Production Sewing Supervisor

The Sewing Supervisor is responsible for coordinating and planning the activities of the Sewing Machine Operators, ensuring that the team is performing at a high level and reaching daily quotas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the main supervision of sewing machine operators
• Review the factory loading schedule daily and plan production accordingly
• Review the approved production sample and specifications before beginning production for each released purchase order
• Calculate how many sewing machine operators are required – based on 100% efficiency, per operation, and per style on orders cut and bundled in order to meet daily quotas
• Assign the appropriate operators with matching skills to appropriate tasks
• Responsible for training and providing instruction to sewing machine operators in department
• Follow through with training for each operator to ensure they have a clear understanding of how to perform the operation with acceptable efficiency and quality
• Regularly update operators on how many units per hour and per day is required for 100% efficiency
• Advise Manager of Production when operators are performing at acceptable levels to be timed (if at a temporary rate)
• Review payroll daily to measure both efficiencies and inefficiencies
• Review low performers and work with them to create action plans for improvement
• Perform quality checks on each operator in your department throughout the day
• Ensure all quality issues are being addressed and make corrections for improvement
• Provide a safe environment within department and manufacturing floor
• Communicate core values to team