What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at Toyo Tires?
Lead. Inspire. Deliver Results.
At Toyo Tire North America, we’re building more than world-class products—we’re building high-performing teams. We’re looking for a Production Supervisor II who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and is energized by leading people, solving problems, and driving continuous improvement. If you’re a hands-on leader who can balance safety, quality, delivery, and cost—while developing your team along the way—this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact. As a Production Supervisor, you will lead a production team to achieve plant and departmental goals while ensuring safe, compliant, and high-quality operations.
Drive Safety & ESH Excellence
At Toyo Tire North America, we’re building more than world-class products—we’re building high-performing teams. We’re looking for a Production Supervisor II who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and is energized by leading people, solving problems, and driving continuous improvement. If you’re a hands-on leader who can balance safety, quality, delivery, and cost—while developing your team along the way—this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact. As a Production Supervisor, you will lead a production team to achieve plant and departmental goals while ensuring safe, compliant, and high-quality operations.
Drive Safety & ESH Excellence
- Lead by example to create a safe, healthy work environment
- Identify and correct unsafe behaviors and conditions
- Lead incident investigations and implement lasting solutions
- Ensure team completion of all ESH training and standards
- Ensure adherence to SOPs and quality systems (ISO/TS where applicable)
- Lead quality issue resolution from containment through corrective actions
- Drive Total Quality Management (TQM) problem-solving
- Maintain accurate and timely quality documentation
- Monitor production to meet safety, quality, productivity, cost, and delivery targets
- Optimize people, machines, and materials for maximum efficiency
- Allocate resources and adjust staffing to meet production schedules
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and Logistics
- Facilitate shift meetings, KPI reviews, and daily communication
- Keep teams informed and aligned with plant priorities and performance goals
- Lead Kaizen and Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives
- Use structured problem-solving (5-Why, PDCA, Fishbone) to eliminate losses
- Translate company initiatives (ESH, 5S, Quality, CI) into actionable plans
- Coach, mentor, and develop team members
- Conduct performance evaluations and constructive feedback sessions
- Build bench strength through cross-training and succession planning
- Partner with Workforce Development to onboard and grow talent