Production Supervisor

If you are a manufacturing professional looking for an opportunity to grow, Emerson Automation has an exciting opportunity for you! Based in our Sandusky, MI location, you will be responsible for supervising operations to ensure production is operating in a safe and efficient manner. You will plan and direct production activities to achieve manufacturing targets as set by production control department to support on-time delivery to customers, directly manage hourly production employees, promote safety awareness while monitoring and motivating employees to achieve high levels of productivity. 

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Interview, hiring, training, disciplining, and promoting employees.
• Direct work assignments and assessing work performance. 
• Manage and coordinate all activities related to maximizing production while maintaining quality.
• Coaching, developing and motivating team members.
• Ensure training is implemented effectively.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing, KANBAN and other continuous improvement projects as necessary.
• Ensure all production data is gathered and reported correctly each day. 
• Ability to develop and implement process improvements.

Who You Are: 

You keep in touch with customer and build customer relationships. You focus on priorities and set stretch goals. You learn to streamline processes and cut out redundancy. You are open to change and continue to learn and experience new opportunities. You convert ideas into actions and produce results with new initiatives. You solicit both input and discussion. You create a plan and outline for various audiences. You prepare content for communication that is impactful. You align words and actions to model reliability. You maintain confidentiality. You show genuine concern for people’s needs. You put the team and organization first.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• 3 years of manufacturing experience 
• 2 years of supervisory experience
• Demonstrated ability to work in a cooperative and team-oriented environment.
• Must exhibit strong leadership and sound decision making
• Demonstrated ability to communicate (verbal/written) effectively with employees at all levels within the organization.
• Legal Authorization to work in the United States- sponsorship will not be provided for this role.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree 
   

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

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WHY EMERSON 

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.

We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development