What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at Flex?
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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Production Supervisor located in Northfield , MN.
Reporting to the Operations Supervisor , the Production Supervisor would be responsible for directing the manufacturing operations performed in a shift or group of production lines in a highly technical environment, ensuring they reach volume, quality, and cost goals and lead other supervisors while performing these activities.
What a typical day looks like:
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Production Supervisor located in Northfield , MN.
Reporting to the Operations Supervisor , the Production Supervisor would be responsible for directing the manufacturing operations performed in a shift or group of production lines in a highly technical environment, ensuring they reach volume, quality, and cost goals and lead other supervisors while performing these activities.
What a typical day looks like:
- Responsible for the shipping and receiving of packaged goods in a highly technical environment.
- Leads a team comprising of individual professionals (e.g., engineers/officers) to meet quality, cost, delivery and responsiveness requirements
- Reviews daily/regularly plant operating performance, evaluate areas that may be impacting performance, and advise on changes in operating conditions that will improve efficiencies/quality.
- Troubleshoots/analyses operational problems and advises on their resolution. Holds regular discussions with operators to coach performance and improve operational understanding/capability.
- Listen to and evaluate ideas for plant improvements and work with qualified engineers to develop project proposals to encourage improvements and changes.
- Provides technical/operational advice to project teams.
- May act as principal interface between the operation team and the maintenance function.
- May train and coach junior operators and junior team leaders
- Prioritizes production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply in order to meet customer requirements.
- Initiates and participates in process development and cost improvement projects.
- Assists in department budget planning and manage department expenses.
- Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Ensures compliance of standards and all manufacturing area personnel are trained and certified in their specific functions, and that no task is performed by untrained.
- Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience related to production and manufacturing.
- Typically requires 6 years of operations experience preferably in a Manufacturing environment.
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