The posting
NHBB HiTech Division is looking for a 2nd shift supervisor to provide support to our current leadership. This supervisor would be responsible for providing leadership and oversight to the assigned grind lines or highbay areas. Develop Key Performance Indicators and other metrics, analyze data to determine root cause and troubleshoot performance issues. This role is important to demonstrate leadership with assigned employees and building professional relationships at all levels to drive collaboration and influence company success.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Convey goals and expectations clearly to assigned team.
- Proactively provide coaching to ensure employees meeting minimum daily, weekly, and monthly production, quality and safety goals.
- Drive the safety culture of assigned team, ensuring it is an active consideration in all tasks, and the machinery and equipment is maintained to create safe working conditions.
- Establish and review key metrics to assess team's performance.
- Collaborate with departments to ensure clear and timely communication.
- Encourage a culture of continuous improvement, develop solutions collaboratively with key stakeholders, and drive implementation within assigned area.
- Assist in the facilitation of planning for personnel, machines, equipment, and purchasing of supplies/raw materials.
- Oversee assigned production team, including shift staffing, scheduling, task assignment, attendance and performance management, training and professional development.
- Write and conduct formal performance review sessions with every assigned employee in partnership with Human Resources department.
- Support company initiatives and rollout of new strategies and improvement initiatives.
Job Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrated effective communication, coaching and interpersonal skills (verbally or written).
- Accountability for self and team business results and behavior.
- Active commitment to seek out formal professional development and participate in professional growth opportunities and activities.
- Quality and safety minded.
- Ability to independently resolve technical and personnel issues while maintaining production and quality standards.
- Ability to prioritize and continuously adapt in response to dynamic business needs.
- Effectively interface with staff and leadership.
- Strong MS Office skills.
- Ability to motivate others to achieve results, and to coach, counsel and mentor to facilitate professional growth.
- Commitment to provide training to direct reports and peers, as needed.
- Flexible and responsive to the changing needs of the organization.
- Knowledge of bearings and bearing products produced by NHBB.
Education and Experience Required:
- Associate's degree in business, production management, engineering technology or related discipline. The equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- Bachelor's degree in related discipline is preferred.
- Minimum of five (5) years leadership experience in a manufacturing organization.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Prolonged periods of standing, walking, bending, reaching (to inspect or operate machinery).
- Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds at a time (occasionally).
- Be able to access and navigate each department of the organizations' facilities.
Work Authorization: Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or have asylum or refugee status in the U.S. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided.
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New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc. (NHBB) is a leading manufacturer of precision bearings and complex bearing assemblies for the aerospace, defense, medical, dental, and high technology markets. Founded in Peterborough, NH in 1946, our almost 8 decades of success are rooted in our commitment to the safety, health and wellness of our employees, and partnerships with our customers, suppliers and the communities that surround us.
