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Production Supervisor

Purem
Spartanburg, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 7/30/2026 CLOSED ON 8/12/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at Purem?

Essential Accountabilities: The position incumbent ensures, that
  • Acts as a role model for safety and continuous improvement
  • Coaches employees to work safely, escalate unsafe conditions, and suggest improvements
  • Verifies the production area is fully compliant with company, state, and federal health, safety, and environmental policies and standards
  • Conducts audits to ensure safety, 5s, and first aid standards are followed and recommends corrective actions and improvements
  • Communicates hazards, risks, and control measures between production teams and management
  • Completes incident reports and initiates corrective actions to eliminate hazards and prevent accidents and near misses
  • Verifies employees use work instructions, standard work, and the Quality Basics throughout processes
  • Verifies the timely completion of the First Off Process
  • Conducts hourly product and process audits to identify non-conformances and escalate recurring or serious issues
  • Supports and initiates quarantine actions for nonconforming material and processes
  • Communicates with support departments to coordinate actions to reduce and eliminate production losses from breakdowns, defects, and material shortages
  • Identifies product and processes that do not meet customer and quality requirements and initiates deviation requests to meet delivery requirements and protect customers from non-conforming products
  • Collects and analyzes scrap, rework, and other production loss information to create corrective actions to achieve goals
  • Facilitates and coaches team leaders to facilitate line problem solving meetings to identify root cause and corrective actions to eliminate defects
  • Coaches and assists team leaders to create corrective actions to eliminate non-conformances and protect the customer
  • Supports team leader level 1 red box review as needed
  • Facilitates level 2 red box review with support functions
  • Facilitates level 2 Top 5 and department focus team meetings to create and monitor the progress of short- and long-term actions plans
  • Reviews EPT boards hourly to coach and enforce proper use for complete, accurate, and up-to-date information
  • Reviews actual vs. planned production each hour, coaches and assists team leaders to create corrective actions
  • Coordinates with internal customers and suppliers to ensure production teams achieve daily goals
  • Ensures continuous improvement to the efficiency of production processes
  • Participates in weekly focus team meeting to support long-term actions that reduce scrap and improve efficiency
  • Audits and manages blocked stock daily to reduce work in progress
  • Monitors Build To Target and Build to Schedule reports to ensure achievement of the daily production plan
  • Verifies pre- and post-shift line readiness
  • Audits end of shift backflush reports in SAP to verify production reports and identify discrepancies to correct backflush process errors
  • Validates employee attendance and updates timecards in HR system
  • Adjusts headcount to meet direct labor efficiency and delivery targets
  • Reports daily production outcomes, OEE, non-standard events, and other incidents to management
  • Facilitates shift handover communication with supervisors and team leaders
  • Manages and approves employee timecards and time off requests daily
  • Acts as the initial response for employee relations and escalates to Human Resources as needed
  • Communicates shift changes, mandatory overtime, and other information affecting employee well-being
  • Acts as the role model for core values and competencies
  • Validates on-the-job training and employee cycle times throughout the shift
  • Accountable for employee multivalence and completion of periodic refresher training
  • Trains and coaches team leaders and other supervisors on the performance of daily standard work
  • Attends daily level 1 Top 5 meetings and provides developmental feedback to team leaders
  • Leads team leader professional development through regular coaching and performance feedback
  • Prepares and conducts coaching and disciplinary actions in accordance with the company's progressive discipline policy
  • Empowers selected team leaders to assume some duties in the absence of the Supervisor
  • Escalates serious issues and other problems in a timely manner according to established procedures
Secondary Accountabilities: The position incumbent ensures, that
  • Conduct all business-related activities for, and on the behalf of, Purem within the limits of applicable local, state, and federal legal requirements
  • Provide support to, and compliance with, all local and corporate Purem Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) policies, procedures and other HSE related requirements
  • Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and follows all Purem polices related to TS16949 and ISO 14001; looks for way to improve and promote quality
  • Performs manager duties as needed
  • Other duties as assigned

Req Benefits: We offer medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, prescription, basic life, short and long-term disability, 401k, PTO, plus much more!
Additional Details :

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Salary : $48,593 - $68,281

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