Job Description
The Corrugated Supervisor is responsible for the leadership, management, and technical problem solving of one assigned shift of hourly employees to ensure safety, quality, waste, productivity, and training.
Responsibilities
- Providing leadership on the operating floor and striving for compliance in safety, quality, waste, and productivity.
- Responsible for coaching, training, and developing operations personnel in safety, quality, production, problem solving, and technical aspects. Addressing key issues and concerns; and interacting with employees from other departments to ensure quality and on-time production.
- Ensure all employees are working in a safe manner.
- Ensure minimum quality expectations are followed and met on a daily basis.
- Ensure best practices are being followed for minimization of waste at machine centers.
- Track continuous improvement opportunities where performance issues are apparent and provide leadership/action plans for gap closure.
- Strictly adhere to plant safety, housekeeping, and 6S efforts.
- Identify repairs needed at machine centers and create work requests for completion; follow up as required.
- Plan, assign and direct work for all hourly production employees; appraise performance and provide feedback as needed; assist in resolving complaints; hold employees accountable as needed; communicate issues and results on a daily basis.
- Must possess problem solving/root cause analysis skills; leadership and interpersonal skills; ability to motivate teams to exceed expectation; communication, planning and organization skills; sense of urgency and accountability; customer focus; ability to work effectively in cross-functional team environment.
Skills
- Strong leadership skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Proficient in the use of MS Office.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to lead and manage teams.
- Understanding of safety regulations and quality control procedures.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.
- Flexibility and willingness to work overtime as needed.
Qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience in a supervisory role within the corrugated industry
- Must have hands on experience working with Ward flexo presses, flat bed die cutters, and rotary die cutters.
