What are the responsibilities and job description for the Indirect - Prod Supv Plastics, Exempt position at Scepter?
Scepter, a Myers Industries Company (NYSE: MYE), is a leading manufacturer of portable plastic containers for marine, consumer and military applications. Through smart choices and smarter design, the business doubled in size, started winning innovation awards, and earned a full 95% of the global marine fuel tank market. For the military, Scepter developed better packaging for the safe handling and storage of heavy caliber ammunition, converting from metal to plastic as the new standard. Their military fuel can is known by armies the world over as a “Scepter Can.” When Scepter turned its attention to the retail market, the company soon became trusted throughout the world for producing rugged, ergonomic, and easy-to-use fuel containers. Steady growth and expansion ensured Canada operations were strengthened with the purchase of a key facility in the heartland of America.
Indirect - Prod Supv Plastics, Exempt
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 any time.
Duties and Responsibilities
Indirect - Prod Supv Plastics, Exempt
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 any time.
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 detailsIs 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
- Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned or reassigned at any time
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in related field or equivalent work experience preferred
- Minimum of 5 years manufacturing experience, with demonstrated leadership skills
- Plastic molding experience in a leadership role preferred
- 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
