Senior Manufacturing Operations Leader

LANXESS Deutschland GmbH; Little Rock, Northern (AR, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation package

Comprehensive benefits

Work-Life & Flexibility

Training & Development

Job summary

LANXESS Deutschland GmbH in Little Rock is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day production activities, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule targets are met. You will monitor processes, analyze data, and drive continuous improvement across shifts.

You will supervise approximately 20 hourly employees, coach performance, and reinforce policies while coordinating with Maintenance, QC, and Logistics to support smooth operations.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 5+ years manufacturing/production experience with supervisory/leadership.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to coach and hold team accountable.
• Proficiency with SAP and MS Office; maintain production and quality records.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day production activities to meet safety, quality, production, compliance, and schedule targets.
• Monitor and adjust processes, troubleshoot issues, and use production data and trends to identify opportunities for improvement and support root cause investigations.
• Coordinate resources and priorities and serve as a key liaison between Production, Maintenance, QC, Logistics, and other support functions.
• Supervise and develop Shift Supervisor(s) and approximately 20 hourly production employees through training, coaching, performance management, and reinforcement of company policies and procedures.
• Support departmental operations through production and quality tracking, spending oversight, maintenance coordination, technical support, process changes, audits/PHAs/RCAs, and other operational activities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

OSHA knowledge

Technical troubleshooting

Data interpretation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

College degree or technical training preferred

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

LANXESS Deutschland GmbH in Little Rock is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead day-to-day production activities, ensuring safety, quality, and schedule targets are met. You will monitor processes, analyze data, and drive continuous improvement across shifts.

You will supervise approximately 20 hourly employees, coach performance, and reinforce policies while coordinating with Maintenance, QC, and Logistics to support smooth operations.