Production Supervisor

Mission:

• Manage the APZ under responsibility, in respect to the objectives assigned by the APU Manager
• Be responsible for production in terms of SQCDM (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delay, Management or Motivation) and targets achievement
• Be responsible for animating and managing the teams in terms of TQ, IP (Involvement of Personnel) & VPS (Valeo Production System)
• Lead continuous improvement of the perimeter
• Spend most of time genba and ensure that work standards and rules are applied in its perimeter

Role & Responsibilities: 

Manage People

• Be responsible for induction of all newcomers in perimeter (temporaries included)
• Ensure the organization and scheduling of training actions
• Analyze flexibility and multi skills needs of APZ, and define training plans in order to develop team autonomy and improvement spirit
• Monitor certification process for each operator and update in real time flexibility grid
• Manage daily: absenteeism, holidays, safety rules enforcement, environment risk analysis, APZ communication & performance boards update
• Ensure respect of standard stops (breaks, meetings) by checking systematically on genba, and validate operators working time
• Ensure that standards of reaction are applied with rigor (eg. KOSU) and perform escalation according to standards
• Follow up APZ main objectives in monthly meetings with all people under responsibility
• Is responsible for personnel involvement and ensure a positive social climate
• Conduct operators' annual appraisals, as well as salary review and career interviews

Maintain Standards

• Perform OJT of teams every day on standards implemented
• Ensure enforcement of health, safety, environmental & site rules for the APTs of its perimeter, and that anybody entering  perimeter respect the rules and standards of perimeter
• Ensure existence of updated working instructions for every station, including reworks
• Ensure respect of all working standards (safety, work instructions, quality, 5S, respect of the product, OK start...) during the operations and propose/ implement improvements
• Define work standards with the help of support functions and operators
• Ensure ERIM standards are properly deployed and used : abnormalities detection (formalized on red tags), systematic inspection & regular cleaning of equipment by team, 1st levels of preventive maintenance, maintenance line QRQCs
• Control regularly genba equipment performance (including cycle time measurements, and micro stoppages observation sessions), and react
• Make regularly time-measurements with main MUDA seeking as per KOSU implementation guide
• Ensure that all displays of perimeter (QCDM by APT, QCDM & communication areas at APZ level) are updated at end of shift, and make sure that workers have necessary material to do so

Manage Production

• Propose every week APZ headcounts & organization to the APU Manager, according to MPS
• Ensure production, respecting SQCDM & inventory targets
• In case a detected problem cannot be solved by the APT, assign and check containment and corrective actions with APU support functions and / or management
• Review daily all QRAP of perimeter
• React in case of issue & escalate issues at APU level when needed
• Liaise with Supply Chain team on MPS daily priorities
• Respect daily the MPS contract
• In case of daily MPS respect deviation, take necessary measures within the week, after validation by APU Manager, to have respected weekly MPS at end of the week
• Get involvement of support functions every time necessary to solve as fast as possible the issues identified by APTs
• Monitor shift QCDM and ensures QCDM boards are updated
• Make reports defined by site

Manage Continuous Improvement

• Lead action plans to improve SQCDM performance (actual and targets), in coherence with APU & Plant, including productivity plans (P-30)
• Reach and maintain a dynamic and efficient Proposals of Improvements system
• Participate to safety and environment risks reduction & lead line Safety QRQC for cat. 7 safety issues
• Contribute to new equipment and processes start ups
• Lead Zoning evolution and improvements by team
• Participate to APU QRQC: Quality, DL efficiency, Maintenance, prepare and come with necessary data for an efficient attendance
• Pilot PDCA / FTA & Maintenance 5 WHYs on topics assigned by APU Manager (Safety, Quality, KOSU-DL efficiency, Maintenance)
• Prepare LLC & Kaizen Cards
• Lead VPS workshops (flow analysis – MUDA hunting, 5S, Hoshin, TPM ...) and liaise with Site VPS Manager for training to methodologies; Participate to weekly Site VPS committee, presenting regularly genba the status of workshops in responsibility
• Liaise with support functions to facilitate improvement actions within the APTs
• Participate to budget preparation (headcounts, overheads, investments, P-30) and manage the budget of APZ
• Promote the Valeo 5 axes in daily activities, develop improvement plan on VPS, IP, TQ and reach assigned V5000 targets

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
• Experience in Production Supervisor and using various types of manufacturing machining line
• Knowledge of Assembly Process, Machining Process, CNC Machine and Program, Organizational, Google suit and MS office
• Good command of written and spoken in English language
• Skills of people management and team management
• Communication and interpersonal skills by using tools such as PDCA, FTA, Genba and process mapping