Job Description:

Sr Supervisor

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Senior Supervisor you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Creating a world class safety culture.
• Utilizing the Enterprise Excellence Principles.  Leading employees through a culture of respectful behaviors creating teamwork.
• Determining staffing and prioritization to ensure service to customers.
• Implementing the LEAN execution model and supporting organizational transition in which all employees are problem solvers.
• Having a continuous improvement mindset with a heavy focus on safety, productivity, and employee relations.
• Engaging your team to align to the strategic plan.
• Available to respond to operational issues seven days/week, twenty-four hours/day.
• Leading and mentoring a diverse and talented operations team.
• Championing a strong culture that delivers high EHS performance and is consistently demonstrated as the first priority.
• Driving consistency and accountability regarding all policies, procedures and expectations throughout the production organization using principle-based leadership. 
• Developing operator skills and engagement by ensuring alignment, diversity and inclusion, Inside Out Coaching, encouraging problem solving and recognition of performance.
• Collaborating with the Ops Manager, POL, Supply Chain, and Plant Lean Value Stream Manager to understand strategy and execute improvement efforts.
• Catalyzing continuous improvement in production quality and factory cost through application of 3M’s Lean Manufacturing System, Value Stream Improvement planning, Lean Six Sigma, and Entitlement Thinking.
• Coordinating operating activities so that products are manufactured on schedule, within quality standards, and shipped on time. Maintaining customer focus through prompt complaint resolution, corrective action, and effective interactions with the business team. Responding to customer-focused value stream feedback and optimizing logistics.
• Continuously improving daily tier processes, daily accountability boards, standard work, visual controls, material flow, and inventory accuracy.  Encourages plantwide participation in continuous improvement suggestion activities.  
• Actively participating in relevant corporate lean programs/initiatives including leveraging the 3M Execution Model and Kaizen execution.
• Implementing technology such as data automation, digital tier, Dozuki and new processes to improve operational efficiency.
• Working knowledge of SAP with experience as a Plant Execution (PE) leader.
• Willingness to be available and at times on-call to support 24/7 continuous operations.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Five (5) years of supervisory experience in a leadership position in a private, public, government or military environment.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering/business or related field from an accredited institution
• Lean Six Sigma Training
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
• Seven (7) years of supervisory experience in a leadership position in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Experience in implementing Lean Manufacturing
• Skills include ability to develop people and build a culture of trust and cooperation
• Excellent verbal and written skills

Work location: On-site Hartford, IN

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation Assistance: Not authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $119,076 - $145,537, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

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Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.

Our approach to flexibility is called Work Your Way, which puts employees first and drives well-being in ways that enable 3M’s business and performance goals. You have flexibility in where and when work gets done. It all depends on where and when you can do your best work.

Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

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