COMPANY OVERVIEW:

DESTACO, a Stabilus Company, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance automation, workholding, and remote handling solutions. The company serves customers in variety of end-markets, including the automotive, life sciences, consumer goods, packaging, aerospace, and nuclear sectors.
Built on a legacy of over 100 years, DESTACO offers a comprehensive portfolio of products to engineer precise movement, placement and control solutions that drive productivity and uptime for manufacturers around the world. The DESTACO family of products consists of industry-leading brands such as DESTACO Manual and Power Clamps, Camco and Ferguson Indexers, Robohand Grippers and CRL Manipulators and Transfer Ports.
DESTACO is based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and operates globally through ~700 employees across 11 locations.
With nearly 90 years of demonstrated expertise, The Stabilus Group is one of the world’s leading providers of motion control solutions for customers across a broad spectrum of industries.
Stabilus, approaching 1.5B EUR in revenue, is headquartered in Koblenz, Germany and employs more than 7,000 team members across 34 locations in 18 countries.
Stabilus SE is listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and included in the MDAX index. www.stabilus.com

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Supervisor assists the Operations Manager in the design of the manufacturing operation for the plant as well as defining the team needed to implement, support and continuously improve the best-in-class manufacturing organization. This includes the coordination and implementation of systems, processes, programs and policies for manufacturing. Integral to the plant is building a collaborative, high performance culture and work team. S/he is responsible for developing and leading a team that meets or exceeds organization goals for customers including safe and effective production processes, on-time delivery, inventory management, and cost reduction initiatives.
The Supervisor reports to the Operations Manager and works closely with the operations team. This position is located in Mount Juliet, TN and requires the ability to travel up to 10% of the time. S/he is responsible for assisting in leading and sustaining operations with the focus on the Machining department. S/he is responsible for directing and coordinating production activities in the machining department to achieve plant goals related to safety, quality, productivity, cost and delivery in a low-volume, high mix plant.
Reporting to the position are Machinists and Team Lead. The Supervisor works closely with the Materials, Assembly and Manufacturing Engineering teams to schedule and produce products that meet or exceed customer expectations.

EXPERIENCE:

• 3-5 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing required; experience in automotive, low volume – high mix environment, and machining environment preferred.
• Experience with ERP system required (Oracle preferred).
• Prior supervision over a machine shop preferred but not required.
• Working knowledge of continuous improvement (CI) practices, including Just-In-Time (JIT), Kanban, and other CI and lean practices a plus.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate’s degree required, Bachelor’s degree preferred

Physical Requirements: (To be met with or without accommodation)

• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds
• Stand 10 hours a day
• Good manual dexterity
• Eye hand coordination and attention to detail
• Ability to bend, twist and turn

EEO STATEMENT – MUST BE PART OF EVERY JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSTING FOR DESTACO US AS A REQUIREMENT OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.
Sunday - Wednesday 8pm - 6:30am with potential for Thursday and/or Friday night

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