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Continental

Worldwide tyre manufacturer and automotive components

Night Shift Supervisor - Production Area

Manufacturing & Production OperationsPosted on Nov 13
Full-timeSumter, SC, USA$73k - $86k /yrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without restriction.
  • A bachelor's degree in a related field, or a high school diploma/GED and at least 6 years in a manufacturing or production environment, is required.
  • At least 2 years of formal supervisory experience in a manufacturing or production environment, with direct responsibility for managing employee performance, attendance, scheduling, and development, is required.
  • Demonstrated experience driving continuous improvement initiatives through Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or related methodologies is required.
  • Ability to work 12-hour shifts in a fast-paced production environment is required.
  • Ability to stand, walk, and move around for extended periods is required.
  • Ability to lift and move materials up to 50 pounds or more as required is required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead an area of hourly production employees while driving safety, quality, productivity, machine performance, employee development, and retention.
  • Provide leadership, coaching, and resources needed for team success while ensuring accountability to company standards and expectations.
  • Monitor departmental key performance indicators, identify gaps, and work cross-functionally to solve problems and drive continuous improvement.
  • Maintain a safe, organized, and compliant work environment by ensuring adherence to environmental, safety and health, quality, ISO, plant, and corporate requirements.
  • Manage daily production execution, material flow, inventory, scheduling requirements, and communicate barriers impacting results.
  • Identify and respond to machine, process, quality, and production issues through proper escalation, documentation, and corrective actions.
  • Ensure employees are properly trained and qualified through work instructions, training records, instructional programs, and skill development.
  • Support audits, maintain departmental records, and ensure timely completion of required documentation, procedures, and action items.
  • Lead and participate in improvement initiatives including Kaizen, total productive maintenance, 5S, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence activities.
  • Partner with support functions on projects, process improvements, and other business needs as assigned.

About the Company

Continental

Worldwide tyre manufacturer and automotive components

Continental designs and manufactures tyres for cars, trucks, buses, bicycles and motorcycles, selling to vehicle manufacturers and in the aftermarket. Through ContiTech, it also produces rubber and plastic technology parts such as hoses, belts, seals and surface materials for automotive and industrial use. Its products are developed and produced at sites worldwide, with tyres tailored for different vehicles and conditions and ContiTech components customized for equipment. The company differentiates itself by offering a broad, integrated mobility portfolio and global manufacturing and service capabilities, aiming to provide reliable mobility through tyres and components worldwide.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Hanover, Germany
Founded
1871

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