General Description

Supervise the molding department resources, schedules, & equipment

Key Roles and 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 activities’ 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 employee’s 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 employee’s 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
– Handling of equipment against fire
– Knowledge about Lean Manufacturing and its tools
– Problem solving techniques
– Leadership skills, communication, human relations
– Supervision
– Legal aspects
– Internal work regulations
– Basic process tools: PFMA’s and PCP’s
– Quality criteria
– Quality and environmental procedures and instructions of the area Continuous improvement programs
– Supervise compliance with the area’s procedures and instructions
– Monitor the reliability of the processes
– Participate in the responses to customer complaints
– Verify employee’s payroll
– Provide employee evaluation/review
– Perform any disciplinary corrective actions to employees or incident reports as required
– 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
– Comply with the quality and environment standards procedures and instructions (those applicable)
– Common knowledge of basic ergonomics
– Identify safety risks and concerns
– Act on any safety risks and concerns that could cause harm to employees
– All those activities generated as a result of changes, requirements and/or improvement in the process of the applicable area
– Treat employees with respect to increase productivity