Value Stream Team Leader - Now Hiring

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

Advocate and support the Corporate WIN Strategy by managing and improving the quality, cost, delivery, morale and safety of a production area.

SCOPE/SUPERVISION AND INTERACTION:

• Training and developing subordinates

• Delegating work assignments

• Writing and conducting performance appraisals

• Coaching and counseling employees

• Administering disciplinary procedures up to and including Written Warnings

• Will interact will employees at all levels of the organization, customers, and outside contacts.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Supervise and direct work activity of Group Leaders in assigned area.

• Distribute workload appropriately.

• Motivate and empower subordinates.

• Develop subordinates including, but not limited to, constructing and executing development plans.

• Work with team members to identify continuous improvement opportunities.

• Constantly identify and eliminate waste in assigned departments.

• Champion Lean Kaizen events to identify cost and time savings.

• Participate in cost-reduction programs.

• Coordinate new product launches with Engineering.

• Ensure quality standards are met that emphasize and focus on continuous improvement in an effort to improve manufacturing capability and reduce rework and scrap.

• Contain source of quality issues.

• Communicate with customers and establish and maintain effective relationships.

• Coordinate corrective action activities.

• Perform capacity analysis using build plans.

• Determine staffing requirements for the assigned production area. 

• Ensure that departmental productivity targets are met to meet customer requirements.

• Troubleshoot scheduling and material issues.

• Develop and deploy standardized work instructions of assigned department(s). 

• Ensure process stability through following standardized work.

• Promote and enforce compliance of safety policies and procedures.

• Conduct safety investigations and audits.

• Address safety non-compliance.

• Maintain Operation Showcase.

• The employee is responsible for knowing the Environmental Policy and for adhering to the Environmental Management System Operational Control Plan for his area.

DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC/NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work safely in accordance with regulations, standards, and procedures, and in a manner that eliminates unreasonable risk to health and the environment. Notify management of unsafe conditions or practices, unlawful activities and activities which present unreasonable health and/or environmental risk. Report all safety and/or environmental incidents to management immediately.

• Prevent excess waste of product and/or components by operating the equipment in an efficient manner.

• Maintain production schedules.

• Work with groups in initiating and implementation of programs such as Lean Manufacturing and 5-S. 

• Other duties may be assigned at a later time

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

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ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS/SCOPE:

• Report directly to Value Stream Manager

• Work closely with Maintenance to resolve issues with the equipment

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The employee may be subject to:

• High noise levels from operating machines and equipment.

• Physical hazards from operating machines and moving reels.

1. Work in areas where safety equipment will be required (steel toe shoes, eye protection, hearing protection)

2. Standing is required for extended periods of time. Walking, pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, turning, twisting, squatting, and lifting is performed on a regular basis

3. Requires high degree of manual dexterity, which could be performed under restrictive conditions

4. Requires flexible hours and short notice for overtime.

The employee may be required to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as requested, subject to all applicable state and federal laws.

You should be proficient in:

• Lean Manufacturing Principles
• ISO 9001 Certification Experience
• Scheduling Experience
• High-level Operations Analysis
• Recruiting and Training Experience
• Budgeting / Forecasting Experience