Production Supervisor

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a diversified manufacturing company that delivers specialized expertise, innovative thinking and value-added products to meet critical customer needs in a variety of industries. ITW, with approximately 14.8 billion dollars in global revenues, operates 7 major segments with businesses in 55 countries that employ approximately 48,000 women and men. These talented individuals, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to our global leadership in innovation. We are proud of our broad portfolio of more than 17,000 active patents and ITW’s revenues total $14.8 billion.

IDS, located in Lancaster, New York, is looking for someone who has experience with high performance teams, mentoring, coaching, and collaborating cross functionally to establish a culture of excellence.

In this role, you will supervise a team of individual contributors to ensure effective and efficient production. You will leverage your manufacturing experience and skills to lead talented employees. You will use your leadership abilities to contribute to driving safety, productivity, and exceptional quality. Through collaboration with cross functional teams, you will prioritize team workload and drive continuous improvement. As a Production Supervisor, you will coach your team members in technical and behavioral competencies to deliver high impact business results.

• Directs and coordinates the activities of manufacturing personnel to ensure effective and efficient production. Works with staff to develop process improvements, documenting processes and maintaining work instructions.
• Staffs, trains, evaluates, coaches, and guides employees. Enforcing policies/procedures, and counseling when necessary. Cross trains employees for future growth.
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• Manage and motive team to achieve production targets and maintain high standards of quality and safety.
• Schedules Production as orders are received based on Customer Agreements, standard lead times and due date requests. Manages priorities in scheduling and adjust as required to meet demand and deadlines.
• Supports Equipment run offs including set up and testing, providing feedback to engineering for design or programming opportunities, Documenting changes on appropriate forms, and on-site installations and support.
• Recommend and drive improvements that reduce waste and costs and improve yields and efficiencies.
• Help in investigating root cause failures and recommend solutions.
• Support the team in resolving technical issues for all product lines for operations, sales, and service by reviewing and coordinating resources needed.
• Priorities ECRs and ensures communication of their statues to all parties involved.
• Maintain quality procedure accuracy by doing regular audits and provide feedback when procedures are not correct.
• Manages the maintenance and operation of production equipment. Makes recommendations for service and or replacement.
• Recommend capital equipment purchases, develop capital project requests, implement on-time and on-budget.
• Maintains focus on continuous improvement by applying 80/20, PLS, and USa principles/techniques and makes process improvement recommendations to management
• All other duties as assigned

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering or related field required.

Experience/Skills:

• Minimum 3-5 years management experience; preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to motivate people, assess and develop employee skills.
• Highly motivated and results oriented.
• Knowledgeable of manufacturing processes and stays current in assembly/manufacturing technology
• Knowledge of EHS requirements – drives ongoing improvements in local safety standards/performance
• Strong project management skills and possesses the ability to multi-task

Physical/Visual Activities or Demands: Physical/visual activities or demands that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job.

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to talk, hear, sit and type, occasionally twist/turn, reach above shoulder and outward, stand, walk, bend, grasp with hands on a regular, daily basis and lift, stretch, and squat throughout the day.

2. Specific vision abilities required by this job include concentrated attention, close vision, far vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to bring object into sharp focus.

License(s)/Certification(s) Required: None

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws. Must have a valid driver’s license. Some overnight travel (<25%) in the field is to be expected.

Certain job functions described herein may be subject to possible modification in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.

"Commonly associated" is not intended to mean always or only. There are different experiences that suggest other ways or circumstances where reasonable changes or accommodations are appropriate.

All activities, demands, conditions and requirements are linked to essential job functions.

As an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, ITW does not discriminate in hiring or in the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, arrest record, citizenship or other categories protected by federal, state or local laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

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As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.

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