Production Supervisor - 1st shift

Eaton's IS AER FMC division is currently seeking a Production Supervisor - 1st shift at our Los Angeles facility. With almost 300 employees, the Los Angeles facility designs and manufactures quality valves, regulators, and other fluid controls used mostly by the Aerospace Industry.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $107812.53 - $158125.04 a year.

What you'll do:

This position will be responsible for overall management of a manufacturing cell, focused factory, or work center. Overall responsibility for leading manufacturing team in achieving production schedule, product quality, product cost, and employee safety goals. Coordinates with all functional and service groups to meet customer requirements. Drives performance to achieve or exceed financial plans and strategic goals. Leverages resources to coach and motivates personnel to create high performance culture.

• Review production orders or schedules to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates to plan department operations.
• Develop or revise standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards.
• Prepare operational schedule and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications.
• Review production and operating reports to assess performance indicators and take appropriate action to resolve operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
• Reduce cost of operations by implementing Lean Manufacturing, SPC, and Continuous Improvement. Initiate Kaizen events as necessary to achieve best in class operations.
• Confer with management personnel to establish production and quality control standards to obtain data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered.
• Manages and directs all production activities and establish production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors.
• Evaluates operational performance of the group in order to facilitate performance management, merit promotions, job transfers, dismissals, commendations, etc.
• Develops budgets and resource plans, and monitors performance, to achieve product delivery and cost requirements
• Coordinate production activities with procurement, maintenance, and quality control activities to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
• Revise production schedules and priorities as result of equipment failure or operating problems.
• Strive to achieve Internal and External customer satisfaction.
• Supports engineering during the design phase, providing factory capabilities and testability input into the design and new product introduction phase to ensure customer manufacturing delivery times are met.
• Assists in the creation of training plans and programs, and promotes cross-training opportunities for department

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Minimum of three (3) years' experience in a manufacturing plant or operations environment
• Minimum one (1) year of leadership experience managing people or project teams
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
• This position requires use of information or access to hardware which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee
• No relocation benefit is offered for this position. Only candidates residing within a 50 mile radius of Los Angeles, CA (Zip code 90039) will be considered for this position

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business or other related field, or equivalent experience
• Five years' experience in a factory/manufacturing aerospace industry
• 3+ years' experience supervisory/managerial experience in a manufacturing or distribution function
• Working knowledge of Quality standards and Continuous Improvement techniques

• Ability to direct and lead cross-functional process improvement teams
• Knowledge of materials planning systems (MRP/ERP) requirements and order generation process logic
• Understanding of Supply Chain Management operational concepts surrounding production planning, scheduling, purchasing, inventory control, logistics, stockroom operations, and shipping/receiving
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Process Variation Reduction (Six Sigma) concepts and tool sets as they relate to materials management
• Thorough Understanding of manufacturing technologies and processes
• Knowledge of financial concepts and techniques utilized to establish value propositions of operational changes
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen events, and continuous improvement techniques.
• Familiarity/experience with continuous improvement and Six Sigma methodology.
• Good technical writing and presentation skills.
• Good verbal and communication skills.
• Proficiency with computer-based methods and tools.
• Familiarity with SPC principles and methods
• Ability to work well with others in the areas of teamwork and communication.
• Ability to logically solve problems and to keep projects moving in an orderly and structured fashion.