Production Supervisor

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Production Supervisor is responsible for the safe, quality-focused and efficient day to day operation of a manufacturing shift of personnel. The person in this role assumes the responsibility to ensure their staff is properly trained to perform their primary functions autonomously and creates and maintains a sustainable plan to cross train for maximum flexibility of their shift compliment.

Reports to: Operations Leader

Span of Control: Position is responsible for direct leadership of approximately 15 employees.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Aligns with the Roofing and Asphalt business goals.

• Develops and achieves personal objectives that stretch self and align to the Department, Plant, Division and Company goals.
• Success will be measured by the Production Supervisor's ability to coordinate with peer group to collectively achieve operational excellence in safety, quality, cost control, inclusion, engagement, inter-department cohesion and compliance.
• Assists in developing their staff understanding of the equipment, process, and the effects of their actions up and downstream to their area. Ensures a macro and micro level understanding of the plant processes and the inter-relation to the individual work area.
• Is a positive change agent encouraging and closely involved in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) efforts to ensure shift culture mirrors initiatives.
• Ensures Operator training materials are maintained up to date through routine audit and management of change process input to Training and Development (T&D) Pillar Leader when changes occur in process settings, equipment, etc.

Accountable for employee safety.

• Models the appropriate safe work practices and prioritizes safety above all other metrics.
• Holds others accountable for working safely and engaging actively in safety initiatives to maintain a zero- incident culture.
• Provides appropriate resources to ensure a fully engaged and incident-free operation.
• Ensures the plant is always in a clean, customer tour-ready state; owns a plan that identifies hazards, including housekeeping issues, resolves and sustains the plan in an ongoing fashion.
• Ensures the safe manufacture of a quality product in accordance with schedule requirements.

Demonstrate the commitment to build an exceptional workplace environment, fostering open communication, employee engagement, and inclusion.

• Actively manages the continued training, development, and growth of all personnel.
• Provides daily management of timekeeping systems to ensure payroll accuracy is maintained.
• Encourages a culture of data driven decision making.
• Sets clear expectations of performance and establishes, communicates, and regularly reviews commitments to make certain milestones are achieved as planned.
• Audits daily to ensure data accuracy of all inputs (e.g. check sheets, layered process audits, computer inputs, etc.)
• Professional and motivating communication skills to recognize and bring out the best in each employee.
• When operating on an off shift, represents the entire management team.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree Preferred but not required.

EXPERIENCE:

• Must have a minimum of 3 years experience directly leading people in an industrial manufacturing or maintenance operations environment.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of Lean, 6S, and TPM
• Ability to reduce waste through continuous improvement of existing processes.
• Mechanical aptitude highly preferable
• Microsoft Office
• SAP
• UKG

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages - including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position - to help customers win and grow in the market. Owens Corning is committed to helping build better and achieve more through winning partnerships, leading performance, and engaging people. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: OC). For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.