Shoe Making Jobs (NOW HIRING)

This role is required to be onsite in Red Wing, MN. We are unable to provide sponsorship or relocation at this time.  LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY.

Watch here to see what it's like to work at Red Wing Shoe Company.

Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing.  We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knit family atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We're rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences.  Focus on our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviors of Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

The targeted hiring range for this full-time position is $69,900 - $94,300 depending on qualifications; however, the expanded salary range provides opportunities for advancement. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and job location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, competencies, experience, and relevant education, training or a combination of these things and market demand. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

Our comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with health savings and flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off and holidays, a 401(k) match, employee discounts, and valuable well-being benefits like free EAP services, financial planning assistance, and well-being coaching all designed to support your health and financial security.

This role is based on-site in Red Wing, MN for daily in-person work. At Red Wing, regardless of working in roles that are fully remote, onsite, or hybrid, what matters most is working together, staying connected, and putting care into everything we do.

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:

The Manufacturing Supervisor is responsible for efficiently and effectively managing daily operations in an assigned area, including but not limited to handling employee work schedules, developing positive employee morale, coordinating production flows, controlling material and resource utilization, supporting safety and quality practices and procedures, assuring equipment maintenance, and pursuing process improvements. 

Production CORE Hours 

Monday - Thursday: 5:00 AM-3:30 PM.

Plant production overtime may expand core hours and include Fridays. This is an exempt position.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage and empower union employees through effective communication, coaching, training, and enforcement of company policies, while adhering to the existing Labor Agreement.
• Produce leather products consistent with quality expectations of the company and the customer.
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by accepting ownership of policies and procedures, and by adhering to and enforcing company policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Provide internal and external customer service consistent with quality and service expectations of the company and the customers, including but not limited to concise and timely communications with both internal and external customers.
• Participate in continuous improvement planning/implementation and establishment of manufacturing performance measures.
• Promote and support lean and continuous improvement events and efforts.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university and three to five years related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills (examples required), including the ability to motivate employees to take ownership in the responsibilities of their respective positions and for their quality and safety performance. Preference for at least two years of experience managing in a process manufacturing department
• Microsoft Office proficiency plus other employee systems to manage time and attendance

ADDITIONAL DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS

• Successful leadership experience in a union environment
• Excellent communication skills demonstrated with examples
• Leather industry or shoe making knowledge
• Analytical and innovative thinking

Red Wing Shoes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Individuals with disabilities needing assistance in completing an application may contact [email protected] or call 651-388-8211.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP at https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory results of a background check.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)