Cutter Supervisor

Position summary

Own leather yield and cut quality for the entire plant. Leather is the single largest material cost in a boot, and every dollar that leaves this department as scrap never comes back. This job protects that number.

Essential functions

• Lay out and nest dies on the hide to get the most parts out of the least leather. Track yield by hide lot and by style.
• Inspect incoming hides for grain defects, brand marks, holes and range marks. Reject and document off-spec leather before it is cut.
• Set up, adjust and change dies on the clicker press. Maintain the die inventory and the sharpening rotation.
• Bundle and ticket cut parts by size and lot. Stage them to Fitting in schedule order.
• Train and cross-train cutters. Maintain the department skill matrix.
• Enforce machine guarding, two-hand controls and lockout/tagout on the press.