Casting and Molding Supervisor

Key Responsibilities

• Effectively manage day-to-day performance of the manufacturing team
• Effectively coordinate the fulfillment of manufacturing orders and team priorities
• Generate Team Performance Reports with a strong understanding of KPI
• Delegate and effectively manage stock requirements for order fulfillment
• Responsible for the maintenance of an effective working space, maintain and implement effective systems for a clean, regulatory compliant environment
•  Experience with:
• casting silicone and use of fiberglass molds (3-4 years)
• trimming and finishing silicone, painting skills specifically silicone painting (3-4 years)
• Platinum silicone and small batch casting, low pressure injection, gravity fed molds (3-4 years)
• training & coaching employees with the above skill sets
• Understanding of different casting material suppliers within the USA
• Experience managing a mold room, best practice, health and safety standards and stock counting.
• Exposure to 3D printing preferred
• Ability to run QC documentation and sign off on high-end products.

Ideal Candidate

Performance & Growth

• Accountable for the qualitative and quantitative performance outcomes of the team
• Consistently seeks growth opportunities to address challenges
• Provide feedback to management on operational needs

P&L and Strategic Accountability

• Responsible for the business measures of success (e.g. efficiency targets) and team-level targets in a challenging, sustainable and supportive way
• Gives proactive input on the efficiency of manufacturing process.
• Responsible for the delivery of long-term team performance and consistent improvement
• Sets team-level commitments for the quarter and consistently meets these commitments

Team Performance Management

• Responsible for each member of the team
• Consistentlyseeks out challengesand trainings required for improvement
• Creates structures for support and coaching
• Gives clear and constructive negative and positive feedback to direct reports
•  Is a coach and an effective leader when supporting their team through challenges
• Manages each team member’s performance and contributions
• Confidently and skillfully supervises team performance

Leadership

• Motivates and inspires direct reports
• Effectively communicates the company goals and how the team plays an integral role
• Effectively articulates impact of investment decisions on the team and the business
• Participates in and facilitates team discussions
• When leading through challenging situations, remains resilient and gritty and leads their team to do the same
• Creates a strong team culture and morale

Data Interpretation

• Interprets data and performance assessments to optimize team member performance and existing processes
• Confidently uses performance assessments and data, making clear what happened, why it matters, what we are going to do about it and by when
• Flags errors or mistakes in data/outcomes

Process & System Improvement

• Understands the process flow within the team
• Proactively identifies potential areas for experimentation in pursuit of team/company goals
• Identifies where processes are not performing and approaches solving these challenges with a ‘creator’ mindset 
• Is responsible for communicating these ideas to managers effectively

Project and Program Ownership

• Executes well-defined initiatives to solve identified problems in an agile way
• Ensure that the team’s needs are well represented and the team is informed and up-to-date 

Schedule:

• Full Time: M-F 9:00am – 5:00pm

Compensation:

• Salary + Annual Bonus