Job Summary
The Assembly Line Supervisor is responsible for planning, coordinating, and controlling day-to-day assembly line operations to ensure achievement of production, quality, delivery, safety, and cost objectives. The role involves effective utilization of manpower, machinery, and methods, while ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, quality systems, and organizational policies. The incumbent will lead shop-floor teams, coordinate with cross-functional departments, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and maintain high standards of discipline, morale, and operational excellence in an automotive components manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities
Production Planning & Execution
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Understand and execute business and production plans across shift-wise, daily, weekly, monthly, and annual horizons with strong customer focus.
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Carry out micro-level production planning in consultation with the Section Head and senior management to meet output, productivity, and delivery targets.
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Monitor line balancing, cycle time adherence, manpower deployment, and bottleneck elimination.
People Management & Shop-Floor Leadership
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Build strong working relationships with shop-floor operators and team members.
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Counsel employees on absenteeism, leave planning, productivity improvement, discipline, employee involvement, and personal concerns impacting performance.
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Maintain discipline and positive employee morale on the shop floor.
Statutory & IR Compliance
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Ensure compliance with statutory requirements related to working hours, overtime, weekly offs, holiday working, and applicable labor laws.
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Support industrial relations activities including disciplinary procedures, grievance handling, and compliance documentation.
Cross-Functional Coordination
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Communicate operational requirements clearly to Materials, Maintenance, Quality, and HR departments through defined organizational channels.
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Coordinate closely with support functions to ensure timely availability of materials, machine uptime, trained manpower, and administrative support.
Quality, Safety & Systems Compliance
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Ensure adherence to quality standards, SOPs, control plans, and work instructions.
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Monitor and enforce safety practices, housekeeping (5S), and discipline on the shop floor.
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Maintain and update records required for audits and certifications such as IATF 16949, EMS, EHS, and internal management systems.
Reporting & Documentation
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Maintain strong reporting discipline with accurate, timely, and transparent production, manpower, quality, and downtime reports.
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Ensure proper maintenance of statutory, operational, and audit-related records.
