New 
Production Supervisor
 SWM International | |
life insurance, vision insurance, 401(k)
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 United States, Tennessee, Knoxville | |
 Apr 03, 2025 | |
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Description RESPONSIBILITIES: * Assume full responsibility for all manufacturing activity and the resulting performance during your shift. * Enforce all Health & Safety policies and regulations, ensuring a safe work environment. * Work with team to determine root cause and corrective action to internal and external complaints. Implement and sustain corrective actions. * Understand delivery requirements and work within departments to assure maximum on-time delivery performance. * Understand sources of scrap and work within each department to minimize. * Generate and issue a daily performance report using SAP data at the end of each shift. In the report, explain the reasons for both good and bad performance. * * Work with management to define safety, delivery, quality, cost, scrap, and productivity KPIs. Update performance on KPI boards every month. * Create content for, schedule, conduct, and document toolbox meetings to maintain open communication between hourly employees and leadership. This meeting should include the review of department KPIs. * Work with department leaders to determine daily work assignments. * Issue discipline to production employees and communicate issues with HR as needed. * Facilitate the Cell Lead team and hold team members accountable for agreed action items. * Authority to recommend hiring, termination, and promotions of employees with the direction of HR to ensure compliance measures are followed. * Ensure good housekeeping practices. * Analyze and correct production variances and work with the team to address causes. * Prepare and conduct performance reviews. * Cross-train employees for flexibility within and across departments. * Lead or participate in all continuous improvement activities, including 5S. * Provide continuous feedback and coaching to all your employees. * Enforce company policy. When required, document and provide disciplinary action. * Work with operators and support staff to ensure the accuracy of bookings and line clearance. * Perform the proper shutdown of equipment and facility at the weekend or before a holiday. * Ensure a clear transfer of information between shifts. * Perform all other assignments as management requests. QUALIFICATIONS: Required * Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience * Minimum of 5 years of working in a manufacturing environment * Minimum of 3 years of experience in a supervisory role * Proven "hands-on" leadership ability * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills * Strong mechanical aptitude Preferred * Knowledge of ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 * Knowledge of ERP (SAP) systems is considered an advantage Position Demands Conditions are that of a manufacturing environment: * Air Temperatures can range from cold to hot. * The atmosphere may contain dust, fumes, and odors. * May include mechanical, electrical, chemical, explosive, and radiation hazards. Employees are required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), including: * Safety shoes (steel toe or composite toe) * Safety Glasses * Bump Caps * Protective Gloves when performing certain tasks * Hearing Protection, when required * Other personal protective equipment as required for certain tasks. Respirator * While performing the duties of this job, the employee must meet the physical demands: * Be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds. * Be able to push or pull heavy objects up to 250 pounds. * Be able to work 12-hour shifts. * Perform repetitive tasks. * Routinely stand, sit, hear, walk, and talk. * Reach, climb, bend, kneel, crouch, twist, and balance, sometimes in awkward or tight spaces. * Have good close vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus. WHAT WE OFFER As a Mativ employee, you'll have access to a variety of benefit programs designed to help you no matter your stage of life. * Medical, dental, and vision insurance * Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP) * Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) * Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) * Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage * Paid vacation * 401(k) savings plan with company match * Employee assistance programs - available 24/7 to you and your family * Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and education assistance ABOUT MATIV Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company makes material impacts on the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers' most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company's two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers' products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible. Mativ and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. | |