Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor

A strong shop-floor production leader with proven experience managing people, output, quality and daily execution in a high-volume manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate is disciplined, data-driven and hands-on, with the ability to translate production plans into daily results, maintain high standards, and continuously improve productivity, quality and first-time-right performance. This person should be a leader of people and performance, not simply an experienced operator or administrator.

Experience

• 5–10+ years of professional experience.
• At least 3–5 years in a production/manufacturing environment, preferably joinery, doors, furniture, kitchens, closets, wood products, fit-out or a similar industry.
• Proven experience supervising production teams through Team Leaders, Line Leaders or direct operators.
• Experience managing a sizable shop-floor workforce in a high-volume production environment.
• Experience working with daily production targets, production plans, manpower allocation and changing priorities.
• UAE/GCC manufacturing experience is MANDATE.
• Experience in a growing or operationally transforming manufacturing environment is highly desirable.

Leadership Profile

• Strong people manager who can lead Team Leaders and operators effectively without becoming dependent on micromanagement.
• Sets clear daily expectations and holds people accountable for results.
• Creates discipline, structure and ownership on the shop floor.
• Comfortable addressing poor performance, absenteeism, unsafe behaviour and unacceptable quality.
• Builds capable Team Leaders and develops a strong second line.
• Can maintain control and composure under pressure.
• Leads by presence and example, while ensuring the operation does not depend on constant personal intervention.

Production & Operational Capability

• Strong understanding of production planning, manpower allocation, line balancing and capacity utilisation.
• Able to translate the production plan into clear daily and hourly execution targets.
• Strong understanding of productivity, efficiency, downtime, output and labour utilisation.
• Comfortable managing production against measurable KPIs.
• Strong understanding of quality control and first-time-right production.
• Proven ability to reduce rework, rejects, downtime, waiting time and production losses.
• Able to identify bottlenecks and take immediate corrective action.
• Understands the difference between recovering today's shortfall and eliminating the root cause of tomorrow's shortfall.
• Strong root-cause-analysis and problem-solving capability.
• Works closely with Planning, Warehouse, Quality, Maintenance and other functions without shifting responsibility for production performance.
• Strong continuous-improvement mindset.

Performance & KPI Orientation

The candidate should be comfortable being measured through clear operational outcomes, including:

• Production output vs. plan.
• Productivity per person/hour.
• Labour utilisation.
• Production efficiency.
• Capacity utilisation.
• Downtime and lost production hours.
• Rework and rejection rate.
• First-time-right percentage.
• On-time completion of production orders.
• Attendance and manpower availability.
• Safety and housekeeping performance.

The candidate should be able to show examples of measurable improvements achieved in previous roles rather than only describing responsibilities.

Personality & Behaviour

• High ownership — treats production performance as their responsibility.
• Results-oriented — focuses on output and measurable outcomes.
• Structured and disciplined — creates order and follows through.
• Hands-on but not firefighting-dependent — understands the shop floor without becoming the bottleneck.
• Decisive — makes timely decisions with incomplete information.
• Persistent — does not accept recurring production problems as normal.
• High standards — naturally pushes for quality, productivity and discipline.
• Data-driven — uses facts and numbers rather than assumptions.
• Team-oriented — works cross-functionally while retaining clear accountability.
• Calm under pressure — does not become reactive when production is behind plan.
• Coach and developer — improves the capability of Team Leaders and operators.

Pay: AED6,000.00 - AED8,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person