Production Manager - Vehicle Assembly

Company: The Shyft Group
Location: Elkhart
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

SUMMARY

The Production Supervisor position is responsible for providing leadership and direction to team members with a focus on safety, quality, productivity, and continuous improvement for company's various product lines including, but not limited to, emergency response bodies and chassis, motorhome chassis, specialty vehicles, and Isuzu N-Gas

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Consistently model a positive attitude and demonstrate a "can do" mindset
• Conduct small and large team meetings to communicate plant performance to the KPI's
• Train, or facilitate the training of new associates in all aspects of their job function
• Administer policies and procedures
• Communicate and support strict adherence to quality standards
• Ensure quality goals and objectives are met daily
• Ensure efficient location of materials
• Monitor scrap for undue waste
• Prepare reject tags as required, and manage this process per policy
• Monitor and improve the management of inventory
• Passionate about improving safety, quality, delivery, and cost
• Identify root cause and implement corrective action where gaps to the goals exist
• Support new and current team member activities - hiring, performance, management, transfers, promotions, and disciplinary processes
• Manage vacation approvals, timecard approval, daily and weekly overtime, hiring, and training
• Motivate, coach, reward, and discipline associates being supervised; resolve personnel issues
• Maintain a high degree of visibility and access to associates on shop floor throughout the shift
• Schedule work assignments to maximize production efficiency
• Develop and monitor staffing plans to execute the schedule on time at the planned MPU or better
• Meet production goals
• Maintain a clean and safe plant
• Initiate process improvements
• Support 5S initiatives
• Communicate with cross-functional teams (engineering, materials, purchasing, sales, etcetera) to resolve issues
• Work in proximity with customer as needed
• Solve complex problems with minimal assistance
  
  QUALIFICATIONS
  
  • Associate or Technical degree required (Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Business Administration preferred)
  • Minimum of 5 years manufacturing experience with demonstrated leadership skills required (vehicle assembly line experience in a leadership role preferred)
  • Clean driving record and possess a CDL, or be willing to obtain
  • Positive attitude
  • Proven ability to plan and handle multiple projects and meet deadlines
  • Creative and innovative team player
  • Intermediate computer skills are required
  • Demonstrated experience in personnel management
  • Versatile, flexible, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities
  • Strong:
    • Communication skills, verbal and written
    • Leadership attributes and interpersonal skills
    • Organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills

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