What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at WAUSEON MACHINE AND MFG, INC?
· Foster a positive work environment that promotes teamwork, safety, and continuous improvement.
· Supervise and lead production teams, ensuring that associates are motivated, trained, and performing their duties effectively.
· Utilize ERP/MRP platform (JobBoss) for planning activities and to provide timely information and updates to key stakeholders.
· Balance current and future customer demands with shop floor and supplier capacities to ensure successful completion of customer requirements (delivery, quality, cost).
· Participate in planning meetings with key stakeholders to proactively identify scheduling issues, coordinate department efforts, and ensure jobs are completed on time while meeting customer’s quality requirements.
· Understand and drive Key Metrics: Safety, Quality, Labor Productivity and Cost Control.
· Assist Human Resources with recruiting new hires, training new hires, and resolving associate issues.
· Provide ongoing coaching and development opportunities for team members to enhance their skills and performance.
· Track and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) such as People: Safety (TRIR and DART), Training, Quality (Non-conformances, FTQ, COPQ/revenue), Productivity (on- time delivery, OEE, throughput) and Cost (productivity improvements, continuous improvement savings and budget attainment for controllable costs).
· Identify opportunities for process enhancements and implement foundational lean manufacturing principles (5S, TPM, Standard Work and visual management) to improve efficiency and reduce waste.