POSITION SUMMARY

The Production Supervisor is responsible for planning and prioritizing production activities and leading employees to meet customer requirements while providing a safe work environment. This role also establishes and maintains a positive employee relations environment by adherence to Lozier’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values. This position clearly communicates expectations and consistently holds self and employees accountable for performance.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Demonstrate leadership by championing Lozier’s Mission, Vision and Core Values and living the Lozier Leadership Model.
• Demonstrate self-awareness using a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productivity insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
• Instill trust, gaining the confidence of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
• Develop talent, enabling people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals
• Build strong teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
• Makes quality decisions that move the organization forward
• Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Establish and maintain an environment conducive to continuous improvement, including recommending alternatives for improving working conditions, production methods, equipment, and documented processes.
• Conduct process checks within areas of responsibility and monitor performance to ensure health of the process and drive daily accountability
• Maintain and consistently administer local policies to meet day to day operating requirements. Ensure that all regulatory standards and company policies are understood, supported and followed on the production floor.
• Initiate and coordinate assistance as required from support functions to ensure process capability & improvement through measuring and monitoring performance and structured problem solving.
• Collaborate with support functions, including Learning & Development Team, to coordinate job training and provide training resources within the department.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Minimum of an Associate’s degree in related field or equivalent experience required; bachelor’s degree in business or technical field preferred.

Experience: 5 years warehouse or manufacturing experience, whichever is applicable. Without a degree, 5 years warehouse or manufacturing experience in which at least 2 years are in a supervisory/lead role.

Required Skills:

• Structured problem solving
• Demonstrated understanding of production planning, scheduling, and execution, including capacity planning
• Experience in driving continuous improvement

SPECIAL DEMANDS

• Ability to frequently navigate in a manufacturing and/or distribution environment.
• Lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Manual dexterity and visual acuity required for using measuring instruments.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings/specifications.
• Must be able to work off shifts and weekends as needed.