Production Supervisor I

LEAR CORPORATION; Farwell (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lear Corporation’s Farwell, MI plant is seeking a Production Coach to lead manufacturing personnel, ensure quality, safety, productivity, and on-time delivery, and provide training and tools for a high-performing team.

The role emphasizes Lean/Kaizen principles, cross-training, and continuous improvement across production areas, with a focus on coaching teams to resolve issues and drive efficiency on the shop floor.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate ability in maintaining positive employment relation.
• Maintain a high level of integrity.
• Excellent organizational and computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Daily review and identification of top quality performance issues.
• Lead review with team leaders to develop solutions or preventative measures.
• Coordinate with Quality department to investigate, identify and implement corrective actions with the production team.
• Lead Teams and Team Leaders to continuously improve quality metrics and targets.
• Work with Team Leaders to drive efficiency by utilizing the production system and driving back issues to the team.
• Ensure that operators are following SWIs and lead team to continuously find SWI improvements.
• Work with teams to improve station layouts, identify 8 waste opportunities, poke yokes, and implement 5s methodology into work areas.
• Lead Teams and Team Leaders to continuously improve production metrics and targets.
• Train all team members on Lean/Kaizen principles to help support a CI Culture and enable teams to identify and address “just do it” opportunities and resolve workplace issues independently.
• Drive teams to actively pursue Team Member roles and tasks outside of work station assembly.
• Support and lead team Kaizen activities.
• Manage and ensure effective cross-training levels at all times to 100% job rotations within teams.
• Conduct training sessions for plant staff and production team.
• Select and place Team Leaders within retention goals.
• Develop Team Leaders to be recognized as currently promotable successors to Coach roles

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Positive employment relations

Integrity

Organizational and computer skills

Job description

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Job Description

FARWELL, MI - LEAR PLANT

PRODUCTION COACH

NATURE OF WORK: Leading of manufacturing personnel and operation, assuring that quality, safety, productivity, schedule and delivery goals are met on a daily basis. Ensure production employees have the necessary training, tools and equipment to perform a quality job within allotted time periods.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Daily review and identification of top quality performance issues.
• Lead review with team leaders to develop solutions or preventative measures.
• Coordinate with Quality department to investigate, identify and implement corrective actions with the production team.
• Lead Teams and Team Leaders to continuously improve quality metrics and targets.
• Work with Team Leaders to drive efficiency by utilizing the production system and driving back issues to the team.
• Ensure that operators are following SWI’s and lead team to continuously find SWI improvements.
• Work with teams to improve station layouts, identify 8 waste opportunities, poke yokes, and implement 5s methodology into work areas.
• Lead Teams and Team Leaders to continuously improve production metrics and targets.
• Train all team members on Lean/Kaizen principles to help support a CI Culture and enable teams to identify and address “just do it” opportunities and resolve workplace issues independently.
• Drive teams to actively pursue Team Member roles and tasks outside of work station assembly.
• Support and lead team Kaizen activities.
• Manage and ensure effective cross-training levels at all times to 100% job rotations within teams.
• Conduct training sessions for plant staff and production team.
• Select and place Team Leaders within retention goals.
• Develop Team Leaders to be recognized as currently promotable successors to Coach roles

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Demonstrate ability in maintaining positive employment relation

Maintain a high level of integrity

Excellent organizational and computer skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit‑based employment practices and equal opportunity.

We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located.

Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.