Production Supervisor
Location: Sedalia, MO 65301
Pay: $35.10 per hour
Schedule: Third shift, 12-hour overnight shifts, 6:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m., on a 2-2-3 schedule
Position Summary
The Production Supervisor leads and develops a manufacturing team to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity goals. This role promotes a safety-first culture, supports employee growth, ensures production commitments are met, and leads continuous improvement across the operation.
Key Responsibilities
Safety

• Model safe work practices and uphold all safety responsibilities.
  

• Ensure employees complete required safety training.
  

• Lead monthly team safety activities, including near-miss reporting, safe work permits, safety meetings, pre-shift safety inspections, and departmental inspections.
  

• Participate in safety incident investigations and lead root cause analysis to help prevent recurrence.
  

• Monitor and enforce facility and corporate policies and procedures.

Customer Satisfaction and Quality

• Communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department and ensure products meet required standards.
  

• Support timely, accurate production to schedule to meet or exceed delivery commitments.
  

• Ensure operational procedures are followed and quality metrics meet customer requirements.
  

• Lead root cause analysis on quality issues, involving operators and relevant stakeholders.
  

• Train and coach operators in problem-solving skills.

Team Leadership and Development

• Engage team members in the success of the business and in improvements to safety, quality, cost, and productivity.
  

• Provide regular, candid feedback on expectations and performance, and take appropriate action to support improvement.
  

• Invest in employees’ growth and development.
  

• Document and implement corrective action when performance issues arise.
  

• Partner with stakeholders to ensure team members receive required training and maintain job certifications.
  

• Foster strong working relationships and communication built on respect, integrity, accountability, innovation, candor, and collaboration.
  

• Communicate critical plant performance metrics to the team each day.

Operations Management

• Work with operating departments to align on capacity specifications for quality, availability, and performance.
  

• Analyze and regularly communicate output data to the Leader.
  

• Identify potential problems early and take proactive action.
  

• Guide team members in monitoring key process variables and maintaining critical product and equipment information.
  

• Partner with stakeholders to resolve quality issues promptly.
  

• Use resources effectively to meet cost targets.
  

• Work with Maintenance to support efficient plant equipment operation.
  

• Verify time and attendance reports to help ensure production needs are met.

Continuous Improvement

• Use standard work to reduce variation and waste.
  

• Lead focused improvement activities to improve process capability and efficiency, reduce costs, and eliminate waste.
  

• Partner with stakeholders to optimize processes and advance continuous improvement initiatives.
  

• Participate in and lead 6S events across plant work areas.
  

• Lead product qualification efforts with support from key stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
  

• Three years of experience leading or supervising.
  

• Must be at least 18 years of age.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering.
  

• Leadership or supervisory experience in an industrial or manufacturing setting.
  

• Experience troubleshooting electrical, mechanical, electronic controls, and processes.
  

• Six Sigma Green Belt and continuous improvement experience.
  

• Strong mechanical aptitude.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Computer literacy, including MRP systems such as SAP, Microsoft Office Suite, and Kronos.
  

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate across all levels of an organization.
  

• Attention to detail.
  

• Ability to work extended or flexible hours.
  

• Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks and projects.
  

• Logical troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
  

• Ability to build team alignment, coach and guide others toward results, and lead through safety and organizational vision.

Apply today! 

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