Production Supervisor - Night Shift

Pregis; Hopkinsville (KY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Pregis is seeking a Production Supervisor II to direct and supervise a production team within the Plant Administration department. The role requires 3+ years of leadership in manufacturing, with a focus on safety, quality, and cost targets while pursuing waste reduction and sustainability goals.

The supervisor will lead talent management, performance reviews, and daily production planning, ensuring accurate documentation and ERP data entry across shifts.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing with at least 3 years in supervision.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred in a relevant field.
• Strong background in manufacturing and proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Drive company to achieve goals by communicating expectations, planning, monitoring, and evaluating flow of production.
• Effectively manage labor to meet plant productivity and cost goals by coordinating schedules, staffing, and sequence.
• Monitor production activities, identify problems, and troubleshoot causes to develop solutions.
• Plan and manage daily, weekly, and monthly objectives, communicating them to employees for alignment.
• Own all KPIs to ensure targets are met or exceeded and implement waste-minimizing process changes.

Skills

Team Leadership

SAP ERP

Manufacturing experience

Safety compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

High School diploma or equivalent required

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word/PowerPoint

Job description

Job Title

Job Title: Production Supervisor II Classification: Salaried Exempt Reports To: Operations Manager

Department

Department: Plant Administration

Summary of Job

The Production Supervisor II is responsible for directing and supervising activities of a production team and shift/department and will have multiple direct reports. The right individual will have 3+ years of experience leading & managing a team in a manufacturing environment, and will ensure that safety, quality, delivery, and cost standards are achieved, while meeting waste reduction and sustainability goals. In addition, the individual in this role will be responsible for creating a culture based on integrity, customer focus, innovation, and collaboration that will enhance the department’s ability to attract, develop, and retail top talent. The Production Supervisor II is responsible for all people leadership and management aspects of the department, including the interviewing and selection of talent and all components of performance management.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Drive company to achieve goals by communicating expectations, planning, monitoring, and evaluating flow of production.
• Effectively manage labor to meet plant labor productivity & cost goals by coordinating work schedules, staffing requirements, and production sequence
• Monitor production activities, identify problems, and troubleshoot causes to develop solutions
• Plan and manage daily, weekly, and monthly objectives, communicating them to employees to ensure alignment

• Create, train, monitor, and evaluate team on safety, quality and standard operating procedures.
• Train and understand of all existing and any new production equipment – create and/or review training documentation to ensure it’s up to date and accurate
• Troubleshoot processing techniques and production machinery and provide solutions for continuous improvement
• Accurately record, communicate, and maintain required documentation in timely manner.
• Analyze and submit daily reporting on performance and progress as it relates to

• production, quality, safety, staffing, and regular maintenance duties.

• Own all KPIs to ensure the team is meeting or exceeding targets, and implement

• process change that would minimize waste levels and meets all customer requirements.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and provide problem solving and resolution skills for departmental issues.
• Adheres to, and manages to, the highest standards of company safety programs,

• guidelines, rules, and regulations including all personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements. Enforces standards and guidelines amongst team.

• Assure quality and accuracy of production standards. Promptly reports all quality defects to the appropriate team members.
• Enable team members to meet or exceed production rates, minimize waste levels, and meets all customer requirements.
• Ensure production reporting data is entered into ERP and cascade information to next shift.
• Attends meetings and completes safety trainings as required and hold team accountable to do the same.
• Provide direct supervision of production team members, which includes all employee relations issues, corrective action, performance management, merit/compensation recommendations, hiring, and terminations.

• Provide evaluation to each team member through regular performance feedback

• processes (30/60/90, progressive discipline, performance management, etc.)

• Support, demonstrate and promote Pregis’ core values: integrity, collaboration, customer focus and innovation
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned by management.
• If requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, absent undue hardship to the business.

Competency (Knowledge, skills, and abilities)

• Strong leadership skills – ability to motivate and influence team members
• Ability to communicate respectfully with others to ensure a positive teamwork culture.
• Collaborate with individuals at all levels of the organization
• Prior SAP or similar ERP system knowledge.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, follow standardized work instructions and adhere to safe work practices in a continuous improvement culture.
• Organizational and leadership abilities
• Self-motivated with results-driven approach.
• Problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize workload.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills

Environment

• Exposure to moving equipment
• Inside work
• Heat may exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit
• Humidity may exceed 80%
• Noise may exceed 85dB+

Physical Characteristics

• Frequent standing, stooping, squatting, up to 75%
• Occasional lifting, pushing, pulling (up to 50 lbs.)
• Frequent typing/keyboarding/preparing documents, voice- assisted as needed.

Position Type

• Full time
• Work outside of normal working hours expected per business demand.
• All leaders may be expected to work off-shift and weekends based on business need.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in relevant field
• High School diploma or equivalent required
• 5+ years’ experience with a minimum 3 years’ experience working in a supervisory
• position.
• Strong Background in manufacturing
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Outlook is required, with some knowledge of Microsoft
• Word/PowerPoint.

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