Production Supervisor (3rd Shift)

Please note this is a 3rd shift opportunity (10pm-6am, Sunday night through Friday morning).

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Production Supervisor will plan, direct, and coordinate the production activities of their shift. The primary responsibilities of the Production Supervisor include directing job assignments and providing leadership to the production staff. Manage production resources for a high volume manufacturing operation. Maintain high level of order fulfillment, good quality, and operate in safe conditions. The Production Supervisor is accountable for inspiring, training, and developing their team to achieve optimum safety, quality, service, productivity, and profitability.

Responsibilities:

• Knowledge and execution of production KPIs and the ability to communicate the KPIs to production staff.
• Evaluate and provide timely feedback on employee performance, holding team members accountable.
• Motivate and develop a cohesive production team.
• Maintain production and attendance records, while understanding schedules and priorities.
• Make timely decisions to maintain production output and be able to quickly analyze situations and provide direction to production staff.
• Shift supervision coverage for other departments.

Qualifications:

• College degree preferred
• Production experience in a supervisory capacity required, ideally in FMCG industry
• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred
• Strong hands-on supervisory skills, overseeing production teams of 50+, including a mix of direct and temp (this person will manage ~70 employees). Ability to coach employees and manage conflicts
• ERP experience required (SAP preferred). Strong Excel skills.
• Knowledge of KPI management and analytics, while being able to communicate to the team and hold them accountable
• Lean Manufacturing (or similar process) skills, with proven ability to lead and drive this type of program in a manufacturing environment.
• Must be organized, have an eye for detail, and able to put ideas into tangible form.
• Ability to interact well with all levels of the organization. Excellent communication skills with very strong interpersonal abilities.

Freudenberg Household Products (FHP) is the consumer products and professional cleaning product division of the Freudenberg Group – a multi-billion dollar, multi-national, privately held organization headquartered in Germany. The Freudenberg Group employs some 50,000 people in 60 countries worldwide and generates sales of over 10 billion euros. Freudenberg has businesses in the automotive, medical device, battery and fuel cell division and focuses on continuously developing new technology in every sector.

In some parts of the world, our division is known as Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions (FHCS) and has individual operating companies in many countries, employing more than 3,200 people and hosting a distribution network in 35 countries. Our vision, making our world cleaner, includes a mission of providing superior home and cleaning products that are built to last for consumer households and professional cleaners.

O-Cedar is the well-established brand of FHCS in the United States. The products have more than 115 years of history in the US market and O-Cedar is the number one brand in the durable floor cleaning category in the US. O-Cedar products can be found in many retailers such as Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Costco and Amazon. In Canada, the brand is known as Vileda. It is the strength of our leading brands such as Vileda and O-Cedar that we continuously reinvent our solutions to make the consumers’ lives easier.

Our Vileda Professional team develops and manufactures leading edge cleaning solutions for professional users in various application areas, such as Healthcare, Controlled Environment, and General Building Cleaning. With over 50 years in the business, we know what needs professional users in different environments have. We offer solutions that help them to clean faster, more effectively, and at lower total costs. Based on sustainability principles, innovation in cleaning has always been a main focus in the daily work of Vileda Professional.

One of our core values is embracing a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our most important asset is our people, of all ages and genders, with their different cultural backgrounds and talents. Promoting our employees and inspiring them to take on the multifaceted tasks at Freudenberg in the long-term – this is the key to our success. We are devoted to our employees’ well-being and personal development. We embrace all forms of diversity and inclusion and show understanding and respect in our dealings with each other. We promote a multi-cultural environment where employees work together in worldwide teams to reach their full potential and enrich our culture. Our goal is and will always be to mirror this diverse and inclusive culture in our organization.