production supervisor
Code 3122.4
The production supervisor (jefe de producción de turno) delivers the daily plant plan: people, quality, pace and shift safety. Use this Job Dictionary profile to floor leadership under the production manager.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- manufacturing processes
- production processes
Skills and competences
- adjust production schedule
- ensure correct goods labelling
- communicate production plan
- communicate schedules to the people concerned
- liaise with managers
- monitor production developments
- control production
- monitor conveyor belt
- coordinate communication within a team
- evaluate employees work
- ensure equipment availability
- ensure safety in the production area
- manage workflow processes
- enhance production workflow
- optimise production
- plan health and safety procedures
- preparar calendario de trabajo del departamento para el personal
- schedule production
- perform resource planning
- implement strategic planning
- follow production schedule
- supervise staff
Transversal competences
- analyse staff capacity
- analyse production processes for improvement
- meet productivity targets
- meet deadlines
- set production facilities standards
- ensure finished product meet requirements
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- report on production results
- plan shifts of employees
- strive for company growth
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- follow company standards
- oversee quality control
- monitor stock level
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What to assess for this role
Assess shift discipline, safety and OEE/volume delivery.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does a production supervisor do?
- Assigns stations, clears deviations and reports shift KPIs to the plant lead.
- Supervisor vs shift lead?
- They overlap; shift lead stresses the time block, supervisor the line or area.
- What to assess when hiring?
- Experience leading operators and safety/quality results.
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences