Production Supervisor- 3rd Shift

What you’ll do:

•  Clearly communicate expectations and consistently hold self and employees accountable for performance and development. Assume personal accountability for achieving targets despite a challenging environment.  

•  Collaborate with peers and leadership to clearly understand and determine key goals & objectives, and corresponding metrics.  Review and amend actions to ensure timely achievement of goals and objectives for self and direct reports to improve plant performance.  

•  Align workforce to the company vision through Eaton Philosophy workplace practices and beliefs that build trust, mutual respect and teamwork between employees at all levels of the organization. Establish and maintain a positive employee relations environment by adherence to Eaton's Values, Ethics, and Philosophies. Drive the company’s vision and mission by reinforcing ethics, values and quality policies.

• Schedule and commit the work load to meet all customer needs in the most effective manner. Coordinate resources with other co-workers including safety, quality, maintenance, materials, scheduling, logistics and engineering to resolve manufacturing and manufacturing support issues.

•  Lead the implementation of improvements and corrective actions based on work load, manpower constraints, root causes for safety observations, quality concerns, material shortages, machine or equipment defects and causes for delays.  Lead productivity improvements through the use of lean tools, working closely with our operational excellence and engineering teams.

•  Reduce cost of operations by facilitating the implementation of lean manufacturing concepts, cost reductions, and continuous improvements. Initiate Kaizen events as necessary to achieve best in class operations.

•  Develops, motivates and coaches team members. Acts a champion for development planning, succession planning and goal setting for direct reports. Challenges direct reports to “Raise the Bar”. Motivate and coach employees to maintain high levels of satisfaction, productivity and quality through effectively utilizing available rewards and recognition channels to encourage and promote desired behaviors and results.

• Be an ambassador and a driver of our Quality culture.

• Conduct appropriate training and area audits to ensure that safe work practices are consistently and constantly employed throughout the facility.  Lead the elimination of safety hazards.

•  Proactively implement, promote, and maintain a safe working environment through diligence in accident prevention, investigation, equipment maintenance and adherence to plant safety policies and encouraging employees to follow sound safety practices. Ensures that employees have the necessary skills, knowledge, information, and tools to do their jobs safely and effectively. Promote positive and productive workplace environment that insures a company represented workforce.

• Fully engage workforce and drive change by empowering employees with decision-making, fostering innovation and promoting continuous learning

•  Foster employee acceptance and drive successful implementation of plant initiatives launched by support functions.  

• Manage time and attendance and other administrative needs in a timely and accurate manner INCLUDING THE OVERTIME NEEDED DUE TO BUSSINESS NEEDS.

Qualifications:

Basic Requirements:
•    Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school AND 1 year of experience in manufacturing/operations/supply chain management.
•    Legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:
•    Previous experience in manufacturing management or operational excellence 
•    Previous management experience including supervising manufacturing employees
•    Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration. 
•    SAP KNOWLEDGE
•    APICS cer