Job Description
Responsibilities
- Interviews, selects, and trains new staff in the department.
- Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
- Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
- Handles discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
- Identify and plan for associate skill requirements.
- Recommend and implement the most cost-effective staffing strategies.
- Provide leadership in process improvement.
- Review, investigate and identify causes within the department for defects and/or other issues.
- Review manufacturing performance for quality and production standards as needed.
- Evaluate and recommend equipment to increase production, improve quality, reduce cost, and/or improve safety within the department.
- Strengthen and maintain preventive maintenance schedules for equipment.
- Lead and enforce root cause analysis techniques on all quality and unexpected downtime issues.
- Attend and participate in meetings for job scheduling, job planning, and other project or department meetings as necessary.
- Communicate results against published goals to department associates.
- Hire, develop, supervise, support, and evaluate associates in area of responsibility.
- Proactively support continuous improvement initiatives and activities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in related field required or combination of experience and education equivalent to five years of related experience required.
- Five years of supervisory/managerial industry experience with increasing levels of responsibility or equivalent experience required.
Required Skills
- Proven record of establishing measurement systems within a production environment.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Working knowledge of ERP systems and applications required.
- Ability to learn and use company-specific computer applications and software.
- Ability to lead for the future by facilitating change; managing work effectively; facilitating and making decisions; taking smart risks; and elevating service standards.
- Ability to lead self by being accountable for results; possessing, applying, and increasing business knowledge and skills.
- Ability to lead others by communicating effectively; building collaborative relationships; coaching for performance; encouraging new ideas; fostering teamwork; promoting inclusion; and identifying, developing, and retaining talent.
- Must possess excellent problem resolution, organizational, interpersonal, communication, and project management skills.