Manufacturing Supervisor

Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, the company's product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments.

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2024 US Best Managed Company, recognized fouryears in a row. For more information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com.

The Manufacturing Supervisor will support the Toledo manufacturing operations with occasional travel required. This position reports directly to the Director of Supply Chain and Operations.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Ensure overall safety of employees by validating that we provide a safe work environment and that employees follow safe work practices.
• Support the quality systems to ensure world-class quality products.
• Manage employees to achieve goals including but not limited to safety, quality and efficiency.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement and ensure teams are focused on their goals.
• Set direction for your team and be accountable for results. Celebrate successes and passionately drive to improve areas of opportunity.
• Maintain ISO 9000 System procedures
• Drive and lead continuous improvement and lean initiatives (5S, Kaizen, Kanban, visual factory...). Be a change agent!
• Troubleshooting and eliminating problems.
• Good at developing plans and breaking them into small milestones that can be managed and tracked.

Background and Experience

• High School Diploma (College Degree preferred).
• Union experience preferred.
• Minimum 3 years supervision experience in similar environment preferred.
• Experienced in successfully utilizing quality tools such as kepner tregoe, KT, and fishbone.

Skills and Attributes

• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to manage multiple activities and priorities
• Excellent written, oral communication, and presentation skills
• Strong customer (internal and external) service orientation
• Integrity, honesty, practicality, consistency, clarity and a constructive bias are all expected
• SAP knowledge preferred

We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you.

At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits which include medical, dental, vision & 401K, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, whether in the lab or the field, consider joining our team.

Solenis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer, including Minorities / Women/ Veterans / Disabled.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Should you require assistance in applying to this opportunity, please reach out to Solenis Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@solenis.com