Production Supervisor - Myers Industries : Job Details

Job Overview

This position provides leadership, direction, and coordination of team members in a manufacturing area with responsibilities for safety, quality, and productivity. This role actively participates and supports a work environment that is focused on lean and continuous improvement activities.Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned or reassigned at anytime.

Duties and Responsibilities

* Consistently models a positive attitude and demonstrates a can do mindset

* Excellent communication skills (verbal & written)

* Supports training for all team members providing them with the skills to do their jobs

* Exhibits strong team development and performance management skills

* Demonstrates a strong commitment toward results - execution, attention to details

* Is passionate about safety, 5S, continuous improvement and lean

* Able to function in a collaborative environment with cross-functional teams

* Conduct small and large team meetings to communicate plant performance to the KPI's

* Train or facilitate the training of new employees in all aspects of their job function

* Administer policies and procedures

* Liaison between cross-functional and supporting teams and team members

* Communicate and support strict adherence to quality standards

* Ensure quality goals and objectives are met on a daily basis

* Ensure efficient location of materials

* Monitor scrap for undue waste

* Prepare reject tags as required and manage this process per policy

* Monitor and improve the management of inventory

* Is an active leader and coach to team members by focusing on an environment for them in which to be successful

* Passionate about improving safety, quality, delivery, and cost

* Ability to identify root cause, implement corrective action where gaps to the goals exist - strong problem solving skills

* Responsible for supporting new and current team member activities - hiring, performance, management, transfers, promotions and disciplinary processes

* Schedule work assignment to maximize production efficiency

* Develop and monitor staffing plans to execute the schedule on time at the planned rate or better

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

* Advanced skills in MS Office

* Excellent organizing and leadership skills

* Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities

* Self-motivated with a results-driven approach

* Exposure to lean manufacturing

Education and Experience

* Bachelor's degree (B.A./B.S.) in related field or equivalent work experience preferred

* Minimum of 3 years manufacturing experience, with demonstrated leadership skills

* Plastic molding experience in a leadership role preferred

Working Conditions

This job is in a typical manufacturing environment, to include:

* Ovens

* Forklifts

* Torches

* Rotating tools

* Etc.

Physical Requirements

* This individual will be walking and standing the majority of the time as it requires a continuous presence on the manufacturing floor.