Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

Company Description

Harland Clarke, a Vericast business, is a premier marketing solutions company that accelerates profitable revenue growth for the many thousand businesses it serves directly by influencing consumer purchasing and transaction behavior at scale while engaging with over 120 million households daily.  We are recognized as leading providers of incentives, advertising, marketing services, transaction solutions, customer data and cross-channel campaign management, and intelligent media delivery that create millions of customer touch points annually for their clients.  For more information, visit http://www.vericast.com or follow Vericast on LinkedIn.

Job Description

Harland Clarke, a Vericast brand, offers a year-round TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED, BRIGHT, CLEAN manufacturing printing team-based environment.

Here are just some of the benefits we offer after 30 days:

• Your choice of Medical, Dental and Vision plans

• 401(k) plan 

• Flexible Paid Time Off

JOB SUMMARY

Under the direction of the Manufacturing Manager, the position will be responsible for coaching, teaching, training and removing barriers to enable High Performance Work Teams to meet their Time, Cost and Quality goals and to be accountable for their technical and behavioral standards. Manufacturing processes need to be followed and controlled to include but not limited to Performance Management process, Certification process and Production and Quality control.

KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coaching, training and facilitating team performance to meet or exceed time cost and quality goals and measures. Coach both individual and the team on performance, behavioral, technical aspects of their jobs or duties ensure quality training is taking place within the certification requirements for all employees whether on initial (new hire) skill training or additional skill training. Facilitate and remove barriers for teams when situations arise. Utilize reporting processes to ensure the team is staying within their designated goals
• Responsible for the team’s performance management process to include staffing, recruitment/retention, performance reviews, workforce planning, quality processes and recognition. Interview and select candidates that meet the necessary criteria to fulfill the team’s goals and objectives. Recognize and conduct initiatives to retain employees within the team to ensure the team can move towards it’s high performance goals. Conduct annual performance reviews, guide the team on it’s workforce planning initiatives, ensuring the correct skill set of team members is working in areas where goals will best be attained. Ensure all team members are following quality guidelines policies and procedures.
• Leading and/or facilitating special projects that enable continuous improvement of Team/Plant performance in alignment with Performance Excellence guidelines.
• Responsible for timekeeping of direct reports in Kronos.

COMMUNICATION AND CONTACTS

Internal contacts to include: facility employees technical support (Help Desk)

DECISION MAKING

Accountable to Teams decision making as it relates to Production/Quality/Staffing Results/Reasons/Outcomes/Actions.

OTHER

Special projects as necessary. Supervisory Responsibilities: Responsible for leading employees within a team or shift.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree preferred

EXPERIENCE

• 2 - 3 years Manufacturing experience; Demonstrates leadership skills; Demonstrates behaviors consistent with Company Values; Previous manufacturing/light industrial experience preferred; Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs specifically word and excel; Above average multi tasking and organizational skills required; Hands on tasks required at times

All team members are responsible for demonstrating the company's Core Values at all times and for using Performance Excellence principles to continuously improve effectiveness, efficiency,  products, and services.  This includes, but is not limited to, participating on improvement teams, recommending, and implementing improvement  ideas, and participating in training and other activities to keep up to date on  processes, information, etc.

All team members are responsible for supporting and complying with internal and external audits, to include providing  information, performing assigned tasks to ensure compliance, and preparing and  maintaining evidence that key duties identified as internal controls have been  performed.

All team members are responsible for supporting a