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Job Title: Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift
Location: West Chicago
Job Type: On-Site (Mon - Fri (9:00pm - 5:30am)
Reporting to: Production Manager
Director Reports: 30-32
Company Overview: FXI is a leading producer of foam innovation in the Bedding, Furniture, Industrial, Home & Office, Healthcare, and Transportation markets. We have made it our mission to provide tailored solutions that delight our customers and consumers. With our corporate headquarters, high-tech research and development facility, and multiple manufacturing locations in North America, FXI has built a culture of innovation and achievement that is recognized by customers, suppliers and peers. Our products include finished goods, sub-assemblies, services, and raw materials for OEMs, fabricators, and retailers. You will find FXI's foam innovations inside, around, and under yourself in countless applications. Everywhere foam goes, FXI's innovations lead the way! Won't you join us?
Position Overview: The Third Shift Production Supervisor is responsible for leading all mattress manufacturing operations during the third shift while ensuring the highest standards of safety, quality, productivity, housekeeping, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction. This role provides direct supervision and leadership to production associates, leads, material handlers, and other assigned personnel.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Safety Leadership: • Lead shift safety activities and enforce FXI safety policies and procedures. • Conduct daily safety discussions and reinforce required PPE compliance. • Immediately investigate accidents, near misses, unsafe conditions, and safety concerns. • Ensure all associates follow safe work practices and equipment operating procedures. • Maintain a clean, organized, and hazard-free work environment. • Support plant 5S, housekeeping, and showroom-ready expectations.
Production Management: • Lead daily production operations to achieve production schedules and customer requirements. • Monitor hourly production performance and implement corrective actions when targets are not achieved. • Coordinate staffing and work assignments to maximize labor efficiency. • Manage production flow through mattress assembly, packaging, staging, and shipping preparation processes. • Support product changeovers and schedule adjustments with minimal downtime. • Review work orders, production reports, and inventory transactions for accuracy.
Quality Management: Second Shift Production Supervisor – Mattress Manufacturing | FXI Coldwater, MS • Ensure products are manufactured according to customer specifications and established quality standards. • Verify proper use of work instructions, SOPs, and quality procedures. • Investigate quality concerns and implement corrective actions. • Work closely with Quality and Engineering teams to address defects and customer complaints. • Drive first-pass yield improvements and defect reduction initiatives.
Team Leadership: • Supervise, coach, develop, and motivate assigned employees. • Conduct daily shift meetings and communicate key operational priorities. • Monitor attendance and workforce performance. • Document performance issues and partner with Human Resources on corrective actions when necessary. • Support employee training, cross-training, onboarding, and skill development. • Promote a positive, accountable, and team-oriented work environment.
Operational Excellence: • Drive continuous improvement activities focused on productivity, waste reduction, and process improvement. • Monitor labor utilization and efficiency metrics. • Identify opportunities to improve workflow, reduce downtime, and increase throughput. • Support Lean Manufacturing, 5S, Kaizen, and operational excellence initiatives. • Participate in root cause analysis and corrective action activities.
Inventory and Material Control: • Ensure proper material handling and inventory management practices. • Monitor raw material consumption and minimize material waste. • Verify accurate production reporting and inventory transactions. • Coordinate with Warehouse and Planning teams to ensure uninterrupted material flow.
Equipment and Maintenance Coordination: • Communicate equipment issues promptly to Maintenance. • Assist in prioritizing maintenance activities to minimize downtime. • Support preventative maintenance efforts and equipment reliability initiatives. • Ensure operators properly inspect and utilize equipment.
Administrative Responsibilities: • Complete production reports, attendance records, disciplinary documentation, and performance tracking reports. • Maintain accurate shift communication logs. • Participate in daily operational meetings and provide shift performance updates. • Support audits, customer visits, and operational reviews as required.
Education and Experience:
Required: • High School Diploma or GED. • Minimum 3 years of manufacturing leadership experience. • Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment. • Experience managing production teams in a fast-paced operation.
Preferred: • Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations Management, Engineering, or related field. • Mattress, bedding, furniture, foam, or assembly manufacturing experience. • Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement experience.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: • Strong leadership and people management skills. • Excellent communication and coaching ability. • Ability to lead multiple priorities simultaneously. • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills. • Working knowledge of lean manufacturing principles. • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. • Experience with ERP/MRP systems preferred. • Ability to analyze production metrics and drive performance improvements. • Strong organizational and time management skills.
Physical Requirements: • Frequent walking, standing, bending, and climbing throughout manufacturing areas. • Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. • Ability to work around manufacturing equipment, moving machinery, forklifts, and material handling equipment. • Ability to work extended hours as operational requirements demand.
Work Environment: The work environment consists primarily of a manufacturing and warehouse setting. Employees may be exposed to noise, moving mechanical equipment, forklifts, varying temperatures, and production-related hazards. Appropriate PPE must be worn at all times.
West Chicago-Specific Focus Areas: • Mattress assembly and packaging throughput. • OEE improvement. • MUV control. • Housekeeping and 5S execution. • Daily accountability for production targets. • Shift-to-shift communication. • Maintaining a showroom-ready operation throughout the shift.
Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce: FXI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. FXI does not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or based on any individual’s membership in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We support workplace diversity. We strongly believe that diversity contributes to a broader collective perspective that will consistently lead to a better company and better products. We are working hard to increase the diversity of our team wherever we can.
We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.
FXI is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at FXI via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of FXI. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by FXI as a result of the referral or through other means.
