Production Supervisor

LOCATION: All Asia

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Exempt

KEYWORD or REQID: req522

**JOB INFORMATION**:
Position Purpose: Production Supervisor is responsible for safely leading and managing all aspects of production, within the Bemis Vietnam manufacturing facility, to achieve strategic and financial initiatives. Sets a high standard for safety and quality by promoting them daily with our manufacturing team. Actively participate in and promote continuous improvement every day within our facility. Ensures on-time delivery of quality products to our customers. Trains, mentors and leads operating team members down a path that improves the company year over year. Will be responsible for the design, construction, and operation oversite for new and existing equipment, facility, resource moves and set up of new Vietnam operation.

Principle Accountabilities/Essential Functions:

- Set up machines to ensure proper working order.
- Point person for all safety accidents or issues occurring, reported or found in operations during shift. Getting help for any injured employee, isolating any risks found or reported through near miss reporting and completing accident investigation report if necessary.
- Investigate near miss reports and take required actions to get issue resolved.
- Maintains a safe and clean work environment every day by educating and directing shift personnel on the use of equipment, resources, procedures and policies.
- Maintain and ensure compliance with the Quality Management System.
- Have great communication daily with the manufacturing team, other functions and the rest of the company.
- Responsible for hire temporary employees through manpower company.
- Responsible for building and strengthening this team into a group of continuous improvement thinkers, that moves our culture in the direction of continuous improvement every day.
- Support Lean initiatives and be an active member on all Gemba walks and kaizen improvement projects in your areas. Make sure sustainment happens for all kaizens implemented.
- Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data, answering questions and responding to requests.
- Challenge and motivate the manufacturing team to facilitate employee engagement and retention.
- Provide mentoring, training and technical development for all shift operations personnel.
- Conduct regular performance evaluations of shift team members as part of the performance review process.
- Interface with all other functional teams to help facilitate operations continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with other functional areas to ensure processes are efficient, robust, scalable and repeatable.
- Assign job duties to shift personnel at the start of the shift to meet business objectives.
- Work with design team and outside vendors on the development of new equipment.
- Assist in the selection, buildout, relocation, and setup of new Vietnam production facility.

Qualifications:

- BS or AS in a technical engineering or business field.
- 5+ years of manufacturing and engineering experience preferred.
- 3+ years experience in a leadership manufacturing and engineering role, with a proven track record of developing and empowering team members.
- Demonstrated track record of leading and facilitating continuous improvement projects preferred.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and coaching skills preferred.
- Systems oriented thinking required.
- Lean Manufacturing training and experience preferred - certifications helpful.
- Knowledge of ISO Quality Requirements.
- Demonstrated leadership behaviors including effective communication, critical thinking, decision making, coaching and mentoring.
- Results oriented with a bias for action and timely completion.
- Project management abilities with a customer service orientation.
- Mechanical aptitude would be preferred.
- Computer proficient to organize and analyze data and to prepare technical presentations (Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Smartsheets Task and Project Management software experience preferred.
- Good communication skills to all levels of internal and external management with language skills in mother tongue and in English.
- Ability to travel internationally including and not limited to Taiwan.

Language Skills:

- Language: Fluent Vietnamese & English. Chinese is optional (better to have).
- Clear and concise written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills that produce desired results.
- Excellent oral, written, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from internal and external customers including sales staff, internal colleagues and vendors.
- Capable of reading and interpreting information with the ability to share with others as needed.
- Ability to use personal computer and standard business and other work-related software with minimum instruction.
- Ability to read and interpret reports, s