Our client is a growing contract manufacturer serving medical, aerospace & defense, and industrial markets. They are seeking a Production Supervisor / Area Manager with metal stamping experience to lead departmental operations, develop team leads, and improve production performance. This role offers ownership of staffing, workflow, quality, cost, and on-time delivery within a growing manufacturing business.
Duties
- Plan staffing, resources, and workflow to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
- Lead team leads and hourly employees through coaching, training, performance management, and clear accountability.
- Monitor job progress, quality, and delivery through ERP and quality management systems; resolve production bottlenecks.
- Maintain accurate routings, methods, labor rates, and production notes to improve efficiency and control costs.
- Track labor utilization, throughput, scrap, and production costs; lead continuous improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate new parts, prototypes, and process improvements with engineering, quality, and other manufacturing teams.
- Manage departmental headcount, payroll, budgets, and expenditures.
- Address employee concerns and review timecards and attendance records.
Requirements
- 5+ years of production supervision experience in sheet metal manufacturing.
- 5+ years of sheet metal manufacturing experience, including metal stamping.
- Experience managing staffing, production schedules, employee performance, and manufacturing costs.
- Working knowledge of ERP systems and production performance metrics.
- Strong decision-making, problem-solving, and team leadership skills.
- High school diploma or GED required; college education or equivalent related training and experience preferred.
- Ability to meet applicable export-control requirements through U.S. Person status, an exemption, or an export-control license.
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