Job Description

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of € 4,8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Supervisor of Production

Appleton, WI

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Reasons you’ll love working here:

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package
• 401K with generous company match
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide
• Tuition reimbursement

Summary

The Production Supervisor provides frontline leadership for assigned manufacturing areas and shifts. This position is accountable for employee safety, product quality, schedule execution, productivity, cost, and team performance. The Supervisor directs daily work, allocates labor and resources, addresses operational issues, develops employees, and ensures compliance with company policies, production standards, and regulatory requirements.

The position collaborates with Safety, Scheduling, Quality, Maintenance, Design, and Human Resources to meet customer, business, and team objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads the assigned production team and provides daily direction, coaching, and operational support.
• Ensures compliance with safety requirements, work procedures, quality standards, company policies, and applicable regulations.
• Sets and executes the production plan and adjusts labor, overtime, equipment utilization, and workflow to address priorities and operating constraints.
• Monitors safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and employee-performance metrics; identifies gaps and drives timely corrective action.
• Communicates production risks, material or resource constraints, schedule impacts, and recovery plans to the Production Manager and appropriate support functions.
• Partners with Quality to contain nonconforming product, resolve quality issues, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Uses structured problem-solving and Lean methods to reduce waste, scrap, downtime, changeover time, and process variation.
• Conducts daily communication meetings, maintains accurate shift reporting, and ensures effective handoffs between shifts.
• Sets clear expectations, recognizes strong performance, and addresses performance or conduct concerns through coaching, accountability, and appropriate corrective action.
• Develops employees through regular feedback, performance reviews, training, and career-development discussions.
• Promotes employee involvement, improvement ideas, standardized work, and consistent practices across shifts and production areas.
• Maintains accurate timekeeping, attendance, production, and manufacturing-system records for the assigned team.
• Participates in employee selection and onboarding and supports the training of new Production Supervisors.
• Represents the assigned shift in production, safety, quality, and continuous-improvement meetings.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of three years of leadership experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead hourly employees and manage safety, quality, productivity, schedule execution, and employee performance.
• Experience interpreting production metrics and using performance data to make operational decisions.
• Effective written and verbal communication, coaching, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and manufacturing systems, including MES or ERP platforms.
• Ability to work the assigned shift and provide coverage outside regularly scheduled hours when required by business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a complex, multi-step manufacturing operation.
• Experience applying Lean manufacturing, root-cause analysis, and structured problem-solving methods.
• Prior experience in a union manufacturing environment.
• Experience with workplace investigations, employee relations, emergency response, or incident management.
• Working knowledge of quality systems, production scheduling, and manufacturing performance reporting.

Physical Demands

• Frequent walking, sitting, standing
• Occasional pushing, pulling and lifting of <50 lbs.
• This job description is not all encompassing, however, is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position.

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.