▷ Manufacturing Supervisor; Functions and Salary

A manufacturing supervisor or production is a member of the staff of a company, who is responsible for supervising that workers carry out production processes efficiently to ensure product quality.

His work involves focus their efforts to coordinate and improve production processes through the supervision and advice to the personnel, which allows the company to improve the levels of reliability, efficiency, quality and optimization of resources and production costs.

Carrying out manufacturing activities efficiently requires that the process be carried out smoothly in each of its stages according to the rhythm and production levels.

Therefore, as a supervisor, you must coordinate the processes to avoid bottlenecks in any way. that will be required to produce in some stages of production and generate safety in other phases of the process.

Being manufacturing supervision is not only limited to monitoring or controlling the manual work of the staff, but also those automated processes carried out by the machinery to guarantee the efficiency of the process and product quality finished.

Job Duties of a Manufacturing Supervisor

• Organize and coordinate the workflow, delegating functions and responsibilities through the schedule of process activities.
• Establish daily, weekly or monthly production goals and objectives and make them known to the workers.
• Supervise and train work teams.
• Provide advice and training to staff.
• Supervise and assist in the training process of new production employees.
• Monitor the proper use of machinery and equipment by staff.
• Apply and analyze the IPERC matrix, "identify hazards, assess risks and apply control measures," in relation to manufacturing processes.
• Supervise and coordinate the maintenance tasks of the machinery on a regular basis.
• Ensure that the production line meets the specifications of the products.
• Identify faults and performance problems in the manufacturing process and correct them.
• Prepare reports on the performance and progress of the manufacturing process and report any eventuality that arises during the process.
• Monitor the performance levels of workers.
• Take the necessary disciplinary and corrective measures in case of breaches or failures committed by workers.
• Ensure proper compliance with hygiene and industrial safety measures.
• Enforce the manual of procedures and policies of the company.
• Apply performance indicators KPI's inherent in manufacturing processes.

Qualities a manufacturing supervisor should have

A manufacturing supervisor must stand out for the following qualities:

• must be a good leader to communicate assertively with the entire work team of the production process and other members of the company.
• He must know self-critical that allows you to identify the improvements you can make in your work as a supervisor.
• He must know working under pressure, in order to efficiently coordinate manufacturing processes, even when production challenges arise.
• Must be proactive, with problem solving skills, oriented to achieve the best possible results.

Job Requirements of a Production Supervisor

• be ing industrialist, Lic. In logistics or any other profession or technical degree to end with the manufacturing process.
• Have minimum verifiable experience.
• Know and apply KPI indicators.
• Manage Microsoft Office programs.
• Schedule availability.

Job field of a manufacturing supervisor

• Production Process Supervisor.
• Quality supervisor.
• Food safety supervisor.
• Operations supervisor.

Average salary of a manufacturing supervisor in Mexico

In Mexico, a manufacturing supervisor earns a monthly salary between $13,000.00 to $14,500.00 pesos, which varies depending on the company and the volume of production.