Associate Production Supervisor

ABOUT LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES

Landscape Structures Inc. has been the leading manufacturer of commercial playground equipment in the world for more than 50 years. Our employee-owned company designs community and school playgrounds that encourage kids of all ages and abilities to learn persistence, leadership, competition, bravery, support, and empathy through play. Landscape Structures pushes the limits-of design, inclusion, and play-to help kids realize there is no limit to what they can do today and in the future. For a better tomorrow, we play today.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Associate Production Supervisor is responsible for supervising and coordinating activities of workers engaged in manufacturing our play products. This position promotes continuous improvement through the use of lean manufacturing principles and instilling a culture of idea sharing and implementation.

VALUES

• Innovation
• Commitment and Passion
• Integrity
• Team and Relationships

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Continuously monitors and evaluates the department's current status; develops solutions to root-cause problems, makes plans to address issues and effectively communicates needs
• Develops daily staffing plan, based on needs and demands in order to optimize workflow for the day
• Reviews production goals with the team and is responsible for achievement of daily production goals
• Maintains standard work for operations and/or positions
• Supports team members performance improvement through coaching and, when needed, constructive feedback and performance management
• Managing for daily improvement through utilization of QCDSM (safety, quality, cost, delivery, morale, environmental) boards
• Monitors production metrics to identify patterns
• Effectively communicates concerns to cross-functional teams and departments to resolve challenges and to continually meet expectations in Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, and Morale.
• Work closely with their engineering counterpart to help determine projects and priorities within the department
• Ensure timely delivery of product to our internal and external customers.
• Ensure ISO procedures are followed, and requirements are met, including time and production records are properly maintained
• Utilize kaizen methodologies to continuously improve productivity and quality.
• Contributes to MDI efforts by identifying opportunities, proposing solutions, and supporting implementation
• Promote worker safety by fostering a culture of awareness through proper training, ensuring access to safety equipment, and encouraging open communication about potential hazards
• Other duties as assigned

COMPETENCIES

• Managing and Measuring Work: Understands what is important and uses time effectively and efficiently; clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; sets clear directions, objectives and measures; skillfully uses resources (people, dollars, material, support, etc.) to get things done; monitors process, progress, and results; eliminates roadblocks, designs feedback loops into work.
• Motivates and Cares for Others: Genuinely cares about people; is interested in the work and non-work lives of direct reports; creates a climate in which people want to do their best; can motivate many kinds of direct reports, teams, or project members; can assess each person to bring out the best in them; empowers others; invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility; employees know where they stand through frequent discussions; makes each individual feel their work is important; cares about individual career goals; is someone people like working for and with.
• Peer Relationships: Can quickly find common ground and solve problems and make improvements for the good of all; can represent their own interests and yet be fair to other groups; can solve problems with peers with a minimum of noise; is seen as a team player and is cooperative; easily gains trust, respect and support of peers; encourages collaboration; can be candid with peers.
• Process Management: Good at figuring out the processes necessary to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities; understands how to separate and combine tasks into efficient workflow; knows what to measure and how to measure it; can see opportunities for synergy and integration; can simplify complex processes; gets more out of fewer resources.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently driving for results; bottom-line oriented; steadfastly motivates self and others for results in appropriate ways.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends talented people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit on their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team; is a people builder who creates a feeling of belonging on the team.
• CI/Change Management: Focused on improving the QMS; is dedicated to providing the highest quality products and services which meet the needs and requirements of internal and external customers; is committed to continuous improvement through empowerment and management by data; is willing to re-engineer (PDCA) processes from scratch; is open to suggestions and experimentation; creates a learning environment leading to the most efficient and effective work processes.
• Conflict Management: Steps up to conflicts in a timely manner, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; doesn't let things fester; can find common ground (alignment) and get commitment with minimum noise.
• Informing: Provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team and the organization; provides individuals information so that they can make accurate decisions; is timely with information.
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Exceptional analytical abilities

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree; and/or 3 years related experience
• Minimum of 2 years' experience working in a production setting/manufacturing environment experience preferred
• 2+ years of experience leading a team of employees, including developing and coaching employees
• Exposure and understanding of lean manufacturing principals
• Experience in ERP applications - Microsoft D365, preferred

The starting target salary range is $65,000 - $75,000, depending upon qualifications and experience. This position qualifies for a shift differential of $250/per pay period (26 pay periods per year). Expanded pay ranges may be available for growth and advancement opportunities. In addition to base salary, the compensation package also includes eligibility for a profit-sharing opportunity. Additionally, for eligible full-time employees, we offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits; vacation and paid holidays; 401(k) retirement plan and employee stock ownership plan.

Landscape Structures is an equal opportunity employer.