autonomy and improvement spirit. Monitor certification process for each operator and update in real time flexibility grid. Manage daily: absenteeism, holidays, safety rules enforcement, environment risk analysis, APZ communication & performance boards update. Ensure respect of standard stops (breaks, meetings) by checking systematically on Genba, and validate operators working time. Ensure that standards of reaction are applied with rigor and perform escalation according to standards. Follow up APZ main objectives in monthly meetings with all people under his/her responsibility. Is responsible for personnel involvement and ensures a positive social climate. Conduct operators’ annual appraisals, as well as salary review and career interviews. Maintain Standards Perform OJT of his/her teams every day on standards implemented. Ensure enforcement of health, safety, environmental & site rules for the APTs of its perimeter, and that anybody entering his/her perimeter respects the rules and standards of his/her perimeter. Ensure existence of updated working instructions for every station, including reworks. Ensure respect of all working standards (safety, work instructions, quality, 5S, respect of the product, OK start ...) during the operations and propose/ implement improvements. Define work standards with the help of support functions and operators. Ensure TPM standards are properly deployed and used : abnormalities detection (formalized on red tags), systematic inspection & regular cleaning of equipment by team, 1st levels of preventive maintenance, maintenance line QRQCs Make regularly time-measurements with main MUDA seeking Ensure that all displays of his/her perimeter (QCDM by APT, QCDM & communication areas at APZ level) are updated at end of shift, and make sure that workers have necessary material to do so. Manage Production Propose every week APZ headcounts & organization to the APU Manager, according to MPS. Ensure production, respecting SQCDM & inventory targets. In case a detected problem cannot be solved by the APT, assign and check containment and corrective actions with APU support functions and / or management. Review daily all QRAP of his/her perimeter. React in case of issue & elevate issues at APU level when needed. Liaise with the Supply Chain team on MPS daily priorities. Respect daily the MPS contract. In case of daily MPS respect deviation, take necessary measures within the week, after validation by APU Manager, to have respected weekly MPS at the end of the week. Get involvement of support functions every time necessary to solve as fast as possible the issues identified by APTs. Monitor shift QCDM and ensure QCDM boards are updated. Make reports defined by site. Manage Continuous Improvement Lead action plans to improve SQCDM performance (actual and targets), in coherence with APU & Plant, including productivity plans (P-30). Reach and maintain a dynamic and efficient Proposals of Improvements system. Participate in safety and environment risks reduction & lead line Safety QRQC for cat. 7 safety issues. Contribute to new equipment and processes start ups. Lead Zoning evolution and improvements by his/her team. Participate in APU QRQC: Quality, DL efficiency, Maintenance, prepare and come with necessary data for an efficient attendance. Pilot PDCA / FTA & Maintenance 5 WHYs on topics assigned by APU Manager (Safety, Quality, DL efficiency, TRP, Maintenance). Prepare LLC & Kaizen Cards. Lead VPS workshops (flow analysis – MUDA hunting, 5S, Hoshin, TPM ...) and liaise with Site VPS Manager for training to methodologies; Participate in the weekly Site VPS committee, presenting regularly the Genba status of workshops he/she is leading. Liaise with support functions to facilitate improvement actions within the APTs. Participate in budget preparation (headcounts, overheads, investments, P-30) and manage the budget of his/her APZ. Promote the Valeo 5 axes in daily activities, develop improvement plans on VPS, IP, TQ and reach assigned V5000 targets.

What You Should Have

• You have a Bachelor's degree, preferably in a management or leadership discipline, but other degrees and experience in lieu of education will be considered
• You have 3+ years experience in Production Supervision for a high-speed manufacturing company, preferably in the automotive industry

Job Details

Job: Production Supervisor

Organization: APU

Schedule: Full time

Employee Status: Regular

Job Type: Permanent contract

Job Posting Date: 2026-09-25

Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

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More information about Valeo :

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