Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor – Corrugator 2nd Shift – Brownstown, MI

As a Production Supervisor you will oversee maintenance operations using precision and preventative maintenance to maximize plant and production equipment uptime. In this role, you will be a servant leader, impacting the development of craftsmen by providing coaching to ensure adherence to preferred maintenance practices to maximize efficiency and safety

• •Manage the day-to-day operations of the shift with constant emphasis on safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• •Acts as first point of contact for operators regarding mechanical failure or production issues.
• •Support continuous improvement initiatives and enforce control procedures, recommending improvements to the Plant Superintendent, as appropriate.
• •Coordinates production activities with other departments to ensure production goals/objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
• •Monitor production activities to eliminate waste and ensure adherence to production and shipping schedules.
• •Input production data accurately into the system to measure and monitor KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) around efficiencies, downtime, inventory and overall production.
• •Provide recommendations to improve the safety, environmental and health of the entire facility.
• •Produce daily reports on daily shift production and daily shift review to assess if daily goals are met.
• •Control load factors and workflow to ensure maximum use of available capacity and effective use of labor, tools and equipment.

• •Manage and coach employees, providing performance reviews and enforcing disciplinary actions.
• •Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training employees, and developing individual growth opportunities.
• •Directs maintenance employees to troubleshoot mechanical problems and perform preventative maintenance.
• •Enforce adherence to plant safety regulations and encourage employees to become safety conscious
• •Ensure daily that plant personnel follow all company standards and meet all customer commitments.

• •Coaching: Provides people with tools, knowledge, and opportunities to develop themselves; determines employees’ training needs, works with employees to produce continuous development plans, and provides regular feedback and coaching to help employees develop in current and future roles; visibly supports culture and teams
• •Organizational Skills: Plans, arranging and/or monitors work to ensure achievement of desired results; establishes a systematic course of action to accomplish objectives.
• •Adaptability: Demonstrates agility, flexibility, and a willingness to modify one’s approach to achieving desired results; responds quickly to changing demands, processes, and updated information
• •Communication: Creates and delivers engaging presentations to internal and external audiences; develops new communication strategies and approaches to communicate data, insights, and critical messages resulting in clear understanding
• •Customer-Oriented: Proactively assesses and effectively resolves customer issues quickly; proactively communicates with customers to ensure alignment and satisfaction; ensures that quality improvements meet the needs and expectations of a diverse customer base; consistently operates with customers' best interests in mind.
• •Strategic Thinking: Develops short and long-term courses of action that support the organization's overall vision and mission; balances business, technical, and operational issues when determining a strategy; identifies problems with current strategies and suggests ways to resolve them; incorporates knowledge of WestRock’s goals/strategy as well as competitive, customer, supplier, industry, or marketplace trends into strategic plans; capitalizes on opportunities and manages risks.
• •Process-Oriented: Plans, designs, and manages processes while focusing on refining and improving to increase efficiency and effectiveness; understands process inputs, activities, outputs, roles, and sequencing.

• •Microsoft Office- Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• •Workforce
• •Kiwi
• •AS/400 • JDE