Manufacturing Senior Supervisor (Tonawanda, NY)

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 wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

As a Manufacturing Senior Supervisor, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative 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 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 issue seven days/week, twenty-four hours/day.

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

• High School Diploma/GED and Ten (10) years of manufacturing experience in a private, public, government or military environment.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) and five (5) years of direct supervisory experience in a private, public, government or military environment.

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

• Master’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Demonstrated track record of delivering results in a cross-functional environment
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication Skills (oral, written and presentation)
• Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing Manufacturing Supervisors as well as peers and ability to influence higher levels of the organization.
• Experience leading complex improvement projects in manufacturing.
• Experience leading teams in a union facility.
• Skills include leadership, understanding and driving culture change and impact on results.

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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