- Provide direct leadership and supervision to production employees, including operators, setters, forklift drivers, quality auditors, and other shift personnel.
- Ensure the execution of the daily production schedule while meeting safety, quality, delivery, and productivity targets.
- Assign employees to work areas based on production requirements, qualifications, and staffing needs.
- Coordinate break coverage, overtime, and short-term workforce planning.
- Serve as the first level of escalation for employee, production, quality, and operational issues.
- Monitor key production KPIs, including OEE, productivity, scrap, quality, and safety performance, and drive appropriate improvement actions.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, EHS requirements, quality standards, and manufacturing procedures.
- Conduct effective shift handovers and maintain accurate production documentation and records.
- Maintain employee training matrices and coordinate required training and development activities.
- Coach employees, provide performance feedback, and support employee appraisal and development discussions.
- Promote and maintain 5S standards and a safe, clean, and organized production environment.
- Support KVP/Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency.
- Coordinate short-term maintenance and quality activities to minimize downtime and production disruptions.
- Foster a positive team culture based on accountability, teamwork, communication, and continuous improvement.
- Support emergency response activities and act as an escalation point for urgent production or employee-related situations.
Production Shift Leader - 3rd Shift in akron at Unknown Company
This position is listed as full time and onsite.