Four-Slide Supervisor
Lead Production - Drive Performance - Develop Your Team.
We’re seeking an experienced manufacturing Supervisor to lead daily operations, oversee production performance, and drive a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement. This role requires a hands-on leader with strong knowledge of manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate has direct experience in Four-Slide manufacturing and the technical expertise to lead a skilled team in a fast-paced production environment.
What You’ll Lead
- Production & Performance:Oversee daily Four-Slide operations to meet production schedules, output targets, efficiency goals, and customer requirements.
- Team Leadership:Direct, coach, and develop production employees while establishing clear expectations for accountability, productivity, attendance, and teamwork.
- Safety & Quality:Enforce safety standards, ensure proper machine operation, and maintain quality requirements through effective process control and timely corrective action.
- Operational Efficiency:Monitor production performance, identify bottlenecks, reduce downtime, and scrap, and implement practical improvements to increase throughput and efficiency.
- Equipment & Maintenance:Coordinate preventative maintenance, identify equipment and tooling issues, and partner with maintenance and tooling personnel to minimize disruptions and improve machine reliability.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:Work closely with production planning, quality, maintenance, tooling, and management to resolve issues, prioritize production needs, and achieve operational goals.
- 1st Shift Execution:Establish priorities at the start of the shift, communicate production status and outstanding issues, and ensure effective coordination with other shifts to support continuity of operations.
What You Bring
- Proven experience supervising manufacturing operations, with direct Four-Slide machine experience preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to lead production teams, meet output targets, maintain quality standards, and improve operational performance.
- Experience identifying root causes of production problems and implementing effective corrective actions to reduce downtime and scrap.
- A strong understanding of manufacturing safety, quality requirements, production processes, and equipment maintenance practices.
- The ability to make sound decisions, prioritize competing demands, and respond effectively to challenges in a fast-paced production environment.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and employee-development skills.
- A hands-on approach to leadership, with the ability to work directly with operators to resolve technical issues, reinforce standards, and drive results.
