Job Description
Company Overview
American Bath Group (ABG) is a leading North American manufacturer of bathware products serving residential, commercial, and professional markets. The company operates a portfolio of established brands and continues to invest in operational consistency, efficiency, and long-term growth across its manufacturing network.
This role sits within Bootz Industries, a key ABG brand specializing in steel bathtubs and shower bases. The Evansville, Indiana facility is a core stamping operation responsible for producing high-volume steel products that support both local demand and broader network performance.
The Opportunity
This role exists to solve a clear operational problem: the plant has the equipment, capacity, and production targets in place but is not consistently delivering against them.
The Production Supervisor is responsible for closing that gap at the shift level. This is not a role focused on redesigning systems or building new processes. The systems and expectations already exist. The opportunity is to take ownership of a crew, stabilize execution, and consistently convert available capacity into output.
Success in Year One
Success in this role is defined by visible improvement in production consistency, stronger shift-level ownership, and more disciplined response to downtime and disruption. The right hire will establish control over their crew, improve output reliability, and reduce the operational variability that currently exists across shifts.
The Mandate
This is a frontline leadership role responsible for owning shift performance end-to-end within the Bootz Evansville stamping operation. The supervisor will lead a small production crew, operate primarily on the floor, and be accountable for maintaining production flow, addressing issues in real time, and ensuring the shift delivers against plan.
The role requires making decisions under pressure, managing through imperfect labor conditions, and maintaining production momentum even when equipment, staffing, or communication challenges arise. Supervisors are expected to intervene early when performance begins to drift and take action to recover the shift rather than accepting lost output.
Year One Critical Outcomes
- Increase daily production output toward the plant target
- Reduce avoidable downtime so that production becomes more consistent and predictable shift to shift
- Establish full shift ownership, including independent decision-making during off-shift hours
- Improve response to production issues by identifying problems earlier and recovering output within the same shift
- Eliminate supervisor-driven safety concerns and improve escalation and judgment on the floor
Why This Role Is Hard
The environment is not fully stabilized. Production performance is inconsistent, and the workforce includes a mix of experience levels with communication barriers across multiple languages.
Supervisors are expected to operate with limited support during certain shifts and must be comfortable making decisions without waiting for direction. This is a hands-on role with high visibility, where performance gaps are immediately evident in daily output.
Leadership Profile
The role requires a hands-on leader who takes ownership of outcomes and is comfortable operating on the production floor for the majority of the shift.
The strongest candidates demonstrate a pattern of stepping into challenging situations, making decisions quickly, and improving performance through direct involvement. They are able to lead small teams, set expectations clearly, and maintain control of the work environment without taking over the operator’s role.
They also bring practical mechanical awareness, allowing them to challenge downtime assumptions and guide problem-solving without being the person performing repairs.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 1–3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience in a manufacturing or production environment
- Experience leading small teams (approximately 5–15 employees) in a hands-on setting
- Demonstrated ability to make real-time operational decisions during production shifts
- Basic technical and mechanical understanding of manufacturing processes
- High school diploma or equivalent required
Why the Right Candidate Will Be Excited
This role offers direct ownership of a production crew within the Bootz Evansville facility, where individual performance has a visible impact on daily output and operational success.
The environment is small enough that strong execution is recognized quickly, and there is a clear connection between performance and results. The role also includes performance-based incentives tied to crew output, reinforcing accountability and ownership.
For candidates looking to grow, this is an opportunity to step into a high-visibility leadership role and build capability within a critical manufacturing operation.
Why This Role Matters
The Production Supervisor plays a direct role in stabilizing production, improving consistency, and supporting overall operational performance across the network.