3M Manufacturing Supervisor Cottage Grove MN 

United States, Minnesota, Cottage Grove 

288308431

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As aManufacturing Supervisorat the Cottage Grove, MN, plant, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Promoting a safe and sustainable working environment through modeling safe behaviors as well as recognizing and resolving safety related problems and being an active member and participating in site Emergency E-squad activities
• Establishing priorities and allocating work assignments in order to meet specific daily production requirements using lean management processes to meet customer expectations
• Monitoring production rates, yields, and quality of products routinely, communicating results to employees and leveraging continuous improvement tools to improve scheduling, quality, and efficiency.
• Leading, coaching and developing employees through direct supervisor, floor presence, monitoring and coaching of production employees, providing recognition, overseeing training completion, policy administration and participating in hiring processes. May include contingent workers.
• Representing plant leadership team through supporting initiatives across the plant, including but not limited to supervision coverage for alternative shifts, being on-call and servicing as a primary plant management representative. This position requires working on a rotating shift(nights/weekends/holidays)—furtherdetails to be provided

Your Skills and Expertise

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

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and a minimum of one (1) year of combined experience working in a manufacturing or production environment in a private, public, government or military setting.

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• High School diploma/GED or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and a minimum of three (3) years of combined experience working in a manufacturing or production environment in a private, public, government or military setting

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

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
• Previous supervisory experience in a union environment
• Experience in one or more of the following: project leadership, team leadership, supervisory, and/or management
• Self-directed and detail oriented
• Good interpersonal, communication, prioritization, organizational skills, and computer skills
• Create, lead and work in a team atmosphere
• Communicate written and verbally clearly and concisely and influence changes with operators as well as other plant employees and management team members
• Identify and resolve process issues
• Produce results through continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean Six Sigma) and provide impact through cost reduction programs, quality improvements, and safety of work environment

- Cottage Grove, MN

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).