By Dr. Olaniyi Opanuga, FNIPM, CPMP, CPM, COMP, COM
Production Supervisors oversee, plan, organize and co-ordinate the activities of factory workers while enforcing safety, cGMP, kaizen, FSMS, TPM, 5S, Six Sigma, TQM and other rules, principles, regulations and practices.
Production supervisors are otherwise called first line managers. They lead teams and ensure an efficient and effective departmental and sectional work organization. Whether you get into this role as a graduate trainee, an apprentice, team leader, a machine operator or factory process worker you need special skills and the right qualities to succeed. Production supervisor may come in through other department like store or warehouse, quality, technical, engineering or maintenance.
Suitable positioned in between middle management and rank and file employees as well as translating management decisions and plans into concrete actions require a great deal of emotional intelligence, tact, ability to lead, communicate, advise, guide subordinates and the capacity to ensure timely results and overall effective performance on the factory floor.
What Production Supervisors Do
Generally, they supervise production team(s), systems and processes to achieve production targets. And specifically, they:
A production supervisor should have capacity for sharing experience, providing superior knowledge and general guidance to workers.
The totality of the job role of a production supervisor revolves around ensuring smooth running of production lines to achieve the right quantity and quality of work output.
The production supervisor plays a diverse and key role in manufacturing organizations.
From planning, communicating job expectations, directives or passing instructions to team members, solving factory floor issues, ensuring a hygienic and safe workplace, counseling, monitoring, coaching and disciplining employees to recruiting, selection and providing onboarding orientation, training, troubleshooting and ensuring rules and procedures are complied with the production supervisor represents the management on the factory floor.
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