Supervisor, Molding
Work Mode: Onsite
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.
Skills/Requirements
- Associate's degree or equivalent level of education/experience
- 2+ years of supervisory experience required in a fast-paced
manufacturing environment
- Manage
associates by establishing effective lines of communication while
improving performance
- Fluency
with following applications; Excel, Word, Oracle, Cognos
- Proficient
with spreadsheets and able to work independently
- Must
have demonstrated high degree of attention to detail with emphasis on
timely accurate completion of work product
- History
of dependability and responsibility.
- Willingness
to learn and perform new job functions.
- Must
be reliable, dependable, and able to work independently and work well with
others
- Overtime
required when needed (including weekends)
- Good
attendance: must be flexible to assist with workloads without notice for
planned/unplanned absences
- Highly
motivated, creative and results driven personality (to drive changes)
- Time
management and being approachable and available.
- Solid
analytical, problem solving and continuous improvement skills. Strong
organizational skills.
- Excellent
communication skills communicating with employees and management
- Self-starter
able to work with minimum oversight of the department manager at times
- Must
be able to multi-task effectively and direct one’s efforts to the tasks
requiring the most immediate attention.
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Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.
We believe in supporting you from the moment you join us, which is why Kohler offers day 1 benefits. This means you’ll have access to your applicable benefit programs from your first day on the job, with no waiting period.
The salary range for this position is $73,250 - $111,350. The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including the candidate’s experience, their education, and the work location. In addition, this position is eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation.
Why Choose Kohler?
We empower each associate to #BecomeMoreAtKohler with a competitive total rewards package to support your health and wellbeing, access to career growth and development opportunities, a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a strong culture of innovation. With more than 30,000 bold leaders across the globe, we’re driving meaningful change in our mission to help people live gracious, healthy, and sustainable lives.
About Us
It is Kohler’s policy to recruit, hire, and promote qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. If, as an individual with a disability, you need reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact kohlerjobs@kohler.com. Kohler Co. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
