Production Supervisor

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and employee-engagement objectives.
• Plan production activities, establish priorities, assign resources, and adjust staffing or workflow to meet the production schedule.
• Provide visible floor leadership by monitoring operations, resolving issues, and ensuring timely escalation of risks and constraints.
• Coach and develop employees through clear expectations, regular feedback, recognition, performance management, and development planning.
• Build an inclusive, accountable team culture that promotes collaboration, ownership, respectful communication, and adherence to company values.
• Ensure compliance with approved procedures, GMP requirements, quality systems, environmental standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Monitor operational performance using key metrics such as throughput, yield, scrap, labor efficiency, downtime, service, and inventory accuracy; implement corrective actions when results are off plan.
• Investigate safety, quality, and operational issues; support nonconformance resolution, root-cause analysis, and effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Materials, Planning, Human Resources, and other functions to resolve production constraints and support business priorities.
• Drive continuous improvement through Lean principles, standard work, visual management, waste reduction, and structured problem-solving.
• Support new product introductions, process transfers, validation, equipment qualification, training, and change implementation activities.
• Maintain accurate operational, training, attendance, performance, and compliance records, and communicate shift results, priorities, and risks to key stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Operations Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of four years of manufacturing experience, including experience in a regulated environment.
• Previous team leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
• Medical device, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industry experience preferred.
• Effective English communication and strong leadership, coaching, and team-building skills.
• Knowledge of GMP, quality systems, and applicable FDA requirements; familiarity with ISO 13485 preferred.
• Ability to analyze production data, solve problems, make decisions, and manage multiple priorities.
• Strong collaboration, conflict-resolution, delegation, and accountability skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with ERP, MRP, or manufacturing systems preferred.
• Ability to work the assigned shift and support operational needs as required.