Production Supervisor - Markle, United States - NOVAE LLC

Description

Job Description

Founded in 1995, Novae started making trailers in January 2001 with the idea to offer quality products with great service, deal fairly with people, and recognize that suppliers, employees, community and customers are all important to success. Our purpose is to create opportunities for people to make their lives better and to leave a legacy of positive impact.

Headquartered in Markle, IN, Novae is one of the fastest-growing and most respected trailer manufacturers in North America, operating 12 distinct brands including Sure-Trac, H&H Trailers, CAM Superline, Trailerman, ITI Cargo, Midsota, Mirage Trailers, and LOOK Trailers. Novae has grown both organically and through acquisitions to become the second largest trailer manufacturer in North America. Novae currently has more than 1,200 employees, 22 manufacturing facilities across 9 states and maintains an active dealer network of more than 1,100 partners.

Our company is driven strongly by growth and a set of core values the leadership team emphasizes: Embracing and Driving Change, Service-Minded, Strong Character, Self-Discipline, Accountability, Work Ethic.

In December 2021, Brightstar Capital Partners ("Brightstar"), a private equity firm focused on partnering with families, founders, entrepreneurs, and management teams, completed its acquisition of Novae LLC in partnership with the Company's two founders and senior management team. Under Brightstar's ownership, Novae has already grown significantly in size and is poised to continue to grow.

As the business continues to reach toward our next level of organizational maturity, we are looking for an experienced and highly talented candidate to join the company as the Production Supervisor.

The full job description for the Production Supervisor is below:

Job Summary: Supervisors oversee the manufacturing process by leading staff and production processes to ensure the production of quality product in an efficient and safe manner.

Essential Functions

• Maintains staff by assisting in the screening, interviewing and selection of production employees
• Communicates job expectations, company mission statement, and manufacturing goals to employees upon hire
• Ensures new hires receive training on established policies and procedures
• Coaches, counsels, and disciplines employees to adhere to system policies and procedures
• Builds rapport with team members and provides both formal and informal feedback
• Resolves personnel problems by investigating issues, identifying solutions, and recommending action
• Tracks and maintains quality issues involving trailers
• Reports on manufacturing performance by looking at key performance data
• Maintains work flow by monitoring steps of the process, personnel, and equipment
• Creates weekly production schedules and revise such schedules as needed
• Creates, revises and implements systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, budgets and personnel requirements
• Follows up with systems and procedures to ensure adherence
• Creates corrective action from route-cause analysis as needed if team members fail to comply to procedures
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge
• Tracks absenteeism and timekeeping
• Assists in other areas as needed and perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree preferred but not required OR experience in the management field
• Bilingual (Spanish and English speaking) preferred
• Experience with welding robotics, Fanuc preferred.
• Strong computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Visual
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Managerial and leadership skills
• Highly motivated

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance (Employee, Spouse and Children)
• 401(k) contribution after 30 days + company match on first 3%
• Weekly Accrued PTO
• Company Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Annual Steel Toe Boot Reimbursement Program

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Novae LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Novae LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.