Production Supervisor, Personal Protection
Avient Corporation
Greenville, NC
Job Description The Production Operations Supervisor is responsible for producing high quality Dyneema products in the most cost-effective manner and according to the production plan, while maintaining excellent safety, human relations, and environmental standards. The Production Supervisor is responsible for creating and maintaining a culture of continuous improvement, first time right throughout the entire operation of their assigned team/shift and in alignment with vision and goals of the site. This person also has operational responsibilities for the effective management of labor, productivity outputs, quality control, and safety measures as established by AVIENT. Success in the Production Supervisor role will be highly dependent on the leadership skills of the person that serves in this position. They will supervise the overall production operations and support their team in achieving performance goals by providing strong leadership. Their leadership should focus on safety, maintaining quality standards, implementing standardized work processes, and levering manufacturing best practices. In addition, they should promote a culture of ownership and accountability across the shift. The Production Supervisor must be able to engage and develop their team members by setting clear expectations, providing individualized feedback, and successfully managing the performance of their team. Responsibilities Essential Duties & Responsibilities Safety, Security & Health of All Employees
- Show behavior in line with the SHE and Security risks and agreed controls, including being compliant to AVIENT requirements, rules and procedures.
- Assures that all employees follow established occupational safety rules, housekeeping, Hazmat regulations, and SOPs.
- Conduct safety incident reporting, corrective action responses, and documenting observed risks.
- Abides by and enforces Avient procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of: employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of intellectual property limited to a “need to know” only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or AVIENT property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of Avient property and keys.
- Champion sustainability by promoting a “reduce/reuse/recycle” philosophy within their team.
- Provides leadership to assigned employees by performing the following: leading organizational change; developing and empowering employees; cultivating relationships; putting employees in a position to succeed, meeting their personal career goals while also achieving organizational goals; building effective teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals; driving engagement and creating a climate where employees are motivated to do their best.
- Prepares performance reviews for all employees and evaluates personnel performance according to performance management process. Provides feedback for continuous improvement. Holds employees accountable and applies discipline process as required. Assists in hiring staff as needed. Maintains a work environment that fosters teamwork and supports the company's continuous improvement process.
- Focus on employee growth, development and future performance through ongoing conversations, coaching & succession planning with your team.
- Train new employees or current employees in new skills or retraining, to include Safety, Quality, and SOPs.
- Think and communicate clearly – ability to define the desired result of a task and be clear about what you want to see achieved by the end of each milestone.
- Support and drive productivity to meet plant and corporate initiatives, as outlined in the manufacturing plan.
- Responsible for compliance with relevant laws, regulatory requirements, recipes, SOP’s, and other related documentation and activities.
- Make routine rounds of the entire facility to ensure production standards are met through the use of approved operational procedures.
- Actively contribute to Lean, 5S, and Continuous Improvement efforts within the Production area and hold their teams accountable to improvements in the area.
- Active contribution to resolving unplanned deviations. This includes real time documentation and root cause analysis.
- Ensures that production schedule is met by distributing workload in accordance with changing priorities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Evaluates/solves operation problems by reviewing the area of concern, developing potential solutions, technically evaluating or testing the solutions, and preparing summary reports/recommendations for management.
- Be a key player in instituting changes, advocate for and promote the change from within, and implement with your team.
- Provides communication of changes and works to deescalate conflict when necessary.
- Ability to problem solve to remove barriers of change while at the same time creating supports for the change.
- Authorized to approve work permits per details included in DYNPRO SHE DYN 026. If so authorized, employee must maintain necessary refresher training to participate in these activities.
- Operational Excellence Roles
- SAP Roles (as required)
- High school diploma (Required) with at least 3-5 years of experience working in a manufacturing, production, or equivalent military technical experiences / training.
- Bachelor’s degree (Preferred)
- Working knowledge and/or routine use of the business processes and platforms such as:
- Microsoft Office Suite and related Digital Platforms
- Manufex, Operational Excellence and Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP)
- SAP
- Work permitting and work permit software
- SHE requirements and practices
- Relevant SHE assessments and investigation practices
- Management of change and continuous improvement methodologies
- Experience leading a team and developing team members based on team member skill sets, desires for growth and business needs.
- Familiarity with implementing, modeling, following and enforcing safety, health and environment procedures and behaviors.
- Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with support groups and all levels of the organization.
- Strategic planning and organizational skills for short, medium and long term tasks and actions such as planning and ensuring the resources required to execute the production schedule
- Problem solving abilities to be able to quickly assess production issues and establish the best course of action
- Analytical skills to be able to spot issues/deficiencies of varying complexity within the manufacturing process quickly and take appropriate and timely action to rectify.
- Ability to make informed and data driven decisions quickly, at times under pressure
- Effective at time management to complete urgent, short, medium and long term tasks and actions
- Effective communication skills to disseminate information related to site and area goals, expectations, and other pertinent information to ensure understanding by team members
- Ability to compile, analyze, interpret, and update business and production reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis
- Ability to lead, support, drive and effectively communicate change management
- Ability to coach, develop, empower, and hold team members accountable when appropriate
- Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment and understanding of machine controls and instrumentation
- Broad knowledge of production planning processes
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and/or hear. Occasionally required to sit.
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and occasionally handle up to 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities may require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with the exception of high noise areas.
- Proper personal safety equipment needs to be used while performing this job and that equipment is dictated by the plant safety guidelines.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, and risk of electric shock, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents and outside weather conditions.
- Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.
- The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.
Posted 2026-03-09
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