Production Supervisor General - Optimal Inc.

Position Description:

• Supervise, evaluate, and empower an hourly team that produces manufactured products, and organize workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements.
• Ensure safety, quality, and productivity objectives are met through coaching standardized work, verifying lines are running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts.
• Drive to exceed personal, team, Company goals by holding self & team to high performance standards through servant leadership.
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union, and management teams.

Skills Required:

• Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism in difficult and stressful situations.
• Two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers.
• Highly committed to continuous improvement, while applying innovative solutions with a customer first mindset.
• Create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies.
• Administer the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) consistently and effectively.
• Values different opinions & is open to ideas & perspectives from others.

Experience Required:

• 1+ years of supervisory and / or manufacturing experience.
• Working knowledge in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends.

Experience Preferred:

• Safety and quality experience
• Six Sigma: Black or Green Belt certified
• Knowledge of constraint management principles
• Prior experience managing a unionized workforce
• Education Required:
• High School Diploma or Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information:

• Process Coaches must be able to work all 3 crew patterns in the plant, which rotate every 3 months, as well as overtime as required.
• There are occasional extra production shifts on the weekend and Process Coaches are assigned to support those, as needed.
  • The 3-crew patterns are as follows which account for arriving hour prior to the shift starting
• A-Crew: Monday-Thursday 5/5:30am-4:30pm
• B-Crew: Tuesday-Friday 5/5:30pm-4:30am
• C-Crew: Friday/Saturday 5/5:30am-4:30pm AND Sunday/Monday 5/5:30pm-4:30am
  • It is important Process Coaches arrive before the production shifts begin on the crew assigned and remain afterwards to ensure employees are paid properly.
  • There are times when the lines will run beyond the end of the shift.