Production Supervisor: Lead Teams, Boost Quality & Output

Dover Corporation; Colonial Heights (VA); On-site; USD 73,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision

401k Retirement Plan

Flexible Spending

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Dover Food Retail is seeking a Production Supervisor in South Chesterfield, VA. The role leads team leads and hourly production staff to hit targets safely, on time, and to quality standards.

Responsibilities include defining standard work, driving continuous improvement, maintaining schedules and inventory, collaborating with supply chain and quality, and enforcing company policies. Strong leadership and manufacturing experience required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a leadership position.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to team leaders and front-line hourly production team members; ensure a safe work environment, define expectations, provide resources, coach/teach/train associates, ensure accountability, and provide feedback.
• Develop, implement, and audit daily standard work.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement; conduct root cause analysis and develop/implement corrective action plans.
• Maintain production schedule, meeting both quality and productivity requirements.
• Maintain good inventory control procedures for all raw material that may be required in assignment department(s).
• Partner with supply chain, quality, shipping, and other departments to ensure the team meets production targets safely, on time, and to established quality standards.
• Ensure timely response to operational issues impacting customer expectations and project cycle time performance.
• Be knowledgeable of company policies and engage appropriate resources (HR, Safety, etc.) when required to handle issues that arise.
• Support, communicate, implement, sustain, and consistently enforce all company policies/procedures
• Build and sustain good morale and attitudes among all reporting associates.
• Initiate requisitions for open positions. Interview and determine best candidate for position
• Document associate skills and knowledge to create a skills matrix of employee training needs and accomplishments
• Ability to capture/analyze data regarding productivity -Understand through observations the causes for high and low productivity.
• Understand production requirements and direct resources appropriately to procure shipment items.
• Communicate decisions with data and documentation.
• Maintain accurate timekeeping in ADP for all assigned direct reports.
• Enforce safety rules, practices and procedures to assure safety of associates, buildings, grounds and machinery.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership experience

Manufacturing experience

5S / Lean

MS Office

Communication skills

Prioritization

Overtime availability

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Dover Food Retail is seeking a Production Supervisor in South Chesterfield, VA. The role leads team leads and hourly production staff to hit targets safely, on time, and to quality standards.

Responsibilities include defining standard work, driving continuous improvement, maintaining schedules and inventory, collaborating with supply chain and quality, and enforcing company policies. Strong leadership and manufacturing experience required.