Production Supervisor

The Gastonia Plant Shift Leader is responsible for leadership and support of our production personnel within their shift. The Shift Leader is expected to seek out learnings and understandings to know what is necessary for their team, and individual team members, to successfully grow, develop, and deliver results. The Shift Leader also manages and oversees all shift operations in a manner that enhances the plant’s safety, engagement, cost, productivity, efficiency, quality, and customer service. The Shift Leader is expected to drive continuous improvement efforts brought up on shift all the way through to completion.

The Shift Leader works a 12-hour rotating shift with his/her corresponding team: A, B, C, or D.

Reports to : Operations Leader

Span of Control : Operations Technicians (9-10 employees)

JOB

• •Have the technical aptitude and knowledge to coach team members on process knowledge and technical understanding of the different areas of the line
• •Enforce accountability across the shift for adherence to plant and corporate policies and procedures
• •Fairly and effectively allocate people resources to cross-training efforts and execute proper documentation and updates along with this process
• •Develop and oversee onboarding and training plans for new hires as needed
• •Regularly provide candid feedback on expectations and performance to team members
• •Actively participate, and encourage team members to participate, in training and growth opportunities
• •Partner with HR to continuously improve and implement the performance management system for primary employees
• •Execute quarterly performance review process and deliver feedback and action plans to team members
• •Establish an engaged workforce on shift characterized by mutual trust, open communication, teamwork and recognition
• •Gather input from and engage all team members in productivity initiatives

• •Verify team member time and attendance as well as scheduling
• •Drive overtime needs to a minimum, and schedule employees for overtime only as business needs dictate
• •Appropriately track and document employee occurrences and subsequent coaching conversations as needed. These could be for safety, attendance, performance, etc.
• •Document and communicate shift happenings through daily shift reports
• •Other administrative tasks related to the efficient management of the shift

Drive Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Actions & Implementation

• •Ownership of TPM activities in increasing total production standards
• •Responsible for leading the development and execution of TPM implementation plans to meet and exceed the business objectives
• •Hold team members accountable for follow-through on TPM activities or improvements.
• •Support the TPM leader with various TPM related activities

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) : Work to drive a Zero Injury, Zero Defect, Zero Loss Culture

• •Own the equipment on the line in terms of CIL (cleaning, inspection, and lubrication) standards
• •Ability to learn troubleshooting methodology such as cause mapping or five why analysis
• •Troubleshooting ability to solve tags created regarding abnormalities

• •Combines the collective talents of a company to create an engine for continuous improvement
• •Provide the methodology and disciplined approaches to be able to identify and eliminate losses through loss tree deployment

• •Operators develop skills to routinely maintain equipment and identify emerging problems.
• •Maintenance personnel learn techniques for proactive and preventative maintenance.

• •Eliminates potential health and safety risks, resulting in a safer workplace.
• •Specifically targets the goal of an accident-free workplace

JOB

• •Engages and care