Store Supervisor

Our client in the furniture manufacturing industry is looking for a Store Supervisor with strong leadership skills to join their team!

Skills required:

• Multi-tasking
• Leadership
• Motivation
• Organizational skills
• Effective communication

Key Performance Areas (KPA’s)

1. Carry out policies passed down from the level above

• Adhere to superiors’ requests
• Implement and maintain workflow principles according to layouts and tandem cutting principles.

2. Plan short-range action steps to carry out goals set by the level above

• Oversee subordinate duties (Internal Logistics, Framing, Mechanism Assembly, Upholstery, and Wrapping)
• Organizing B.O.M requirements (components and raw materials for the days’ work)
• Reporting damages/flaws

3. Organizing the workgroup

• Manage Headcount
• Manage overtime
• Daily manning shuffles to accommodate absenteeism
• Meet with subordinates and outline jobs and responsibilities for the day

4. Assign jobs to subordinates

• Monitor subordinate’s performance thru appraisals (Criteria =output, process, manning, and housekeeping).
• Manage subordinates to ensure correct job sequencing, line set up according to job requirements, and line balancing

5. Direct tasks, jobs, and projects

• Attend daily production meeting
• Report issues in your department to your superior
• Correct job cards being followed
• Fast track shortages.
• Control raw material against the Bill of Materials (B.O.M) in all departments
• Ensure stock takes are conducted according to guidelines
• Continuous improvement
• House-Keeping

6. Train subordinates

• Ensuring subordinates are using the correct and most efficient techniques
• Monitoring the subordinate’s techniques and procedures they are utilizing, ensuring efficiency and time-saving techniques are being utilized
• Any employees/subordinates not following the correct techniques/procedures must be given or sent for further training

7. Enforce rules ?? Policies and Procedures

• Disciplinary action must be taken in accordance with the disciplinary code
• Control Late coming and timekeeping
• Correct culture and ethos of Calgan being adhered to
• Health and safety codes being followed/fire drills
• Reporting problems or deviations immediately

8. Lead and motivate subordinates

• Work closely with subordinates and set an example for them to follow
• Motivate subordinates to better their outputs
• Maintain discipline and respect

9. Develop group cohesiveness

• Ensure subordinates are familiar with one another, in order to create a good work culture within the group dynamic
• Dealing with the personal issues of the subordinates and alleviating conflict as much as possible

10. Solve routine daily problems

• Identify daily issues and propose solutions
• Delegate responsibility to meeting daily requirements
• Ensure sustainability of the solutions to the problems
• Report major issues to superiors

11. Control and evaluate the performance of subordinates and the department

• Monitoring subordinate’s effectiveness
• Keep track of performance and manage deadlines
• Identifying the subordinates who produce more and or better-quality products
• Monitoring the efficiency and effectiveness of your subordinates and department

12. Conduct performance appraisals

• Monitor subordinate effectiveness and give feedback (positive or negative)

13. Discipline subordinates

• Issue warnings when needed
• Stop negative trends/actions immediately
• Report negligence to superiors
• Keep track of problem subordinates and take action (according to the guidelines set out by the disciplinary code)