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Our company was founded in 1984 with a single fiber optic cable and today, we manufacture thousands of products, generate an excess of $3B in revenue, and employ approximately 12,000 associates worldwide. At AFL, we recognize that our employees are our greatest asset. We hire and train each individual, investing in them to ensure success in their careers. With a commitment to professional development and growth, let us connect you to your next career opportunity.\nWhat We Offer:\nFlexible time off policy\n401K Company match (up to 4% - dollar for dollar)\nProfessional development, training, and tuition reimbursement programs\nExcellent medical, dental, vision, and life insurance policy options\nOpportunities for career advancement with an industry leading company!\nWe are seeking a Production Supervisor for our day shift at our AFL Hyperscale division in Kent, WA. The Production Supervisor is an important member of the plant leadership team and is responsible for ensuring that production, quality and safety goals are met. The incumbent will lead a team of manufacturing associates and will use strong communication and leadership skills to achieve plant goals.\nResponsibilities\nSupervise, monitor, and mentor team operators to meet specific safety, quality, productivity, and delivery goals.\nResponsible for consistently applying policies, rules and the discipline process, and facilitating teamwork between and within production lines.\nLead the successful operation of the shift while making decisions related to conditions as they occur such as safety, productivity, maintenance, material availability, and schedule compliance to ensure maximum plant utilization and productivity.\nMeet EHS objectives and actively drive the safety culture at AFL by participating in the Observation Based Safety process, conduct safety audits, interact and engage with shift associates on the appropriate knowledge and use of Safe Work Instructions.\nSchedule compliance in meeting orders being processed throughout the plant.\nDefine, measure, monitor, and share process performance metrics with individual operators and identify trends and opportunities for improvement.\nMeet requirements of the operations quality, efficiency and material utilization.\nPrepare and conduct team meetings as necessary for proper communications and development of teams. Have the ability to work with the Engineering and Quality Assurance staff to create a cooperative environment on their assigned shift.\nQualifications\nAssociate’s degree or equivalent work experience\nExperience working in a manufacturing environment.\nStrong math skills; ability to analyze problems and justify decisions.\nAble to support weekend and night shift operations when needed.\nDemonstrated understanding and experience supervising in a lean manufacturing environment.\nTime studies and balancing lines knowledge\nSpecific Training of basic supervisory skills such as Leadership, Motivation, Conflict Resolution, Time Management, and EEOC compliance is preferred.\nAble to understand and apply inquiries using Oracle R12 or other ERP system and solve basic issues encountered in production.\nExperienced user of MS Outlook and Office\nParticipate and lead small-medium kaizen projects to improve the manufacturing KPI’s and reduce waste.\nPersonal Qualities\nOrganization - excellent ability to multitask and set priorities.\nAttitude - maintains a positive demeanor while working on multiple projects under tight deadlines.\nTeamwork - develops relationships across departments; 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