Manufacturing Production Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Zamma Corporation is a leading building products manufacturer in the United States within its niche. We provide a full line of innovative, top-quality, highly engineered products and serve leading Home Center, OEM, and Distributor customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Zamma has been in business for over 50 years and enjoys a reputation for offering superior quality products at value-oriented prices while providing first-class customer service.

Roles and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Attend and participate in daily production meetings.
• Coordinate raw materials availability with scheduled production needs.
• Monitor production schedules within their assigned departments
• Oversee and direct personnel in respective departments through department leads or directly.
• Direct/redirect personnel to various departments to ensure effective personnel utilization and product flow.
• Prioritize schedules to ensure target delivery date.
• Monitor product quality and accuracy of manufacturing runs at all times. Create understandable metrics within their department(s) and manage by such metrics. Set and maintain strict standards.
• Maximize production runs.
• Maintain/schedule WIP inventory.
• Drive execution and accountability. Build, direct, manage, and ensure the implementation and effectiveness of the department's performance management efforts, which include metrics gathering and observation, performance feedback and planning, and ongoing performance communication.
• Develop Improvement Plans for team members to increase performance and follow up to ensure expected results and improvement are executed.
• Perform performance reviews based on these Improvement Plans and other key metrics.
• Continuously improve cost/process/product by analyzing performance and recommending change.
• Overall responsibility for all aspects of effective supervision, training and development, and the team's health, safety, and welfare.
• Enforce and promote teamwork in the department(s) and across departments, where applicable.
• Prioritize/Plan the schedules of the day and night shifts.
• Assist with training new staff and effectively cross-train employees.
• Understand and monitor equipment/machines and proactively work with the maintenance department to fix or maintain equipment.

Requirements

• Must be able to solve problems effectively and timely.
• Must possess excellent leadership qualities and abilities, including organization, motivation, consistency, honesty, respectfulness, and communication.
• Must have project leadership abilities.
• Must be able to read and interpret reports, drive improvements, and execute plans.
• Must have multi-tasking and situational analysis abilities.
• Must have excellent math and reading skills.
• Must understand production principles such as cycle times, run speeds, etc.
• Must understand shipping and warehouse principles such as finished goods inventory, on-time shipments, order completion, etc.
• Must be flexible and adapt to frequent changes in plans and responsibilities.
• Must be decisive in actions.
• Must be able to speak/write/understand English.
• Computer proficiency and knowledge of Microsoft Office are a must
• Ability to work in a fast-paced atmosphere and perform under pressure.
• Must have highly developed interpersonal skills including being calm under pressure, using balanced approaches to issues, excellent listening skills, and good judgment.
• Ability to work long hours as necessary to make sure work is completed (Saturday and Sunday not typical, but as needed)
• Must be able to work in a non-climate controlled environment
• Other related assigned duties

Preferences

• Engineering background
• Previous experience in a similar manufacturing environment
• Experience with lean manufacturing principles
• Bilingual (Spanish)

Interested, qualified applicants should apply in confidence. Zamma Corporation offers a competitive salary and benefits package that includes medical, dental, company-paid life and disability insurance, a matching 401(k), vacation, and holidays.

Zamma is an EEO/M/F/D/V Employer