Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

ODL; Zeeland (MI); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Hybrid work environment

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Vacation and 10 Holidays

Health Club Reimbursement

Bonus program

Wellness program

Shift

Third Shift (United States of America)

Job summary

ODL, a global leader in door and insulated glass solutions, seeks a manufacturing operations supervisor to drive performance and quality across the plant. You will lead a team, implement kaizen, and ensure 100% on-time delivery while maintaining safety and compliance with 5S principles.

Join a company that values accountability, continuous improvement, and people development. Hybrid work environment and comprehensive benefits are offered in the US operations.

Qualifications

• Two years of leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficient in quality systems and continuous improvement.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and make decisions.

Responsibilities

• Quality: Ensure team performance and zero defects; identify root causes and implement solutions.
• Service: Ensure 100% on-time delivery; coordinate intake and shipping with other departments.
• Value: Continuously improve processes and add value for the customer.
• Pull System: Operate to customer demand using one-piece flow.
• Safety: Enforce 5S, safety policies, and training; maintain safe working environment.
• Professional Challenge: Motivate and develop employees; standardize work and kaizen.
• Recognition/Feedback: Provide timely performance feedback and coaching.
• Staffing/Development: Oversee staffing, overtime, and training; maintain records.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead kaizen; reduce waste and improve quality and safety.
• Operations Focus: Spend time with the team; report metrics and lead daily meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field

Job description

Who We Are

Driven by continual innovation and trusted partnerships, ODL is a global leader in high-quality door and insulated glass solutions. For decades, our purpose has been simple: Make Your Life Better™—for our customers, our communities, and our people. With 14 global locations and thousands of employees, ODL has been recognized as a Great Place to Work® across all countries of operation. We invest in our people, celebrate growth, and foster a culture where accountability, innovation, and excellence thrive.

Responsibilities

• Quality Ensure the team’s performance and accountability to zero defects. Identify and solve department problems that cause poor quality Partner with customer service and quality teams to ensure the identification of quality issues and their root causes, as well as design and implement solutions. Manage and monitor compliance to quality plan. Follow up to ensure jobs are completed to requirements and satisfaction. Audit processes and procedures on a daily basis to ensure they are followed. Provide training, coaching, and accountability to employees when needed. Conducts annual performance reviews.
• Service Ensure 100% on time delivery of quality products to the customer. Responsible for accurate and timely receiving and shipping of material to external and internal customer facilities. Confer with supervisors of other departments to coordinate flow of materials or products. Monitor daily staffing resources and balances employee resources across the department based on daily production needs. Interact with Manufacturing, Material Planning, Purchasing, and Maintenance personnel in local and offsite facilities in support of production and capacity planning needs. Support Coordinator in interpreting job orders to workers, and assigns duties.
• Value Continuously improve the processes of operations by eliminating waste and creating processes that add value to the customer.
• Pull System Create an operation that produces product only to customer demand using one piece flow.
• Safety Program and ensure a safe working environment for all employees and visitors. Implements and commits to 5S principles. Ensure safety training and development is complete & administer safety policies & procedures Manage and monitor the achievement of corporate and plant environmental goals. Ensure employees follow ODL safety procedures and have the proper licensing before operating equipment and machinery. Oversee housekeeping and maintenance in area of responsibility. Ensures that equipment and facilities are properly maintained.
• Professional Challenge / Participation Motivate and involve employees in improving processes through creativity, problem solving and learning. Set expectations, teach, encourage, coach and hold team members accountable to utilize standardized work to improve operations. Implement improvements by day by day kaizen. Solicit team member ideas for improvement and create a work environment where employees are encouraged to take risks and share their ideas. Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Recognition / Feedback Demonstrate outstanding performance aligned with corporate objectives. Provide timely feedback including performance evaluations, coaching and discipline.
• Staffing / Development Responsible for employee selection (determine staffing levels and skills required) and training. Help team members develop new skills that allow them to increase their contribution to the operation. Approves and monitors overtime and vacation on a regular basis, ensuring the budget and internal and external customer requirements are met. Maintains time and production records.
• Continuous Improvement Improve capabilities by utilizing people’s skills to solve problems proactively and constantly move towards the ideal situation. Engage in kaizen activities every day to proactively go after problems with manufacturing focus. Establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules. Look for ways to eliminate waste, improve safety, improve quality, and improve the work environment for team members. Use all team members’ feedback to develop and implement improvements. Evaluates improvement proposals for work areas and coordinates with other resources when needed to evaluate possibilities. Use problem solving and continuous improvement tools to solve problems and improve processes.
• Operations Focus Responsible for spending 80% of time directly with your team members where place in an effort to understand the current status of the operation and gain direct input from employees in order to make improvements. Analyze and resolves work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems. Report department measures to employees and leadership on a daily basis. Leads daily departmental meetings and occasionally leads continuous improvement events or projects.

Requirements

Two years of leadership experience Bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred Ability to express ideas effectively with well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and professionalism. Conflict resolution Ability to identify and understand issues and make appropriate decisions. Proficient in quality system fundamentals and continuous improvement activities. Effective written and verbal communication and office equipment usage. Critical competencies include: integrity, trust, customer orientation, job knowledge, decisiveness, relationship building, effective communication, systemic thinking, future focused, managing and developing talent, flexibility, innovation and business knowledge.

The Value We Offer

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Hybrid work environment
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Vacation and 10 Holidays
• Health Club Reimbursement
• Bonus program
• Wellness program
• Shift
• Third Shift (United States of America)

OUR HISTORY

A Foundation Customers Trust With a heritage of creating products for the home that dates back to 1945, ODL remains synonymous with stability, quality, and confidence. Yet, after more than 75 years, we feel our best days are ahead of us. Thanks to our exceptional portfolio of entry doors and doorlights, the industry’s leading lineup of enclosed blinds, and an expanding international presence, the opportunities are limitless. Family-owned and privately operated, we aim to build upon what’s made us successful through the years: a culture of treating people well, coupled with constant innovation.