Production supervisor (Group Lead)

Overview

A Production Supervisor (Group Lead) is required by CareerWise Recruitment for our Galway based client. The Group Leader for the Operations team reports to the Operations Manager.

Responsibilities

• Achieve production, Safety and Quality targets and establish standard work.
• Ensure that the standard work is carried out, improved, and problems that occur are eliminated at root cause.
• Maintain efficiency of assigned area with respect to manpower requirements, productivity, and overtime levels.
• Actively demonstrate innovation with respect to improvements including productivity and cost improvement initiatives and programs.
• Determine the delivery point, layout and presentation of all direct materials, establish appropriate line feed quantities and frequencies.
• Devise and document, with team members, method, layout and systems to deliver, be able to establish targets to track and monitor.
• Ensure compliance with all aspects of Health, Safety, Environmental issues, including management of the 5S program (auditing, reporting and issue resolution) in assigned areas.
• Identify, measure and display all performance criteria and cell metrics.
• Make decisions and solve problems in a working environment that deals with change, use problem solving techniques in safeguarding and improving key cell metrics.
• Work with group members to develop problem solving techniques and abilities within the group and to generate ideas and implement continuous improvement actions.
• Determine manpower planning & forecasting in conjunction with HR, involved directly in the recruitment of team members and establish a T&D plan for new hires.
• Co ordinate the allocation of resources to ensure that daily outputs are achieved, as well as vacation management, and absence management and administration of systems to capture this information.
• Design, improve & distribute the contents of work assignments. Ensure area procedures and work instructions accurately reflect work activities.
• Develop a strong team working environment through cooperation, respect and fairness promoting positive Employee Engagement.
• Establish two way communication daily with team members.
• Give feedback on team/group performances on issues including production schedule, quality, cost initiatives, and team performances against objectives.
• Listen, inform, and give feedback on corrective action.
• Ensure Performance Reviews are completed during first year of Employment.
• Carry out regular Development conversations with team members and work with HR to ensure development objectives are captured and a plan put in place to achieve the objectives.
• Manage grievance and disciplinary issues with the support of HR as they arise.
• Together with Training Specialist(s) to identify new training requirements as a result of new product integration, and/or ongoing training requirements through training needs analysis, and the development of training plans.
• Control, maintain and monitor all machinery and all activities/people involved in the operation and maintenance of the machinery.
• Establish budget for all consumables.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as Production Supervisor or similar.
• 3rd level qualification in business, engineering or similar.
• Profound experience in using various types of manufacturing machinery and tools.
• Good practical experience with MS Office.
• Experience collaborating with unions a distinct advantage.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills together with a results driven approach.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self motivated and an efficient problem solver.