Supervisor, Molding

Location: Huntsville, AL Opportunity Providing leadership to direct reports and assigned staff of a rotating 12-hour shift. Manage, develop, and motivate direct reporting staff, while maintaining a safe work environment and ensuring all safety regulations, policies and procedures are adhered to and enforced. To ensure that all products are produced to the approved manufacturing specifications.

Has approximately 30 - 40 direct reports. Manage to ensure all target and deadlines are met resulting in achieving or exceeding departmental/company Key Performance Indicators. Total compliance for self and shift associates to all company policies, procedures, and work instructions.

Creating a positive, efficient, and team-based work environment for all shift personnel. Ensuring that all direct staff comply with the company’s Health and Safety procedures. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Strategic To take full responsibility of the shift in terms of management of staff, management of production and quality targets and to ensure the smooth running of the production processes.

Drive production efficiency and quality to ensure first pass goals are met or exceeded. Assist Department Manager with optimizing labor utilization for controlling bottom line financial results within variable budgeting. Monitor and assess production personnel operating proficiency and efficiency; Initiate remedial or continuing training as necessary and or required.

Support company safety awareness and incentives to promote a safe work environment To have an active role in the company’s continuous improvement by implementing or suggesting plans for future growth through personnel, processes, or procedures. Oversee proper completion of all required documentation and records to minimize and or eliminate errors. Tactical To work closely with other Shift Supervisors and departments to ensure production handovers and coordination’s are effective communications tools Day to day responsibilities for this role are safety, production personnel supervision/training and proficiency, production efficiency, troubleshooting, monitoring, and updating production schedule and Kronos daily and ensuring that all necessary shift paperwork and reports are completed daily Positively manage, develop, and motivate subordinate leaders and direct reports.

Assist Department Manager through analyzing and adjusting production operations to optimize output and schedule adherence Monitor equipment, processes, and production personnel to ensure downtime is minimized and maximum productivity is achieved; Administer any employee counseling or disciplinary actions that may arise Ensure production personnel are properly trained and adhering to all relevant standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions (WIs), current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) and human resource policies Monitor critical items and supervise/inform production personnel accordingly to ensure customer commitments are met. Vision for future state of business (Current State vs Future State) Leadership Traits and Responsibilities Ability to function effectively at both strategic and tactical levels. Leadership traits must include but not limited to, effective communication, motivation of others and self, delegation, positivity, responsibility, integrity, teambuilding, positivity, creativity, feedback, continual growth Leadership to create a positive, efficient, and team-based work environment for all shift and departmental personnel.

Proven positive leadership skills which include the ability to coach, motivate, develop, evaluate, assess, and empower others to be members of an efficient and productive team. Strong change management skills to challenge the status quo and drive improvements throughout the company, department, and shift. Effective communicator on all levels throughout the company both verbal and written.

Listens to others to help promote functioning teams and higher moral; “Listens to Lead.” Understands how to build efficient and productive teams while leading by example. High ethical standards and team focused leader. Create and measure performance factors.

Models and supports organization’s goals and values. Leadership by example, “roll up the shirtsleeves” management style and work ethic.