Focus Factory Supervisor

Veralto

$85K — $105K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of leadership experience in a manufacturing setting.
  • Strong ability to motivate and lead teams to achieve production goals.
  • Excellent organizational skills and time management abilities.
  • Effective communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Experience with MRP, SAP, or ERP systems for effective resource management.
  • Analytical thinking with the ability to adapt under pressure.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, including basic Excel functions.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise daily operations of welding, machining, and assembly to meet shipment goals.
  • Prioritize and assign tasks while monitoring cell performance metrics.
  • Maintain safety and cleanliness standards in the work area.
  • Train and support team members through on-the-job guidance.
  • Ensure quality control by interpreting technical documents and procedures.
  • Collaborate with other departments to meet shipping deadlines.
  • Promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

  • Daytime shift with occasional overtime and Saturday work.
  • Professional onboarding and training programs available.
  • Opportunities for career coaching and professional development.
  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
  • 401(k) plan for retirement savings.
Full Job Description
About the role

As part of our team and the broader Veralto network, you'll supervise the daily activities of welding, machining, final assembly, and operation material support functions. You'll prioritize, assign, and monitor tasks and work assignments to meet the shipment plan, track cell-level key performance indicators (KPIs), maintain visual daily management (VDM), and assist the Factory Manager with problem solving and other continuous improvement activities.

We offer:

  • 1st Shift Schedule (6:00 AM - 2:30 PM, Monday-Friday) with occasional overtime and Saturday coverage as business needs require


  • Professional onboarding and training options


  • Powerful team looking forward to working with you


  • Career coaching and development opportunities


  • Health benefits


  • 401(k)


In this role, a typical day will look like

  • This position operates on a 1st shift schedule (6:00 AM - 2:30 PM, Monday-Friday) and requires flexibility to support occasional overtime and Saturday operations based on business needs.


  • Prioritizing and assigning resources to complete production and shipment objectives consistent with the organization's quality, compliance, regulatory, and cost requirements.


  • Monitoring cell output on a regular pitch and facilitating workflow to eliminate delays and ensure production and shipping schedules are met.


  • Maintaining cleanliness and safety of the work area, ensuring proper handling of tools, equipment, and stock to prevent loss of capacity and materials.


  • Coordinating with other department team leaders and supervisors to meet required shipment dates.


  • Assisting with training and providing ad hoc on-the-job training when appropriate.


  • Ensuring quality of orders by interpreting blueprints, travelers, and established methods and procedures.


  • Partnering with Purchasing and the Material Supervisor to maintain and improve design inventories.


  • Promoting a safe work environment by delivering safety training, managing near-miss kamishibai, and other cell audits.


  • Enlisting support from the indirect support team (engineering, purchasing, etc.) to resolve delays in production or delivery schedule.


  • Tracking KPIs at the cell level, maintaining VDM, and following up with associates and action plans to promote accountability across the focus factory.


  • Ensuring sustainment of countermeasures by implementing reinforcing changes to SOP and Standard Work.


  • Assisting the Factory Manager with problem solving and other continuous improvement activities, and providing detailed suggestions for production recovery when required.


  • Reinforcing Veralto Enterprise System culture by sustaining 5S, SOP/Standard Work, and open, constructive communication with associates around the factory's Value Stream Transformation Action Plan.


The essential requirements of the job include

  • Previous experience in a leadership role.


  • Proven leadership ability to influence, develop, and empower employees to achieve objectives with a team approach.


  • Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to meet or exceed assigned deadlines.


  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; self-motivated, self-starter, with a strong sense of urgency.


  • Ability to present complex or difficult messages clearly, concisely, and persuasively.


  • Ability to work under pressure and manage many tasks simultaneously, with strong analytical thinking.


  • Comfortable with change and a willingness to learn, with an excellent work ethic and the ability to perform both independent and team-based tasks.


  • Proficiency with PC, Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel (basic formulas & charts).


  • Experience with MRP, SAP, or ERP systems.


The compensation range for this role is $85,000 - $105,000 USD per year.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.

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