The Role
The Production Supervisor oversees daily operations on the production floor, ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency while supporting employee growth and resolving issues.
Summary Generated by Built In
Gantri is the first digital manufacturer for design, operating a California-based Digital Factory where technology and craftsmanship come together. We manufacture high-quality, sustainable products on demand with industrial efficiency, enabling designers and brands to move faster with no minimums. Gantri is the most awarded design manufacturer in America.
Your Role:
The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily production floor operations, ensuring safety, quality, efficiency, and team performance across assigned departments. This role serves as the primary link between Production Operators and Management, driving execution of SOPs, supporting employee growth, and ensuring production goals are met.
This role collaborates closely with Production Management, Engineering, QA/QC, Facilities, and HR to maintain smooth, safe, and efficient operations across the factory floor.
Core Duties
- Lead and support daily operations for assigned production teams, ensuring work is completed safely, accurately, and on schedule
- Monitor employee performance, provide coaching, and conduct regular check-ins to support growth and accountability
- Ensure compliance with SOPs, safety protocols, and company policies
- Identify, troubleshoot, and escalate production blockers, quality issues, or equipment concerns
- Address employee disputes, incidents, or injuries and complete required documentation
- Participate in performance reviews and provide feedback on employee performance and readiness for growth
- Serve as a communication bridge between Production staff and Management
- Review and complete employee timecards daily, including overtime notes, missed lunches, and absences
- Conduct daily team check-ins and workplace spot checks
- Monitor dashboards and metrics to track throughput, WIP, yields, and machine status
- Submit or deliver daily production reports to Management
- Coordinate inventory checks and ensure proper receiving and reporting of deliveries
Daily Responsibilities
Required Skills & Competencies
- Strong leadership and people management skills in a production or manufacturing environment
- Ability to interpret production metrics and identify trends or issues
- Clear, professional communication (verbal and written)
- Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
- Working knowledge of SOP-driven manufacturing environments and safety standards
- Valid CA Driver’s License
Experience & Knowledge Requirements
- 2-3 years of experience in a production, manufacturing, or operations leadership role
- Experience supervising hourly employees
- Familiarity with timekeeping systems, production dashboards, and task-tracking tools
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving manufacturing environment
- Comfortable working with Google Suite and other desktop applications
Nice to Have
- A curiosity in 3D printers and how they operate
- Comfortable using Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive) and general computer-based tools (Notion, Slack, etc.)
- Familiarity with using dashboards, metrics, or reporting tools (Grafana, Asana, etc.)
- Prior involvement in performance reviews, coaching, or employee development
Top Skills
Asana
Google Suite
Google Workspace
Grafana
Notion
Slack
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The Company
What We Do
Gantri is a new kind of design manufacturer. We help designers create high-quality, affordable and sustainable modern designs and sell directly to consumers. Our secret? Manufacturing products on-demand using cutting-edge 3D printing and innovative plant-based materials.
Since launching lighting in 2017, we've collaborated with some of world's best designers, studios and brands, including Ammunition, Dims and Muka Design Lab. We’re the winner of Time’s Best Inventions 2020, Fast Company’s Most Innovative in Design 2020, Gear Patrol’s Top 100 Products of 2020, Architectural Digest’s Cleverest Awards 2020 and many other awards.
