What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2nd Shift Production Supervisor position at Hoffmaster?
Primary Purpose Of The Role
The Shift Supervisor will be the face of our Management Team during Shift Operations and provide supervision to hourly employees who carry out manufacturing, distribution, and maintenance operations in the conversion of paper-based products. The Shift Supervisor is the front-line and primary provider of guidance and management oversight in conjunction with our hourly Group Leads [foreman] during their shift. They oversee the safe, efficient, and effective execution of daily operations to ensure that customer service, operational, productional, and budgetary needs are met. Those who enjoy being hands on and engaging with team members to solve problems and deliver the best quality products to our customers in a safe and clean environment have proven to be highly effective in this position.
Essential Job Duties
The Shift Supervisor will be the face of our Management Team during Shift Operations and provide supervision to hourly employees who carry out manufacturing, distribution, and maintenance operations in the conversion of paper-based products. The Shift Supervisor is the front-line and primary provider of guidance and management oversight in conjunction with our hourly Group Leads [foreman] during their shift. They oversee the safe, efficient, and effective execution of daily operations to ensure that customer service, operational, productional, and budgetary needs are met. Those who enjoy being hands on and engaging with team members to solve problems and deliver the best quality products to our customers in a safe and clean environment have proven to be highly effective in this position.
Essential Job Duties
- Oversee manufacturing capabilities, product features and asset throughputs and drive results that meet/exceed daily production requirements
- Direct accountability to safety performance of the daily operations - make best use of standard work and best practices to avoid injuries
- Identify unwanted performance trends and partner with Production Managers / Plant Superintendent and CI Managers to put action plans in place to solve
- Escalate issues that cannot be resolved within the team structure
- Communicates proactively with Production Managers / Plant Superintendent and CI Managers and cross functional teams to resolve rising concerns
- Lead and participate at Safety, Operational, and cross-functional meetings with all departments and Managers as required
- Assist with rollout of new or different methods/tools/equipment of manufacturing to reduce labor, material costs, decrease ergonomic risk, and/or safety hazards
- Monitor/track key metrics and act on root causes of unplanned or unwanted shifts in performance
- Follow and Maintain all Food Safety, GMP and HACCP Guidelines
- Follow and Maintain all Food Safety, GMP and HACCP Guidelines
- Assist in other duties as assigned to meet business needs
- Supervisory Responsibilities over 30-40 individuals
- Safety Mindset
- Demonstrated Communication Skills - Presentation/Verbal/Written (group & one-on-one)
- Team supervision with some autonomy, delivering operational objectives
- Demonstrated interpersonal communication skills to drive results
- Computer competency in Microsoft Suite
- Preferred Requirements - Mechanical/Technical experience
- Union employee oversight
- ERP system and Time and Attendance system knowledge
- Experience implementing change
- Key Performance Indicator oversight
- Project Management
- Analytical Abilities
- Distribution/Logistics Knowledge
- Continuous Process Improvement knowledge: LEAN, Kaizen, 5S, etc.
- 5 years of experience in manufacturing leadership roles and/or education