Production Supervisor

Position Description

Job Summary

Primary Functions:

Supervise, plan, and assign work to employees; implement policies and procedures; and recommend improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Prepare and lead meetings concerning productivity and safety as well as daily Standard Work initiatives.
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees; developing personal growth opportunities.
• Maintains work flow by monitoring steps of the process; setting processing variables; observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; accomplishing work results; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data; answering questions and responding to requests.
• Creates and revises systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and budgetary and personnel requirements; implementing change.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established lean and ISO policies and procedures.
• Maintains working relationship with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
• Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Implement W.C.M initiatives.
• Interact with site Senior Management to drive improvements.
• Work with Pillar teams to identify areas of waste and variation to help target and prioritize projects that will reduce operating costs.
• Support continuous improvement projects and teams to drive rapid results.
• Collaborate with Quality, Safety, Operations and Maintenance departments to ensure production needs are being met.
• Record, report and post targeted areas of improvement opportunities using visual management boards.
• Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

Required Qualifications

• AAS or BS Degree Engineering preferred and/or 3 to 5 plus years supervisory experience.
• 3 or more years of experience of leadership in an operations environment (manufacturing environment preferred).
• Any appropriate combination of academic and work experience.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of changing situations.
• Must be able to effectively use Microsoft Office including Excel/Word/PowerPoint, BPCC, and ELKE.
• Six Sigma Green Belt is preferred.

Company Summary

Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan 'Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed,' inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world's largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed has more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. www.certainteed.com

Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.