Senior Production Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Please note : This is an on-site position that requires the selected candidate to work from our Grand Rapids, MI, office. This is not a remote role; we follow a 9 / 80 onsite schedule, where every other Friday is off.

Acron Aviation is a global leader in commercial aviation solutions - designed, engineered, and delivered by a team of passionate innovators redefining what’s possible in flight. From advanced avionics and flight data intelligence to world-class simulation and pilot training, we support aircraft operators and OEMs with the technology and expertise to fly safer, smarter, and more efficiently. Now, with a bold new identity, we’re building on a legacy of aviation excellence - unleashing fresh energy, modern thinking, and a customer-first mindset to meet the demands of today’s rapidly evolving aerospace industry. Welcome to Acron Aviation - where the future takes flight!

Overview

At Acron, our ambition is to relentlessly reimagine and reshape the value chains by which we deliver results to our customers, suppliers, and internal / external stakeholder communities in pursuit of innovations to create safer skies. Acron employees strive to achieve world-class results through our values of always putting our customers first, displaying ownership of our results in line with the founder, moving fast, and speaking candidly. We currently seek a Displays Product Line Manufacturing Supervisor who thrives in complex, cross-functional environments and is highly skilled in the application of Continuous Improvement, Lean, and Team Building processes to achieve our vision. This position is part of the Acron Avionics Business Unit and will be located in Grand Rapids, MI. The role requires the selected candidate to work on site during hours overlapping two shifts.

We are seeking a dynamic Manufacturing Supervisor to lead, develop, and inspire a product line manufacturing team while driving continuous improvement and operational excellence. The ideal candidate is a transformational leader with demonstrated experience in Lean principles and continuous improvement methodologies, adept in using, teaching, and reinforcing SAP-based ERP automation tools, an influential leader of support functions needed to improve manufacturing, and a team builder driven to build cultures of excellence. This role is responsible for ensuring safe, high-quality, and efficient manufacturing flow systems while fostering a culture of accountability, problem-solving, and innovation.

The Manufacturing Supervisor will be accountable for overseeing the daily operations of the production floor, ensuring that manufacturing processes run smoothly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. This role will focus heavily on implementing lean manufacturing principles, identifying and executing cost-reduction strategies, and enhancing labor efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Model servant leadership to inspire, foster, and reinforce the Acron values in the creation of a culture of agility, accountability, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Lead, coach, and develop assembly and technician team members to achieve safety, quality, delivery, continuous improvement, and cost targets to achieve employee engagement, on-time delivery, and EBITDA objectives. Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and safety standards.
• Training and mentoring manufacturing teams in the use and application of SAP. Manufacturing supervisors are accountable for team development and engagement with SAP tools and data.
• Lead daily Gemba sessions to monitor performance metrics, problem-solve variances to goals, and drive corrective actions to achieve product line objectives. Responsible for engaging cross-functional teams, including sales, customer support, engineering, quality, supply chain, finance, and maintenance, to implement corrective actions to issues surfaced in Gemba.
• Champion the development, improvement, and reinforcement of employees and leader standard work for all activities in the assigned product line manufacturing cell. Ensure discipline and rigor in the practice of standard work. Work across product lines to harmonize standard work definitions where applicable.
• Lead process optimization kaizens every week to develop, improve, and continually reinforce quality system and work instruction documentation. Drive employee engagement by involving teams in problem-solving and decision-making.
• Develop, improve, and reinforce the application of performance metric dashboards for all key processes / activities within the assigned manufacturing cell.
• Apply Lean tools and problem-solving methodologies to drive operational transformation. Identify and eliminate waste in processes with a focus on AI and automation where applicable.
• Develop robust capacity modeling for all functions and shifts within assigned manufacturing cells. Ability to manage system capacity to account for SIOP policy setting through cross-training, flexible scheduling, etc.
• Complete job performance reviews, skills enhancements, and provide career development paths for your employees. Perform employee appraisals, recommending merit increases, promotions, or awards, and taking appropriate disciplinary action as necessary.

Required Qualifications

Preferred :