Manufacturing Supervisor - Assembly

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Libertyville, IL, USA
In-Office
70K-75K Annually
Mid level
Cloud • Information Technology
The Role
Supervise assembly production staff and daily departmental activities to meet safety, quality, production, and efficiency targets. Coordinate schedules, materials, manpower, and support teams; resolve production and employee issues; enforce policies; reduce process variation; drive continuous improvement; and support manufacturing projects. Train and develop employees while maintaining positive team relationships and ensuring products meet established quality standards.
Summary Generated by Built In
AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.
 
At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard. We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD. 
 
We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived. 
 
We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD. 

As a Manufacturing Supervisor for Assembly, you will oversee, direct and lead the production staff to achieve production targets while maintaining a safe and efficient operation and producing products to meet AHEAD’s established quality standards.  

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Supervise and lead the production team, ensuring that safety, quality, and production targets are met.
  • Oversee all immediate departmental activities and carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with company policies and procedures and applicable laws. 
  • Work conjointly with other manufacturing supervisor(s) and provide assistance throughout the manufacturing department 
  • Effectively drive continuous and quality related improvements. 
  • Actively engage in project management responsibilities and support a wide range of production group projects. 
  • Resolve employee issues, ensure positive employee relations and promote and enforce all company policies fairly and consistently. 
  • Analyze and solve problems or assist other team members in finding solutions. 
  • Reviews production schedules, material and manpower resources and coordinate daily production activities in order to meet business objectives. 
  • Informs assigned employees of production and material problems and coordinates with support groups to resolve problems affecting schedules. 
  • Responsible for achievement of department goals and standards. 
  • Develops and maintains positive peer and leadership relationship. 
  • Direct efforts toward the reduction of process variation while ensuring that manufactured products meet quality requirements. 
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. 

Qualifications

  • Requires a high school diploma or equivalent or 3-5 years in an assembly manufacturing environment. 
  • 1 – 2 years’ experience in a supervisor role preferred.   
  • Ability to manage, train and develop employees. 
  • Ability to resolve conflicts, meet deadlines, manage production activities and effectively multi-task in a fast-paced environment. 
  • Proven experience making day to day decisions that affect the overall quality of products and processes. 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The compensation range indicated in this posting reflects the On-Target Earnings (“OTE”) for this role, which includes a base salary and any applicable target bonus amount. This OTE range may vary based on the candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, and geographic location.  
 
Why AHEAD:
 
Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.
 
We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.
 
USA Employment Benefits include: 
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 
- 401(k) 
- Paid company holidays 
- Paid time off 
- Paid parental and caregiver leave 
- Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details. 
 
Use of AI:
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, assessing responses, or to capture recordings and create transcriptions or summaries during interviews. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans.
 
If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please refer to the Candidate Privacy Notice or contact us at [email protected]. 
 
You may opt-out of the review or analysis of your application and resume by AI tools by using the General Application. Please include the role you wish to apply for in the Additional Information field. You may also choose to opt-out of recording and transcription at any time, including after joining an interview.  Candidates will not be penalized for choosing to opt-out.

Skills Required

  • High school diploma or equivalent, or 3-5 years of experience in an assembly manufacturing environment
  • 1-2 years of experience in a supervisor role
  • Ability to manage, train, and develop employees
  • Ability to resolve conflicts, meet deadlines, manage production activities, and multitask in a fast-paced environment
  • Proven experience making daily decisions affecting product and process quality
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

AHEAD Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AHEAD and has not been reviewed or approved by AHEAD.

  • Retirement Support — 401(k) contributions are matched dollar-for-dollar on the first $5,000 each year, with matching made each pay period and immediate 100% vesting. This structure signals above-standard employer support for retirement savings.
  • Affordable Benefits — Medical options include low employee premiums for PPO and HDHP plans, and the HDHP adds employer HSA funding plus a dollar-for-dollar HSA match up to stated amounts. Dental and vision plans list very low per-paycheck costs, helping keep overall healthcare spend manageable.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — No-cost telemedicine (including virtual mental health when enrolled), free Calm access for the employee and dependents, and an EAP with counseling are included. Company-paid life and disability plus voluntary protections (legal/ID, pet insurance) and other extras round out a comprehensive set of supports.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
1,154 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

AHEAD builds platforms for digital business. By weaving together cloud infrastructure, intelligent operations, and modern applications, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.

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