Shift Manager Night Crew

Henkel

Henkel

St. Louis, MO, USA
USD 95k-95k / year
Posted on Feb 19, 2026

What you´ll do

  • Monitor the Sulfonation operations to ensure that it complies with the quality and safety standards.
  • Supervise effective working of production and ensure compliance with all company & local policies to achieve all production objectives and provide appropriate feedback to all employees.
  • Builds safe, clean and positive working atmosphere.
  • Promote safe and healthy production environment and perform safe work practices always.
  • Ensure each member of staff meets the assigned production targets daily. Conduct shift meetings to ensure that staff understand daily objectives and output requirements
  • Identify all issues in team and provide continuous support to all members according to operating standards on everyday basis. Monitor and control processes using visual observation and process data.
  • Develop, analyze and enhance manufacturing methods to assist production requirements.
  • Prepare work instructions, OPL's and Bills of Materials in MRP/SAP system.
  • Provide proper training to staff on their job duties.
  • Cooperate with Cell HPS & Reliability Engineers to develop standards and improve the effectiveness of the activities.
  • Analyze staffing requirements and ensure efficient compliance with production schedules and budget for all production processes.
  • Manage proper staffing level daily by checking sick leaves, forecast employee vacations and unanticipated absences. Expectations
  • Spend above 90% of his/her time on the floor.
  • Become a technical expert for a designated process. Qualify on all basic operating roles.
  • High energy, drive for change, not satisfied with status quo.
  • Strive on making the change in performance.
  • Is willing to make difficult decisions when performance is not improving.
  • Team player.

What makes you a good fit

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing or Production Engineering from an accredited institution.
  • Two (2) years of Manufacturing supervisory experience
  • Good communication and presentation skills.
  • Position interacts with all levels in the organization from laboratory employees to legal, to corporate executives.
  • In addition, position will interact with external parties including government officials as required.
  • Capable of being self-managed, prioritizing work and often formulating deadlines for activities and projects.
  • Has solid knowledge in the use and features of the suite of Microsoft packages (especially Access and Excel).
  • Can work with integrated databases and generate neatly formatted numerical and graphical reports.
  • Can communicate (verbal and written) clearly, accurately and effectively in formal and informal settings.
  • Knows how to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with managers and employees at all levels.
  • Able to participate in team projects by contributing ideas that add value and completing team assignments.
  • Remains organized while conducting various activities and coordinates own work efforts to stay on schedule.
  • Recognizes when projects are not meeting expectations and offers recommendations.
  • Can independently arrive at good solutions to simpler problems and works with others to solve more complex problems.
  • Makes well-informed decisions and recognizes the need for new or modified approaches.
  • Designs and complete basic quantitative and qualitative analyses to evaluate and display various types of information and data.
  • Reviews information for accuracy and completeness and draws accurate conclusions from data.
  • Can be counted on to honor commitments and follow through. Builds stable, trusting relationships.
  • Strives for quality and continuous improvement as a way of doing business and consistently demonstrates high ethical standards.
  • Manages time and effectively balances multiple competing priorities while setting challenging and aggressive goals.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

  • Health Insurance: affordable plans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
  • Work-Life Balance: Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybrid work policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
  • Financial: 401k matching, employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares, annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
  • Family Support: 12-week gender neutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertility support, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderly care, and scholarships
  • Career Growth: diverse national and international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skills development courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary for this role is $95,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.

JOB ID: 26092121

Job Locations: United States, MO, St. Louis, MO

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