Production Supervisor - Fast Solutions

Orbus-Inc; Woodridge (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Orbus is seeking a production operations leader to manage Exhibit Associate teams and drive Lean/5S initiatives. You will oversee scheduling, training, and performance reviews while coordinating with directors to ensure on-time finishes and quality standards.

You will participate in daily and weekly production meetings, develop SOPs, and foster continuous improvement across the department to support growth and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a medium-size team (10-20 people).
• Experience hiring and conducting initial interviews.
• Experience creating and delivering performance reviews.

Responsibilities

• Maintain quality and service by ensuring tools, packing materials, workspace cleanliness, and lean/5S compliance.
• Lead process improvements to reduce waste and boost customer satisfaction.
• Oversee displays to meet Orbus quality standards and marry area requirements.
• Improve SOPs for production of new products within the department.
• Ensure timely completion of jobs and hit hourly UPLH goals.
• Schedule labor, including temps and overtime, and coordinate holiday/vacation coverage.
• Maintain inventory accuracy via monthly cycle counts and related BC processes.
• Participate in daily graphics meetings, weekly production meetings, and UPLH/afternoon huddles.

Skills

Team leadership

Production scheduling

Lean/5S

Process improvement

Hiring

Performance reviews

Training & development

Microsoft Office

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Salary Range: $60,000.00 To $65,000.00 Annually

Daily/General Tasks:

Maintain a high-level of quality and service by:

• Holding all employees accountable for the maintenance of tools, packing material, cleanliness of workspace & compliance with lean/5S program.
• Work to reduce waste & increase customer satisfaction through process improvements.
• Oversees that all displays are set up, photographed, and meet the Orbus quality standards, including the marry area.
• Works to improve the SOP’s for producing & finishing all new products pertaining to the department.
• Exhibit Associates must produce high quality products & follow instructions listed on the order (finishing specs, size, quality, etc.)
• Must keep jobs on track & hit deadlines for finishing and other departments, and make sure we hit our hourly UPLH goals.
• Meets all shipping & trucking deadlines.

Responsible for actively participating in all production meetings:

• Daily Graphics Meetings
• Weekly Production Meeting
• UPLH & Afternoon Huddles

• Maintains production schedule & plans work accordingly. Sets expectations for labor guidelines such as temps and over-time needs including:
  • Weekend on-call schedules for busy seasons
  • Planning out holiday & vacation coverage
  • Limiting over-time and temp labor when necessary
• Ensure accurate levels of inventory are maintained by following all the related BC processes and performing all monthly cycle counts.

Strategic Planning/Improvements:

• Identifies possible trends or areas for improvement in the department.
• Creates lean efficiencies and assembly line production workflows to accommodate a fast-paced, growing workload.
• Supports Continuous Improvement culture within Orbus by:
  • Participating and helping to oversee the 5S audit process
  • Participating in Orbus Ideas/Poke Yokes & presenting them to the leadership team.

Team Development & Staffing:

• Partially responsible for hiring decisions of all new Exhibit Associates. This position will conduct all 1st interviews and will make recommendations to the Director of Graphic Operations.
• Responsible for writing & delivering performance reviews for the following positions:
  • Exhibit Associates
• Responsible for providing mentorship and guidance to the Exhibit Associate Supervisors.
  • Bi-weekly one-on-one meetings with direct reports to review the following:
    • accomplishments
    • projects coming up
    • opportunities for improvement
  • Provides constructive feedback to direct reports as needed
  • Responsible for creating/maintaining training & cross-training plan for Exhibit Associates:
    • Daily operating procedures
    • Maintenance expectations
    • Quality standards
    • Works with Director of Graphic Operations to create and implement processes and work instructions for Exhibit Associate.
    • Responsible for creating and helping to maintain training matrix documentation
    • Recognizing when team members require further training & work with leadership team to determine action plan for improvement.
    • Create plan for new hire training
  • Solid organizational skills
  • Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office
  • Management experience with medium-size team (10-20 people)