Production Supervisor Job Description Sample

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Job Title: Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor Job Purpose:

Oversees the labour of individuals manufacturing a product, typically in a factory or industrial workplace. Organises and monitors workflow on the production floor. Looks improve employee efficiency to maximise production output and profits. Ensures production floor is clean and safe for all staff members.

Production Supervisor Job Duties:

• Develops and implements production policies and procedures
• Delegates manufacturing tasks so that team can meet production deadlines
• Manages the efforts of manufacturing workers on the production floor
• Communicates expectations to production workers and appraises their performance
• Educates production team members about preferred occupational health and safety practices
• Establishes priorities to ensure manufacturing team works most efficiently
• Checks manufacturing equipment and control points to ensure efficient workflow is maintained
• Addresses production problems as they arise
• Organises for the repair or replacement of faulty production equipment
• Evaluates new production equipment
• Reports on team performance to production manager
• Makes recommendations about ways to improve employee efficiency and reduce costs
• Recruits, hires, and trains new production workers to perform their duties
• Counsels and disciplines production employees who fail to perform or violate company policies
• Implements recommended manufacturing cost reduction strategies
• Nurtures cooperation and communication within production team and other departments

Production Supervisor Skills and Qualifications:

Leadership, Production Experience, Good Written and Oral Communication Skills, Problem Solving Abilities, Delegation, Negotiation, Ability to Work and Make Decisions Under Pressure, Compassion, Time Management Skills, Computer Literacy, People Person, Ability to Work as Part of a Team, Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a Related Field.

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