Production Supervisor

Job Title: Production Supervisor Department: Manufacturing Reports to: Manufacturing Manager Supervises: 25-35 Employees Location: Washington Distribution Center FLSA Status: Exempt General Overview: Supervises day to day production operations related to Manufacturing department, scheduling and quality while supervising and leading a department. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Responsible for supervising, training, and coaching employees; issues corrective actions as needed. Communicates, trains, adheres to, and enforces company policies; ensures safety, quality, production/distribution standards, practices, and procedures are followed. Supervises and leads workflow in the manufacturing of products to meet safety, quality, demand, and efficiency goals. Develops and maintains a prioritization schedule to determine work priorities throughout the department to meet request dates. Ensure all customer compliance requirements are followed and met. Develops strategies to optimize production to maximize throughput. Promotes a teamwork environment and interacts as needed with all shifts. Reviews and ensures procedures and policies are communicated, trained, and followed. Communicates with leads, production employees, and management staff daily. Provides a safe and clean work environment for all production workers. Other duties as assigned. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Education Required: High school diploma, minimum of three years supervisory experience; college degree preferred. Extensive understanding of product flow related to customer orders. Experience working with customer compliance teams in the sporting goods industry a plus. Ability to navigate employee issues while maintaining a positive work environment. Ability to adapt and change as business needs change daily. Ability to make decisions as it relates to managing workflow, shifting workers between departments, and dealing with shortage of material. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must demonstrate reliability and dependability as it relates to responsibilities with the buildings, equipment, vehicles, and materials. Proficient in Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Knowledge of JD Edwards and/or E1 Operating Systems preferred. Knowledge of ADP timekeeping system preferred. Working Conditions: General distribution center working conditions. Climate controlled environment PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions. While performing duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend and lift for full shift. Regularly required to lift/move/push or pull weight of up to 45 lbs. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms requiring dexterity and handling of packages or equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and color vision. Employee is required to hear warning horns, bells, alarms, and oral instructions for safety purposes. This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked to perform other instructions and/or duties. You will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the task listed in this job description.