Supervisor -Groveport General Manufacturing

KDC/One; Groveport (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

KDC/One is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor for the weekend shift at its Groveport facility. The role involves supervising packaging operations, enhancing team performance, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. Ideal candidates will have supervisory experience in a filling/packaging environment, preferably in cosmetics or pharmaceuticals.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience in a filling and packaging environment.
• Experience in cosmetics or pharmaceuticals preferred.
• High School Diploma required; higher education preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and direct activities of product packaging lines.
• Train and develop employees to meet performance expectations.
• Control operational costs and improve equipment effectiveness.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Team Development

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Management

Job description

KDC is a network of best-in-class custom formulators and manufacturers of color cosmetics, skincare, haircare, bath & body, fragrance, deodorant, home, health, industrial, and auto care products. KDC delivers high-touch innovation, operational excellence, and speed to market to well-known and emergingbeauty, personal, and specialty companies from coast to coast. KDC has its head office in Longueuil, Québec. In addition, KDC has 10 operating facilities located throughout North America. Altogether, the company employs nearly4,800 talented and dedicated employees in North America.

kdc/one Groveport is part of the kdc/one network, the leading best-in-class producer of beautyand personal care products. We are a diverse and passionate team of experts offering innovative, turn-key solutions to our customers through ideation, formulation, design, packaging and manufacturing of products. With over 15,000 passionate, innovative employees working in 25 manufacturing sites across the world, we want you to join our growing team.

We have an immediate opening for an experienced weekend shift Production Supervisor who will be responsible for supervising, directing and organizing activities of product packaging lines to achieve the highest levels of employee engagement, safety, service, quality, inventory control, and customer service for a designated shift with the goal of delivering targeted financial results.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads, assigns, and manages the tactical activities of the Production department to achieve the strategic direction established by senior leadership.
• Develop shift team capability and solve problems through close collaboration with engineers, peers, quality, maintenance, warehouse, and planning.
• Trains, coaches, and develops employees within the department to ensure performance expectations and department objectives are met according to established standards, including ensuring all training requirements are met monthly; manages performance expectations, delivers feedback, and maintains high levels of employee engagement ensuring positive employee relations.
• Identifies, leads, and drives opportunities around equipment and/or methods to improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), LEAN manufacturing principles, labor utilization and quality requirements.
• Controls operational costs, including but not limited to standard labor costs, inventory costs, scrap rates and equipment downtime, to ensure the production department operates within the set budget.
• Coordinates with other departments on planning and scheduling production runs, changeovers, preventative maintenance and work order assignments and other related activities.
• Collaborates with the Focused Factory Managers to establish and/or revise Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Work Instructions (WIs) and best practices for the production department.
• Directs and performs all work in a manner that is consistent with the company’s quality system and FDA good manufacturing practices, includes always maintaining a clean and orderly production area.
• Coordinates and participates in root cause analysis on OEE shortfalls. Develops and executes corrective actions that improve equipment performance, cost, quality, and customer service.
• Follows, promotes, and enforces KDC’s safety and environmental policies, practices, and procedures.
• Assists with safety investigations and corrective actions related to safety hazards and/or incidents.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, G.E.D or equivalent degree is required. Associate or bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business Management, Operations Management or related field is preferred. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 3 (three) years’ experience in a filling/packaging environment is required.
• Minimum of 2 (two) years of supervisory experience in a filling and packaging environment is required; cosmetics or pharmaceutical experience is strongly preferred.

We offer a fast-paced work environment and a competitive compensative package.

KDC-ONE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, disability or any othercharacteristic protected by law. I understand that employment with KDC-ONE Company is at-will, meaning that I or KDC-ONE Company may terminate my employment at any time, or for any reason consistent with applicable state or federal law. I understand that KDC-One requires the successful completion of a drug and/or alcohol test as a condition of employment.