Job description
The Production Supervisor position is responsible for providing leadership and direction to team members with a focus on safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement for company’s various product lines including, but not limited to, emergency response bodies and chassis, motorhome chassis, specialty vehicles, and Isuzu N-Gas
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Consistently model a positive attitude and demonstrate a “can do” mindset
- Conduct small and large team meetings to communicate plant performance to the KPI’s
- Train, or facilitate the training of new associates in all aspects of their job function
- Administer policies and procedures
- Communicate and support strict adherence to quality standards
- Ensure quality goals and objectives are met daily
- Ensure efficient location of materials
- Monitor scrap for undue waste
- Prepare reject tags as required, and manage this process per policy
- Monitor and improve the management of inventory
- Passionate about improving safety, quality, delivery, and cost
- Identify root cause and implement corrective action where gaps to the goals exist
- Support new and current team member activities – hiring, performance, management, transfers, promotions, and disciplinary processes
- Manage vacation approvals, timecard approval, daily and weekly overtime, hiring, and training
- Motivate, coach, reward, and discipline associates being supervised; resolve personnel issues
- Maintain a high degree of visibility and access to associates on shop floor throughout the shift
- Schedule work assignments to maximize production efficiency
- Develop and monitor staffing plans to execute the schedule on time at the planned MPU or better
- Meet production goals
- Maintain a clean and safe plant
- Initiate process improvements
- Support 5S initiatives
- Communicate with cross-functional teams (engineering, materials, purchasing, sales, etcetera) to resolve issues
- Work in proximity with customer as needed
- Solve complex problems with minimal assistance
- Associate or Technical degree required (Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business Administration preferred)
- Minimum of 5 years manufacturing experience with demonstrated leadership skills required (vehicle assembly line experience in a leadership role preferred)
- Clean driving record and possess a CDL, or be willing to obtain
- Positive attitude
- Proven ability to plan and handle multiple projects and meet deadlines
- Creative and innovative team player
- Intermediate computer skills are required
- Demonstrated experience in personnel management
- Versatile, flexible, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities
- Strong:
o Communication skills, verbal and written
o Leadership attributes and interpersonal skills
o Organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills
The Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF) is North America’s leader in specialty vehicle manufacturing, assembly and upfit for the commercial, retail and service specialty vehicle markets. The Shyft Group rebranding in 2020 to reflect a new focus on high-growth end markets to help ensure long-term profitable growth. Our new name and renewed focus reflects the action, speed and agility we offer the commercial vehicle industry through our growing roster of dynamic brands – Utilimaster, Royal Truck Body, DuraMag, Strobes-R-Us, Spartan RV Chassis and Builtmore Contract Manufacturing.
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