Summary:

　　The Manufacturing Supervisor position in Cincinnati, OH is responsible for the production activities and staff on the assigned shift.

　　BILINGUAL CANDIDATES STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

　　Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

　　Coordinate and direct production work flow; ensure quality standards, production efficiencies and timely completion of work orders are met

　　Troubleshoot and resolve problems related to production, and quality issues; maintain a physical presence in the plant

　　Direct supervision of the shift’s manufacturing staff

　　Evaluate and review hourly employee performance

　　Ensure training of shift’s production personnel; update and maintain training documentation

　　Review daily production reports

　　Issue work orders to maintenance; ensure that preventative maintenance is being performed as needed

　　Ensure compliance with all safety and environmental rules and regulations; create and maintain a safe and secure work environment

　　Interact with various departments and personnel, including other shift supervisors, set-up team, and temporary staffing agency (when applicable) to assure production requirements are met

　　Assist with development and maintenance of cost-effective efficiency and quality improvements

　　Assist Management in executing operating strategies and plans, and achieving company goals and objectives

　　Supervisory Responsibilities:

　　This position has direct supervisory responsibilities for the shift’s manufacturing hourly employees

　　Competencies:

　　To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

　　Ability to Execute - Targets and achieves results, sets and accomplishes challenging goals, prioritizes and manages tasks effectively, maintains an organized system to monitor progress, overcomes obstacles, accepts accountability, sets standards and responsibilities, may provide leadership/motivation.

　　Communication - Clearly exchanges thoughts, ideas and messages through written, verbal and non-verbal methods that promote an understanding with the target audience. Creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers engaging presentations, shares information and ideas with others in a timely manner. Listens carefully and attentively.

　　Customer Focus - For both internal and external customers, builds customer confidence, is committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets achievable customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met in a timely manner, solicits opinions and ideas from customers.

　　Decision Making/Judgment - Recognizes problems and responds, systematically gathers information and weights options, sorts through complex issues, seeks input from others, addresses root cause of issues, makes timely and accurate decisions, can make difficult decisions, uses consensus when possible, clearly communicates decisions to others.

　　Demonstrates the WestRock Key Behaviors - Diligent in acting in a manner consistent with the 4 key behaviors: (1) create an environment of respect and trust for our co-workers and customers, (2) empower and engage our co-workers to improve our performance and lower our cost, (3) satisfy our customers every time, and (4) do the right thing for WestRock - always

　　Initiative - Tackles problems and takes independent action, seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development, demonstrates a bias for action without prompting.

　　Leadership - Leads through change and adversity, makes the tough call when needed, builds consensus when appropriate, motivates and encourages others. Holds self and others accountable for performance and achievement of goals. Demonstrates integrity of character.

　　Quality - Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, continuously looks for improvements, finds root cause of problems, owns/acts on problems, seeks opportunities to increase effectiveness and efficiency.

　　Teamwork - Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team/group to meet goals, volunteers for tasks to achieve team goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a team atmosphere, works well with others.

　　Safety Mindset - Promotes a respect for safety, keeps workplace clean and safe, supports safety programs, policies/procedures, takes preventative and corrective action to address potential safety hazards and prevent future injuries, resists temptation to cut corners where safety is concerned, follows all safety related company policies and complies with location specific safety rules, drives safely on and off company property.

　　Qualifications

　　The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

　　Education and/or Experience

　　High school diploma or GED.

　　Language Skills

　　Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. May require the ability to write routine reports and correspondence. May require the ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

　　Mathematical Skills

　　Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

　　Reasoning Ability

　　Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

　　Computer Skills

　　To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of and basic computer skills.

　　Other Qualifications

　　The Manufacturing Supervisor position requires prior supervisory experience or at least five (5) years corrugated industry experience and experience in the operation of the same or similar equipment. Excellent math and communications skills (verbal and written) are also required as are the ability to differentiate colors.

　　WestRock (NYSE:WRK) partners with our customers to provide differentiated paper and packaging solutions that help them win in the marketplace. WestRock's team members support customers around the world from locations spanning North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Learn more at www.westrock.com.

　　WestRock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. WestRock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.