Assistant Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

Who We Are

Alene Candles LLC & Midwest is a private label, contract manufacturer that produces high-quality candles for some of the world’s most recognized retail, boutique, and cosmetic brands. With our headquarters in New Hampshire and locations in Ohio, we’ve been in business for over 25 years. We are passionate about making the best products in the world, making safety our number one priority, and being an insanely great place to work. We have been selected as a "Best Company to Work For" in 2020 and 2021 and 2023 Business of the Year for Manufacturing.

The Position

Alene Candles is seeking an Assistant Production Supervisor for 1st shift. The Assistant Supervisor is responsible for pack out and pour end on the manufacturing floor. You will set the example for respectful leadership and cooperation and assists in motivating employees to achieve work goals.

The Hours
This position works Monday-Thursday, 5:00 am-3:00 pm.

During our busy season, we anticipate there being some overtime available. We work 1-2 Fridays a month depending on customer demand during this period. Busy season is typically August-December but is subject to change based on production needs.

The Location

We are located at 51 Scarborough Lane, Milford, NH. This position is onsite.

Who We Are Looking For

You must have extensive hands-on experience in Manufacturing Operations, excellent people skills combined with solid technical knowledge. You will have a focus on safety, quality, productivity, cost reduction, continuous improvement and 5S. You will be responsible for 5S and continuous improvement activities on their respective lines and will provide support for department and site 5S and continuous improvement efforts.

Additional Job Details

• Insures a safe work environment by communicating safety requirements, auditing, tracking and providing feedback and corrective actions to employees and management. Participate in safety meetings/evaluations.
• Supervises teams of employees in a process environment in the manufacturing of candles and home fragrance products.
• Will be expected to be a team member of the supervisory and management staff; chairing meetings, offering opinions, supporting initiatives and treating co-workers with respect.
• Will establish and/or participate in the creation of schedules and insure timely completion of commitments. Will be responsible for early detection of barriers to achieving schedule and providing work arounds and solutions. Will establish priorities; monitor progress; revise production schedules; resolve problems and report results on shift production.
• Work with engineering to establish efficiency standards and measures performance to targets, tracks, reports, conducts root cause analysis, and corrective actions to maintain and improve efficiencies. Will be challenged with improving efficiencies of line production.
• Will organize and conduct skills assessments and coordinate training to promote learning and address gaps in capabilities. Cross training will be a key component.
• Will be accountable for the accurate accounting of materials while in the care of manufacturing and the timely return of those materials to stores if not consumed in the packing process.
• Will collect data, craft metrics, monitor trends and report to management on the health and well-being of manufacturing.
• Will work with the pack out leads as well as the wax department to ensure smooth start-ups and shut downs.
• Will be responsible for conducting carry over meetings between shifts to ensure critical and pertinent information is passed between shifts.
• Will be responsible to communicate equipment issues to maintenance and monitor timely completions of repairs and improvements.
• Maintains product quality. Work to identify defects and provide root cause and corrective actions as required.
• Creates and revises systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and personnel requirements. Goal is to streamline and sustain change.
• Responsible for evaluation and updating of work order closure and work order reports.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of 5S. Conducts 5S audits and communicates issues and corrective actions to teams. Will be the 5S champion in manufacturing. Expectations are to constantly be observing and promote changes and improvements and sustain 5S.
• Consults with the Manufacturing Supervisor and Manufacturing Manager and Human Resources to resolve personnel and staffing issues. Evaluates, develops and disciplines employees.
• Conducts all operations in accordance with state and federal laws, good business ethics, company policies, principles and procedures under the direction of the Plant and Manufacturing Managers.
• Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action.
• Manages and develops strong leadership skills in line leaders and key production staff.
• Other duties as assigned by the Manufacturing Supervisor.
• Ensure that all people throughout line are rotated systematically for cross training purposes as well as safety and ergonomic reasons
• Knowledge and ability to operate various machines
• Ability to communicate equipment issues to maintenance & supervisors
• Effective verbal & written communication skills to deliver valuable teamwork (must understand English language)

Requirements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Production Management, Business Administration, or equivalent degree and 3-5 years manufacturing experience
  OR

• Associates Degree in Production Management, Business Administration, or equivalent degree and 5+ years manufacturing experience and/or training
  OR

• High School Diploma or GED and 7+ years of manufacturing experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous supervisory experience highly desired. Solid coaching, mentoring, and motivation skills; must be able to foster an environment of mutual respect and professionalism on all levels
• Experience with 5S, poke-yoke implementation, and Kaizen events
• Solid coaching, mentoring, and motivation skills; must be able to foster an environment of mutual respect and professionalism on all levels
• Ability to understand capacity planning and have a vision for plant layout and workflow
• Not afraid to adopt a hands-on approach to learn (and perfect) assembly techniques
• Action-oriented individual with a strong emphasis on closure and implementation
• Mathematical skills and computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Bilingual in Spanish or Khmer a bonus

Benefits

Alene offers a host of competitive benefits for full-time employees, some of which include: Medical, Dental, and Vision with a Healthcare Reimbursement Account, 401(k) with company match, Basic Life Insurance (100% company paid), Employee Assistance Program, Flexible Spending Account, Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off, Voluntary PTO Donation Program, Tuition Reimbursement and “Alene Gives Back” – our paid volunteer program.

Alene Candles provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Should you require assistance completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact recruitment@alene.com or call 603-673-5050 and ask to speak to Human Resources. We will make every effort to accommodate your needs in a reasonable amount of time.