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Plant Supervisor II

thyssenkrupp Materials NA, Inc. · Richburg, SC

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Level
Supervisor
Team
Production
Degree
Preferred
Experience asked
3+ years
Industry
Industrial
Posted
24 days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A supervisor production role at thyssenkrupp Materials NA, Inc. (industrial) in Richburg, SC. An extensive omnichannel architecture offers 250,000 customers worldwide cross-channel, round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services.

They ask for
3+ years · degree preferred
Tools it names
Lean, Kaizen, Root cause, EHS / safety

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How this role compares

Against 24 other live production postings in South Carolina.

Experience asked
Less than usual (3+ vs 5+)

Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.

Skills these teams ask for most

  • ✓ Team leadership 88%
  • ✓ Lean 48%
  • 5S 32%
  • ✓ EHS / safety 28%
  • SAP 20%

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Stands out: this posting asks for Kaizen, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.

It asks for 3+ years. If you're close, apply anyway: requirements are a wish list. Talk to someone doing this work there first.

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Full description from thyssenkrupp Materials NA, Inc.As posted on their careers site.Show

Job Summary

To coach and otherwise guide a team of employees to achieve optimum levels of productivity, quality and safety while meeting operational deadlines and budgets. This typically includes recruiting and hiring qualified employees and ensuring that they receive all necessary training and education. Additionally, the supervisor is responsible for maintaining a high performance work environment through appropriate goal setting, operating principles, communication, and fair treatment of all employees. As necessary, the supervisor must take action to correct poor performance and poor behavior that puts the employee or team at risk or impacts the team’s ability to achieve its objectives.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

  • ◆Meet all production and distribution objectives and deadlines within the established budget.
  • ◆Teach, coach and demonstrate work activities for team members.
  • ◆Responsible for conducting performance reviews and disciplinary functions
  • ◆Responsible for coordinating, assigning, and reviewing work
  • ◆Direct staff on priority of work to be accomplished
  • ◆Accountable for ensuring that all team members receive required instruction in safety procedures, proper use of equipment, performance standards, disciplinary processes and other workplace and Company policies, procedures and practices.
  • ◆Maintain timely, effective, and professional communications with all internal and external customers and suppliers
  • ◆Responsible for effective record keeping, filing and other administrative duties as required.
  • ◆Responsible for reporting any accidents or incidents that occur within the designated facility (on- or off-site). Accident or incident reports must be completed by the supervisor immediately when such event occurs and forwarded directly to the Operations Manager within 24 hours
  • ◆Monitor working conditions regularly to ensure the safety of all team members. Take timely corrective action as required and disciplinary action as necessary.
  • ◆Apply problem solving techniques to ensure all personnel and quality issues are resolved in a timely manner (examples: 8D; 5 Why; Kaizen Newsletters)
  • ◆Other duties assigned by the Operations Manager or Plant Manager
  • ◆This is a position that works directly on the warehouse floor on or around heavy machinery.
  • ◆Meets TKMNA Employee Attributes/Competencies

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirement for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties,

responsibilities

or requirements.

This position has been identified as “safety sensitive” by thyssenkrupp under applicable laws. Accordingly, any application for this position that is considered for employment with thyssenkrupp requires successful completion of pre-employment drug testing, which may include testing for marijuana in accordance with any applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Requirements

  • ✓Basic math and reading skills obtained by a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • ✓Must have basic computer skills.
  • ✓Interpersonal skills to communicate with plant manager, sales staff, and warehouse personnel.
  • ✓Demonstrates the ability to understand equipment and tolerances from past experience and successful past performance.
  • ✓Warehouse experience with forklift, packing and measuring.
  • ✓This individual must also demonstrate successful leadership and team building skills – even if from an unrelated business or non-business organization.
  • ✓Safety Mindset

Requirements

  • ✓Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • ✓2-3 years previous supervisory experience in a related field.
  • ✓Possess the knowledge of metals handled in regard to proper staging, processing, packaging, and shipping
  • ✓First aid and CPR training
  • ✓Exposure to labor relations, safety programs, ISO standards, lean pra
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With around 480 locations in over 40 countries, thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the biggest materials distributor and service provider in the western world. The broad service spectrum offered by the materials experts enables customers to focus on their individual core business. The area of Materials Services spans two strategic areas: global materials distribution as one-stop-shop – from steel and stainless steel, tubes and pipes, nonferrous metals and specialty materials to plastics and raw materials – and tailored services in the areas of materials management and supply chain management. An extensive omnichannel architecture offers 250,000 customers worldwide cross-channel, round-the-clock access to more than 150,000 products and services. A highly efficient logistics system ensures that all requested services are smoothly integrated into customer production processes “just-in-time” or “just-in-sequence.

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