Group Supervisor - Production; PrimeLine

Prime Line – Powered by S&S Activewear

Prime Line, the hard goods division of S&S, brings promotional product distributors top products in the best-selling categories. Backed by high-achieving commercial groups, Prime Line is here to service every need a customer may have.

S&S Activewear is a leading North American, tech-enabled specialty distributor of imprintable apparel, including t-shirts, fleece, athletic wear, headwear, workwear, scrubs, and accessories. We pride ourselves on being the “critical link” that enables our 100+ brand partners such as Adidas, Columbia, and Gildan to reach our hyper‑fragmented base of customers, comprised of apparel decorators, e‑retailers, and promotional products distributors that embellish apparel items for diverse end‑consumer use cases (e.g., everyday wear, concerts, fitness attire, life events, team sports, etc.).

At S&S, we differentiate in the market through a customer service focus, strategic product portfolio, world‑class distribution infrastructure, a collaborative growth culture, and a relentless focus on technology and innovation.

Our success has compounded since the company’s humble beginnings in 1988 as a regional t‑shirt distributor to a leading multi‑billion‑dollar value‑added distribution platform that drives market penetration for our suppliers while enabling the growth, operations, and fulfillment for a diverse range of customers across channels and business sizes.

The Group Supervisor – Production will direct and manage all production department operations with overall responsibility for production, quality, and other production‑related activities.

Salaried (based on experience)
Monday‑Friday, Full‑Time, Exempt

• Provide troubleshooting support to Floor Supervisors, Line Supervisors, and operators.
• Enforce safety and quality standards.
• Ensure the overall cleanliness and safety of the production floor.
• Provide direction to floor supervisors.
• Maintain confidentiality in regard to sensitive company information.
• Minimize internal scrap and returned orders.
• Monitor scrap reports and implement changes to processes and procedures to reduce scrap.
• Provide feedback to line supervisors regarding individual scrap producers.
• Improve process efficiency.
• Investigate new processes and procedures, and make recommendations.
• Research new equipment, inks, and technologies to improve quality and reduce downtime.
• Implement cost‑effective systems of control over capital, operating expenditures, manpower, wages, and salaries—control and minimize labor overtime, premium freight, and repair expenses.
• Develop and train production employees.
• Identify individual training needs and oversee the production employee training program.
• Coordinate production activities through planning with department managers to ensure the total manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost‑effective manner.
• Work with Plant Manager to develop and control profits, plans, and budget.
• Monitor overall production performance for efficiency, on‑time shipments, and quality standards.

• Reports directly to the Plant Manager—a critical relationship requiring a high level of trust.
• Oversees the efforts of Floor and Line Supervisors—trusting, respectful relationships are essential.
• Strong, trusting, supportive, and cooperative relationships with all co‑workers, supervisors, etc. are essential to success.

• Excellence in this position includes the following:
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective guidance to meet or exceed production standards.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective programs and guidance to meet or exceed quality standards.
• Demonstrated ability to support and enforce all safety rules.
• Demonstrated ability to provide necessary support to Floor and Line Supervisors.
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective feedback to employees for both positive and negative work performance and/or behaviors.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain a clean, safe environment.
• Demonstrated ability to eliminate scrap.
• Demonstrated ability to improve process efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to identify equipment and process…