Production Supervisor

AUTOKINITON is a leading North American supplier of propulsion-agnostic, structural automotive components and assemblies. Our 100% vertical integration capabilities allow us to offer our customers end-to-end engineering, manufacturing, and in-house logistics. At AUTOKINITON, we are building a better foundation for every vehicle on the road.AUTOKINITON is recognized by our customers as one of the top suppliers in our industry.Reasons you will love working here:Learning and Development Opportunities.Growth Opportunities with tuition reimbursement programs, upward mobility and much more.Responsibilities:- Support the Company''s mission, vision, values and goals in performance of daily activities.- Responsible for performance feedback and leadership of all direct reports including mentoring, coaching, counseling and corrective action when situations dictate.- Provide key input into the development of departmental strategic goals along with identifying key measurable to support the departmental goals.- Provide direction and leadership to shift colleagues consistent with plant business plan goals.- Responsible for production department safety, quality, production, and delivery objectives in his/her area of responsibility.- Responsible for providing productivity reports, scrap reports, downtime reports and other reporting as determined by the Operations Manager or Superintendent.- Leads the overall coordination and communication of the area he/she supervises.- Responsible for ensuring accountability and discipline.- Responsible for maintaining maximum levels of production utilization and efficiency.- Oversee line activities with trade support and the work team.- Drive shift manning levels and utilization to assure compliance and improvement to the budget.- Provide leadership and promote positive moral and ensure a total team concept.- Provide the proactive leadership necessary to achieve and maintain a continuous improvement mind set for the team.- Coordinate and assess required training and team building by empowering colleagues.- Complete individual work team performance reviews for probationary colleagues.- Track, monitor and implement improvement activities related to business plan, goals, issues, etc.- Assist with plant activities to achieve quality, productivity and cost reduction goals.- Support plant activities towards achieving customer awards and quality registrations (ex. TS 16949/ISO14001, Q1).- Help coordinate/facilitate formal lean manufacturing activities.- Participate in formal team problem solving activities (ex. 8D reporting).- Assist in the coordination of new colleague orientation.- Provide colleagues with the necessary training to be successful in their roles.- Review the daily production logs from each line for accuracy.- Input individual colleague hours into the Kronos system.- Champion regular communication meetings with the trade support.- Maintain the communication scoreboards for each line on a daily basis.- Communicate key information to the organization through the daily "shift to shift" plant communication method.- Prepare all accident reports to include identification of root cause and corrective action.- Assure all direct reports are aware of their Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) responsibilities and hold all direct reports accountable.- Responsible for ensuring the entire team has the necessary tools and materials to properly perform their roles safely and efficiently.- Assure all safety devices are properly in place and utilized and verify individual usage of personal protection equipment (PPE) by the work team.- Responsible for following all internal and OSHA required safety procedures in performing all daily work activities.- Maintain a positive working relationship with all levels of the organization.- Maintain high level of housekeeping in the work area.- Adherence to all company policies and procedures (ex. Quality Policy Manual, Colleague Handbook, Level II procedures, etc.)Qualifications:- Associates Degree in Applied Science in Manufacturing, Engineering or Industrial Technology preferred.- Two to five years as a manufacturing supervisor preferred.- Knowledge of manufacturing, stamping, and/or assembly processes as required for the position.- Excellent organizational, analytical and communication skills.- Ability to prioritize responsibilities in a fast paced environment.- Ability to mentor and teach the team effective problem solving methods.- Proven leadership ability and excellent interpersonal skills.- Experience as a training facilitator preferred.- Ability to work well with others in a team environment.- Computer literacy and proficient in Microsoft Office software.- Strong knowledge of TS 16949 regulations.- Ability to read and write in English and perform mathematical calculations.