Team Leader

PRODUCTION TEAM LEADER – NIGHTS

Position Summary:  
Responsible for meeting plant targets for safety, quality, efficiency and cost reduction. 

Essential Job Functions:

•  Leads a production team emphasizing teamwork, safety, training and discipline.
  •    Assist in the development of standardized work procedures by designing and/or documenting the best work sequence for each process.
  •    Promote safety, quality, productivity and cost improvement projects.
  •    Assist in maintaining training matrix, assuring training is effective and correcting substandard performance.
  •    Work with team to improve standardized processes/methods, identify waste, methodically eliminate waste and standardize the new process/methods.
  •    Train new team members by breaking down standardized work and being a resource for assistance until job is mastered.
  •    Shows positive supervisory skills by actively nurturing staff and leading by example.
  •    Be proactive in predicting abnormalities and finding innovative solutions to correct
  •    Direct and facilitate quality improvement activities as coach or mentor to the team members
  •    Perform production readiness confirmation and post shift checks
  •    Use key performance indicators as a method of continuous improvement.
  •    Daily production performance tracking
  •    Coordinates communications between shifts
  •    Develops employee relations centered on trust and teamwork
  •    Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office products such as Excel and Word.
  •    Strong organization and planning skills required

Education and/or Experience

•  Associates degree in Management or related Manufacturing field; or equivalent 3+ years of experience in production/manufacturing environment leadership
  EOE

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