Production Supervisor

Description:

Position Overview: Responsible for driving efficiency and effectiveness in the daily operations and delivery of their assigned area by providing adequate resources, on-going work direction, and problem-solving for their team.  These actions ensure that Operational KPI’s and business goals are achieved in accordance with Company policies. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Responsible for meeting operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, and cost, as well as other key business metrics within their influence.  
• Leads functional resources within the assigned value stream, including manufacturing engineering, product engineering, material handling, and quality.  
• Interprets company policies and enforces safety regulations. 
• Analyzes production schedules and estimates worker hour requirements for completion of job assignments, making schedule adjustments as needed. 
• Plans daily operations, optimizes the utilization of skills, available work hours, material, and workflow to ensure timely production within acceptable quality standards. 
• Ensures personnel are performing their jobs within the written guidelines of the Work Instructions and adhering to ISO policy and standards 
• Responsible for identifying and driving productivity and efficiency improvements in partnership with their value stream employees and the broader operations group.  
• Leads the development of current and future state value stream maps and continuous improvement plans, as well as the implementation of those plans across the value stream. 
• Coaches, trains and develops employees in their value stream in order to enhance employee performance and longer-term career growth.  
• Assists team members in analyzing, troubleshooting, and resolving operational challenges.  
• Develops and communicates performance-based metrics and organizational vision for their value stream.  
• Motivates and recognizes exceptional individual and team performance, while properly managing employee performance and/or conduct issues.   
• Partners and collaborates with other members of plant leadership and cross-plant leadership on best practice sharing and broader business unit/enterprise initiatives.  For example, partners with Product Management to support New Product Development launches. 
• Manages employee productivity and attendance records in partnership with Human Resources and other functions. 
• Handle and/or assist in the settlement of employee issues.  Develop and maintain positive employee relations and ensure open lines of communication with associates. Creates and drives culture to create a positive environment. 
• Understands and upholds Columbus McKinnon’s policies and procedures in daily operations. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.  

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:  

• Associates degree or, bachelor's degree preferred.?  
• A minimum of three years of manufacturing based supervisory experience.  
• Demonstrated experience in driving efficiency improvements.?  
• Proven leadership skills in motivating team members to perform at their highest levels.?  
• Ability to analyze data and make timely decisions.?  
• Highly accountable behavior with solid personal responsibility.?