Responsibilities

Supervises an effective team; includes planning and holding meetings, preparing and conducting performance appraisals as appropriate, managing staffing levels (including vacations, overtime, and leaves of absences), assisting with career development (motivates, coaches, and trains to acquire maximum quality, productivity, morale, and cooperation), approving time and attendance, and prioritizing and making work assignments.

Provides effective feedback to employees, both positive and negative. Maintains appropriate documentation for all disciplinary actions taken.

Provides training and mentoring to new Supervisors.

Directs training and orientation of employees to ensure EHS rules are known and understood, to improve work performance, and acquaint employees with company policies and procedures.

Maintains compliance with the collective bargaining agreement. Interfaces between management and union officials. Handles grievances.

Ensures compliance with company policies, procedures, and practices.

Schedules production and work teams.

Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operations, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.

Promotes EHS and continuous improvement initiatives and culture.

Implements ABS principles and initiatives and is the 6S program leader.

Interacts with their employees and other departments in order to manage the flow of product through the operation.

Maintains inventories, as applicable.

Creates a total awareness among assigned employees of Company policies, regulations, procedures, and business initiatives. Enforces compliance and acts as a positive resource for information and questions.

Responds to emergencies. Assists in troubleshooting production problems. Investigates and analyzes. Initiates or recommends actions to correct deviations and variables affecting schedules, costs, quality, and other factors.

Prepares and analyzes documentation as required (i.e. production reports, log sheets, etc).

Reviews work procedures for safety regulations and concerns.

Plans, develops, and implements new methods and procedures designed to improve operations, minimize operating costs, and effect greater utilization of labor and materials.

Confers with management, engineering, and quality control personnel to resolve maintenance problems and recommend measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment.

Performs audits for safety compliance; facilitates the 6S audit program.

Assists with budget and goal setting of the operation.

Complies with all EHS rules required for the work environment.

Performs other duties, as assigned.

Job Roles

Anticipation--asks questions to understand needs of multiple stakeholder groups; prepares operation for optimal execution; contributes as a strategic partner to planning process

Reliability--leads by example; provides goal and measurement information to others; facilitates safe environment; works effectively within parameters of bargaining unit contract

Optimizer--improves processes; executes production for maximal output; eliminates waste; increases quality; aligns activity and resources to desired outcomes; sets others up for success

Facilitator--interacts with internal and external stakeholders at multiple levels; furnishes accurate instructions to others; acts as liaison between planning, management and execution elements of the business

Responsiveness--deals effectively with the unforeseen; modifies labor schedule or other variables as needed based on circumstances

Influence-- delegates effectively; capable of explaining the "why" behind a rec

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