The Production Supervisor oversees daily textile manufacturing operations, ensuring production goals, quality standards, safety requirements, and delivery schedules are met. This position leads production employees, coordinates workflow, monitors performance, and supports continuous improvement initiatives. Supervises the assembly of sewing production operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Ability to lead staff to meet production demands by using strong leadership and development techniques.
• Efficiently direct and coordinate sewing manufacturing operations.
• Supervise and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operating sewing machines to manufacture products according to set specifications.
• Manage quality, safety, production, and maintenance of department equipment.
• Monitor inventory and quality control.
• Identify and implement improvements to the sewing process.
• Ensure OSHA and safety requirements are upheld at all times.
• Ability to make good decisions and react accordingly in the event of a production change or emergency situation.
• Determine production and work schedules daily
• Direct and coordinate the work of production workers.
• Verify and approve employees’ time off requests and balance these requests to ensure too many employees are not out at the same time that will hinder production demands.
• Participate in the employee performance review process.
• Assist with recruiting and disciplinary matters.
• Uphold company policies and procedures and conduct a professional and ethical manner at all times.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance and uphold a higher standard in abiding by company policies and procedures.
Education and Experience:
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Five years or more of leadership experience, sewing experience preferred.
• Ability to effectively communicate with employees and supervision.
• Must have a strong sense of urgency, be time driven and highly motivated.
• Ability and desire to improve efficiency and increase capacity.
• Must be skilled in the use of a computer system.
Physical Requirements:
• Ability to efficiently move around production floor to different work stations to check on employees and status of product being manufactured.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend and stoop as needed.
• Must be able to safely and effectively perform the essential functions of this job.