General Description

• Supervise the molding department resources, schedules, & equipment

Responsibilities

• Supervise employees
• Participate in the analysis of product rejections
• Assure completion of the production schedule
• Provide support and training to the employees.
• Participate in problem solving teams
• Insure the quality of the product, by monitoring the compliance of the quality requirements and criteria
• Supervise compliance with the area’s procedures and instructions
• Monitor the reliability of the processes
• Participate in the responses to customer complaints
• Supervise and provide corrective actions for the production performance indicators using fast response
• Implement continuous improvement programs in the production area
• Utilize business systems for decision making and ensure accuracy.
• Implement inventory and scrap reduction projects. Participate in TFT activities and report out.
• Comply with the quality and environment standards procedures and instructions (those applicable)
• All those activity’s generated as a result of changes, requirements and/or improvement in the process of the applicable area
• Identify safety risks and concerns
• Act on any safety risks and concerns that could cause harm to employees
• Verify all paperwork and MES data are correct
• Follow escalation policy
• Verify employees payroll
• Provide Employee evaluation/reviews
• Perform any disciplinary corrective actions to employees or incident reports as required.
• Report out daily production requirements to production team and follow up all priorities
• Verify inventory cycle counts.
• Verify sorts are completed and all documentation is properly filled out.
• Verify Non-Conforming is disposition
• Ability to identify process improvements for daily KPI
• Follow up on all employees abilities
• Verify all SPC, purge, dip Test and secondary requirements are completed and within spec.
• Work with other departments as needed to ensure customer requirements are met
• Verify all check sheets are completed within all areas of the department
• Ensure operator compliance with 6S, standard work, safety and quality standards and procedures
• Treat employees with respect to increase productivity

Job Requirements

Work Experience

• 2-3 year supervisory experience in automotive environment.

Education

• Prefer College Degree advanced degree desirable
• Prefer 6 sigma green belt minimum

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• The ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to interact with hourly employees and management
• Basic understanding of sound inventory practices
• Ability to complete assigned projects on time in a changing environment
• Demonstrate good ethical characteristics and behaviors
• Ability to perform tasks using Microsoft software; Word, Excel etc.
• Basic Applied statistics
• Quality and environmental systems
• Handling of chemical substances and hazardous residues
• Control of spilled substances