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Production Supervisor I

Tenneco
Smithville, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Mar 2025

About the role

JOB SUMMARY:

The Production Supervisor Is responsible for supervising team members in the production of quality products to meet customer order requirements and ensures compliance with all safety and health, environmental quality, quantity, and housekeeping standards.

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • To assure the availability and efficient assignment of resources
  • Assure the correct execution of processes (Safety, Quality, etc)
  • Assure a clear communication of priorities and tasks
  • Lead and communicate the correct escalation process
  • Responsible of achievement of the Production plan
  • Coordinate activities related to gaps or deviations of production consumables
  • Achievement of  established goals and KPI´s
  • Initiate and Lead corrective actions vs deviations ”Problem Solving”
  • Execute improvements on multiskills/training matrix from his/her area.
  • Follow up and execution of our defined systems
  • Production report at the end of the shift.
  • Manage Shift schedule from Start to end, meetings, priorities, leading support areas according to the area needs.

 

 

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.

 

EXPERIENCE:

  • 1 year leadership in a manufacturing environment

 

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Knowledge of Problem Solving, Proven skill on driving problems solving based on at least one methodology such as A3, 8D’s, 5Shy’s, Shiny, etc.)
  • Welding  & Bending  basic processes  (Desirable)
  • Efficiency (Labor Efficiency, OEE metrics knowledge)
  • Basic SAP & Scrap reporting knowledge  (preferred)
  • Knowledge of behavioral based Safety practices
  • Basic Quality System (ISO-IATF) (Experience managing Departments under these requirements).
  • Lean Principles knowledge ( Basic knowledge using them or being part of implementation Teams)
  • Waste knowledge (3M Muri-muda-mura)
  • Understanding of principles of 5´s
  • Computer basics Software knowledge ( Excel, PPT, Word)
  • Conflict Management
  • Analysis capacity
  • Planning and organization.
  • Setting discipline by a positive Leadership.
  • Lead by the example

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

  • Often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel.
  • Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and lift up to 50 lbs.
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