Production Supervisor - 3Rd Shift

Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

Portland, OR

Relocation Offered

Are you a goal-oriented leader who enjoys driving high volume results while maintaining a strong focus on developing your team to achieve their peak potential?  Are you looking to make a direct impact on an organization and launch your career in a leadership role? If so, we're hiring a 3rd ShiftProduction Supervisor at Pella Corporation in Portland, Oregon, to drive continuous improvement and provide training, guidance, and support for our team.

Come do the work you're most proud of at Pella Corporation!

Specifics

• Directly manage 30-40 hourly employees
• 3rd Shift (7:30pm-6:30am), Monday through Thursday, some Fridays
• Competitive salary, plus bonus opportunity
• Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401k plans

Direct Responsibilities

• Responsible for your department's safety, quality, and productivity
• Maintain budget for labor efficiencies in department
• Champion continuous improvement in the department (Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing)
• Reward and follow corrective action guidelines as needed with employees
• Interview, hire, train, and develop employee

Qualifications

• Associate's/Bachelor's degree, or one to five years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written skills (bilingual English/Spanish speaking skills desired but not required)
• Strong team player
• Enthusiasm and the ability to motivate others
• Very organized and a high attention to detail
• Experience in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement a plus

Our Story

Pella Corporation is proud to design and manufacture high-quality windows and doors that enrich the lives of our customers. While we are a leader in technology and product innovation, we are also privately held and focused on our people. At Pella, we want to help you find what makes you an extraordinary team member. That's why we offer stability, individualized talent development plans, cross-functional experiences, and opportunities for career advancement through personal and professional development.

Our national brand is supported by 8,500+ employees at 17 manufacturing sites and 90+ sales branches across the country who are dedicated to serving our customers with Pella Passion - a way of being that inspires us to go above and beyond for each other, our customers, and our communities. Pella Passion has guided our actions for over 95+ years and will carry us forward as we capture our rare blend of inspired design and exceptional detail in our work and our lives.

Here at Pella Corporation, we strive to create an environment that is both inclusive and diverse. We empower everyone to be extraordinary and share in your successes while encouraging you to be yourself. Please use this link to learn more about our commitment to diversity and culture.  https://www.pella.com/about/careers/what-makes-us-different/

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for the identification, development and implementation of programs, policies and procedures which support total customer satisfaction, both internally and externally, where applicable in relation to this position.
• Responsible for the safety of his/her personnel. The Production Supervisor ensures that all employees understand and abide by required safety rules and regulations. To accomplish this, the Production Supervisor will conduct regularly scheduled safety trainings, communicate plant safety objectives, drive improvements in job rotation and ergonomics, and perform accurate documentation of safety-related issues. Also encourages employees to suggest ways to make the area or operations safer.
• Enforces all safety and housekeeping rules and uses disciplinary action as needed.
• Responsible for maintaining the high Pella quality standard. To accomplish this objective, the Production Supervisor continually educates all employees concerning the quality of our products by instructing team members on the proper use of equipment, explaining the quality guidelines for their operation, and how their operation fits into the final production of the unit.
• Inform employees of problems found in audits and/or inspections; thoroughly investigate quality issues to identify root cause and drive improvement efforts accordingly. Additionally, conduct a proper follow-up on all customer complaints and instruct employees on proper repairs, scrap, and salvage.
• Responsible for improving labor efficiency and delivery within assigned department(s) by utilizing the tools outlined in the Performance Management Cycle.
• The Production Supervisor sets goals, documents standards, identifies abnormalities, and collects data as needed.
• Leads daily efforts to address abnormalities by presenting information to the Plant resource team (MDI). She/he informs employees of actions taken to address issues and encourages others to seek out ways to improve their operation.
• The Production Supervisor communicates daily production requirements and makes appropriate changes to schedule and staffing to meet the varying production rates. She/he is also responsible for maintaining a high level of order completions on the schedule; she/he accomplishes this by keeping up to date on all delinquent orders and other aspects of scheduling.
• The Production Supervisor takes necessary steps to ensure that the area has the necessary material to adequately reach quotas, there is enough workable equipment to meet quotas, and, additionally, uses preventative maintenance to help prevent machine shutdown.
• Supports and participates in Continuous Improvement events in relation to both cost and quality/safety.
• Responsible for two-way communication with management and service functions; responsible for lateral communication with other managers.
• Responsible for maintaining a high level of employee morale within the department. To accomplish this, the Production Supervisor properly orients all new employees and follows up on orientation. Encourages all employees to read their handbooks and bulletin boards, keeps employees informed about changes in Corporation policy, and encourages a one-to-one relationship with everyone.
• The Production Supervisor encourages a team effort attitude and utilizes discipline as needed to maintain a respectful work environment.
• Demonstrates Servant Leadership through daily interaction and follow-up with all team members.
• Actively pursues self development activities to improve technical, physical, mental, and mechanical skills.