Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Overview:

This focus on in-car temperature regulation ensures a pleasant driving experience across various weather conditions.

Why Detroit Thermal Systems?

Competitive Wages, Paid Holidays & Vacation, Medical & Rx Plans, Dental & Vision Plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Employee Assistance Program, Life & Disability Coverage, 401K with Company Match, Tuition Reimbursement , Vehicle and Product Discounts

Must establish and maintain a good working relationship with the union and develop a culture that promotes and achieve the plant objectives. Must establish a good working relationship with all internal and external customers. Develop and mentor team members to foster autonomy

Responsibilities:

• Implement short & long term production planning requirements to achieve weekly MPS schedule compliance.
• Ensures production is efficient & cost effective.
• Ensures production is on time, of good quality and done in a safe manner.
• Manages health and safety and plant rules/ policies compliance: PPE compliance, uniform, safety shoes, safety glasses, and stretching activity daily.
• Quality Matrix: line scrap by shift-trend, customer QR’s by line, FTT PPM.
• Ensures 5S and zoning is followed and maintained.
• Monitors the production process and follow deviation process/procedure requirements.
• Utilize structured problem-solving methodologies & incorporate data driven analysis.
• Ensures proper administration & application of the collective bargaining agreement amongst team and proactively consults with HR when necessary.
• Manage & motivates team in a manner that is inclusive and enhances employee engagement and respect.
• Evaluate the performance of subordinates including coaching, providing constructive feedback, and setting goals & development plans.
• Identify cross training and rotation with versatility matrix and ergonomic assessments.
• Understand bottleneck and process improvements, tracking line down time in PLEX and RTO staffing to achieve engineering standards and eradicating non-standard activities.
• Assure scrap procedures are followed, reduction of scrap, and eradicating daily scrap issues.
• Visual boards of KPI are done and updated daily along with communication materials, 5 min meetings topics

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred. 3-5 years of experience in manufacturing operations (preferably in automotive) with experience supervising production areas &/or salary employees. Manufacturing launch, maintenance &/or engineering experience a plus. Strong interpersonal skills, business acumen and knowledge in the areas of manufacturing engineering, maintenance, material planning & logistics, and quality. Proven leadership and ability to drive results.
• Causal overtime may be required. Increased occasions of the aforementioned expected during launch