Manufacturing Supervisor

Ruggable · Chicago, IL

Company

Ruggable

Location

Chicago, IL

Type

Full Time

Job Description

About Ruggable:

Ruggable is a Los Angeles-based, venture-backed, rapidly growing e-commerce startup that is disrupting the $7B rug industry and revolutionizing the market for residential rugs. Our patented 2-Piece Rug System allows you to remove the top layer of your rug and wash it in your home washing machine, offering an affordable, stylish and convenient solution for young families, pet owners, and busy individuals. We're a small, entrepreneurial team with big ambitions. We have a strong brand, established traction, and amazing advisors fueling our steady growth. This is an opportunity to get in at the ground floor and solve for complex challenges, while charting your own career.

Job Summary: The Production Supervisor, along with the Production Manager, directs and manages all plant production operations while also driving continuous improvement and optimization of production operation processes. The Supervisor role is a critical function in plant operations in meeting safety, quality, fulfillment and cost targets. This is an A-Shift opening (M-Th, 5:30am - 5pm).

What You’ll Do: 

  • Oversees activities of rug production including rug cutting, sewing, quality inspection, packaging, and fulfillment
  • Establish operational procedures (SOPs) for all production operations for continuous process improvement
  • Become an expert on all parts of the production process and help out as needed
  • Train, coach and schedule production operators
  • Confer with department heads to ensure coordination of production activities with other functions such as warehouse, printing operations, replenishment
  • Manage hours for cost per rug and prepare work orders for repairs and requisitions for replacement of equipment
  • Participate in planning personnel safety and plant protection activities while driving plant safety culture
  • Audit 6S of production floor and hold employees accountable for their areas of responsibility
  • Allocate resources effectively, fully utilize assets to produce optimal results, and trigger corrective actions when necessary
  • Prepare monthly reports by developing, collecting and analyzing production data to reduce inefficiencies and increase throughput without reducing quality

What You’ll Need to Have:

Required:

  • Ability to work our A-shift schedule from 5:30am to 5:00pm Monday through Thursday
  • Proven work experience as a Production Lead/Supervisor; managerial experience a must
  • 3+ years of experience in manufacturing field and supervisory experience required
  • Strong sense of ownership in your work
  • Ability to use data to generate actions that positively impact production outcomes
  • Production Supervisor competencies - training, resource allocation, and “sense of urgency”
  • Strong interpersonal skills, addressing complaints/resolving problems, rewarding/disciplining employees, and appraising performance
  • Ability to create and work in collaborative group environments
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Word, Excel 

Preferred: 

  • Conversational Spanish

Compensation:

$50-65k per year base salary

  • An annual bonus percentage that varies based on level of role
  • Employer matching (up to 3% of base salary) for company sponsored 401K plan

At Ruggable, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages. Ruggable is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We proudly recruit and hire a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.

To all recruitment agencies: Ruggable does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Ruggable employees or any other company destination. Ruggable is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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Date Posted

08/17/2023

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