Shipping Supervisor
Legrand
Operations, People & HR
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Posted on Sep 18, 2025
Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Shipping Supervisor to join the Data Center Power & Control Division Starline Team in Canonsburg, PA. This position will direct the work of, support and supervise a team of frontline employees within a designated area or areas. This role will cover Monday - Thursday, 7am - 5pm ET onsite.
What Will You Do?
- Mentor and coach department employees while maintaining high standards of conduct and leadership.
- Ensure that your team is trained to for success in current roles and can utilize materials properly and effectively; recommend any professional training employees may need.
- Establish and maintain an effective working relationship will all departments, including Quality for engineering updates and employee training.
- Work in collaboration with Line Leads to make sure all lines are running efficiently and following the Legrand Way.
- Direct the departmental work schedule while utilizing various systems and tools, including championing efforts associated with Legrand Way tools.
- Manages employee staffing levels and adjust as needed when last minute call offs occur or priorities change, escalate as needed.
- Ensure that all output meets Legrand standards of safety, quality, productivity, efficiency, 5S and budgetary (tools, scrap, etc.) goals.
- Reporting requirements within the department and any other requests from management.
- Evaluate candidates and make recommendations for hiring decisions while managing staffing levels.
- Identify performance opportunities and make recommendations for improvement for individuals while ensuring implementation of those improvements.
- Work all shifts and departments and take part in OT rotation as needed.
- Maintain high employee morale.
- Write and deliver performance appraisals and make recommendations for merit increases.
- Cross train to work in other functional departments of the plant.
- Sets the tone for the other supervisors in the value stream with information provided in daily Tier boards/information provided by the Value Stream Manager.
- Mentors more junior supervisors and provides assistance in training as needed.
- Take part in OT rotation.
- Other duties as assigned by management.
Required Skills
Education:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Associates Degree preferred.
Experience:
- 3-5 years of manufacturing experience required.
- Previous experience as a Production Coordinator/Team Lead preferred.
- 5+ years of supervisory experience preferred.
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:
- Ability to run reports, effectively present information and respond to questions.
- Ability to learn Shop-Trak, Syteline and other systems - CloudSuite.
- Ability to use MS Outlook, Word and Excel proficiently.
- Ability to coordinate a team and implement departmental initiatives.
- Able to run a forklift and pallet jacks.
- Ability to read engineering drawings, BOMs and Travelers.
- Working knowledge of quality control systems and inventory flow / control.
- Skilled at multi-tasking, prioritizing and great organizational skills.
- Capability to identify, write, and perform corrective action issues.
- Exposure to Lean Manufacturing Concepts preferred.
- Process timesheets.