Assistant Supervisor - Merit Manufacturing

If you're looking for a boring job where you can just disappear and not know your teammates, this isn't the job for you.

We're looking for people who really take pride in going above and beyond in their work. People who appreciate the feeling of a job well done. And we're the kind of place that wants to reward you for that work.

Work with a team to hit daily goals. Opportunity to learn and grow within a team. Pride in a job well done.

• Inc 5000 fastest growing company
• Friendly Team Environment
• Opportunity for Career Growth
• Performance Bonus Opportunities
• Frequent Company Paid Lunches

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Get to Know Us:

Merit is a contract manufacturer that makes personal care products, cleaning products, and much more. We formulate, mix, bottle, and ship products for nationwide brands. We get to create fun products, dream up new ideas, solve problems, and work as a team each day. When we're don, we've made something we can actually hold in our hand and be proud of.

Merit is located in Warren, Michigan. We've poured over 15 million products and served over 13 million end users. Our continued growth has forced us to move locations 3 times in the last 3 years, and while we don't expect to need a new warehouse soon, we aren't planning to slow down.

Merit is going to keep growing and this is your chance to be a part of that success story.  

Merit prides itself on growing its leaders from within and has a strong emphasis on giving our employees the tools needed to excel at their role and pursue new internal opportunities that will continue to keep them motivated, challenged, and continually learning.

Summary of the Position:

Assistant Supervisors are the middle men between Senior Supervisors and other company employees. Their duties include performing administrative tasks, documenting procedures, promoting and training staff and they are also manage and monitor staff.

We are actively recruiting for a dedicated and knowledgeable Assistant Supervisor to report to our Production Manager.  Working as an Assistant Supervisor, your duties will include recruiting new employees and conducting training sessions, monitoring job performance metrics, and relaying productivity concerns to the Supervisor.

To deliver results as an Assistant Supervisor, you should exhibit extensive experience in optimizing the job performance of employees under the supervision of a Senior Supervisor.

Suitable Assistant Supervisors are experts in training and motivating employees toward achieving a company's goals.

Assistant Supervisor Duties

• 3 plus years' experience in an Assistant Supervisor role or similar.
• Ability to create candidate hiring profiles and to appoint suitable staff.
• Extensive experience in compiling training materials and facilitating training.
• Ability to enhance business knowledge amongst company employees.
• Experience in liaising between management and employees.
• Exceptional ability to motivate employees and foster teamwork.
• Proficiency in monitoring and reporting job performance metrics.
• Advanced knowledge of spreadsheets, Outlook, including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Assistant Supervisor Requirements:

• Report to the Supervisor or other senior managers as required.
• Middleman between the Supervisor and other employees.
• Training new employees.
• Develop training materials and conducting training sessions and workshops.
• Establish business knowledge and awareness of shared company goals.
• Monitor both individual and team job performance metrics.
• Provide staff with technical guidance and assistance.
• Relay productivity concerns to the Supervisor.
• Assisting with other administrative tasks, when required

This is a 50 hour plus per week position. We staff our Production team Mondays through Saturdays with a rotating schedule of 10 hour shifts depending on order volume. All shifts are a standard work day shift, there are no night shifts.

Qualifications:

• Ability to lift 25-50 lbs
• Attention to Detail
• Quick Learner
• Works well with a Team
• 3 plus years of Line Leader experience 

What you get for your Hard Work:

Pay: Starts at $52,000 - $54,000 (depending on experience)

Benefits:

• Healthcare
• Dental
• Flexible Time Off Policy
• Performance Bonus Opportunities
• Year End Bonus Opportunity
• Company events

Equality:

Merit Manufacturing is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard for race, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.