Senior Production Supervisor

3 days ago


New Albany, Ohio, United States Alene Candles Full time
About Alene Candles

Alene Candles LLC & Midwest is a private label, contract manufacturer that produces high-quality candles for some of the world's most recognized retail, boutique, and cosmetic brands. With our headquarters in New Hampshire and locations in Ohio, we've been in business for over 25 years. We are passionate about making the best products in the world, making safety our number one priority, and being an insanely great place to work.

The Position

We are seeking a Senior Production Supervisor with extensive hands-on experience in Manufacturing Operations. The ideal candidate will have excellent people skills combined with solid technical knowledge and first-hand experience with modern manufacturing methodology including lean manufacturing. You will assist the Manufacturing Manager in the development and management of multiple projects in a fast-paced environment. You will manage permanent and temporary employees with a focus on safety, quality, productivity, cost reduction, continuous improvement, and 5S.

Responsibilities
  • Ensure a safe work environment by communicating safety requirements, auditing, tracking, and providing feedback and corrective actions to employees and management. Participate in safety meetings/evaluations.
  • Supervise teams of employees in a process environment in the manufacturing of candles and home fragrance products.
  • Work with planning and purchasing as well as program management to understand upcoming work. Identify processes needed and staffing as well as resource loading.
  • Establish and/or participate in the creation of schedules and ensure timely completion of commitments. Be responsible for early detection of barriers to achieving schedule and provide workarounds and solutions. Establish priorities; monitor progress; revise production schedules; resolve problems, and report results on shift production.
  • Work with engineering to establish efficiency standards and measure performance to targets, track, report, conduct root cause analysis, and corrective actions to maintain and improve efficiencies. Be challenged with improving efficiencies of line production.
  • Organize and conduct skills assessments and coordinate training to promote learning and address gaps in capabilities. Cross-training will be a key component.
  • Be accountable for the accurate accounting of materials while in the care of manufacturing and the timely return of those materials to stores if not consumed in the manufacturing process.
  • Collect data, craft metrics, monitor trends, and report to management on the health and well-being of manufacturing.
  • Work with the pour and pack out coordinators as well as the wax department to ensure smooth start-ups and shut downs.
  • Be responsible for conducting carry-over meetings between shifts to ensure critical and pertinent information is passed between shifts.
  • Be responsible to communicate equipment issues to maintenance and monitor timely completions of repairs and improvements.
  • Be accountable for work order closers to ensure timely accounting of and reporting and close out of production work orders.
  • Maintain product quality. Work to identify defects and provide root cause and corrective actions as required.
  • Create and revise systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and personnel requirements. Goal is to streamline and sustain change.
  • Maintain a safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of 5S. Conduct 5S audits and communicate issues and corrective actions to teams. Be the 5S champion in manufacturing. Expectations are to constantly observe and promote changes and improvements and sustain 5S.
  • Consult with the Manufacturing Manager and Human Resources to resolve personnel and staffing issues. Evaluate, develop, and discipline employees.
  • Conduct all operations in accordance with state and federal laws, good business ethics, company policies, principles, and procedures under the direction of the Plant and Manufacturing Managers.
  • Resolve personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action.
  • Manage and develop strong leadership skills in line leaders and key production staff.
  • Other duties as assigned by the Manufacturing Manager.
Requirements
  • Associates Degree
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing or operations environment.
  • Previous supervisory experience is required.
Benefits

Alene offers a host of competitive benefits for full-time employees, some of which include: Medical, Dental, and Vision with a Healthcare Reimbursement Account, 401(k) with company match, Basic Life Insurance (100% company paid), Employee Assistance Program, Flexible Spending Account, Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement, and "Alene Gives Back" - our paid volunteer program.

Alene Candles provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Should you require assistance completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact or call and ask to speak to Human Resources. We will make every effort to accommodate your needs in a reasonable amount of time.



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