Cell Trainer - Indirect

Comfort starts with our 13,000+ team members across the globe, who are transforming the power of comfort every day. Our employees have the power to change lives, in our homes, work and communities. We foster an inclusive environment while honoring a legacy built on family, where everyone can be themselves.
 
If you are ready to join an industry leading organization where our people are the most important asset, and innovation propels us into the future, you’re ready to take your seat at La-Z-Boy Incorporated. 
 
WE BELIEVE IN THE TRANSFORMATIONAL POWER OF COMFORT

This position is responsible for maintaining La-Z-Boy’s standard of quality by providing comprehensive training for current and new furniture building techniques. Lead and coach a cell team into maintaining high efficiency and cell processes.

Job Description:

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for set up and maintaining all areas of assembly skills.
• Collaborate with cell coaches to identify training needs and develop appropriate modification if needed.
• Demonstrate building techniques.
• Monitor and ensure team members are performing their responsibilities according to the training schedule
• Provide support and mentoring for new employees while training and identify sections where improvements are needed
• Knowledge about La-Z-Boy quality standards; basic understanding of inspector certification requirements; inspects units built by trainees.
• Maintains reports to evaluate trainee progress and document proficiencies.
• Maintain part integrity and attributes during assembly process.
• Interpret blueprints, implement engineering changes, and introduce new parts.
• Highly effective in in house production systems and Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.)
• Highly effective in cell balancing, by understanding cross-training team members.
• Highly proficient in Kan-Ban process and 5S
• Effectively communicating process and information; determining and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities
• Work together with team members to get the job done
• Excellent organizational skills
• Follow health and safety standards.
• Maintain a clean work area.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Equivalent combination of education and experience to perform the above duties.
• Safety conscious
• Excellent attendance; 2 points or less.
• Physically able to complete all assigned tasks
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability to troubleshoot quality issues
• Ability to communicate, take direction at all levels, and turn it into action

Preferred Requirements:
• Bilingual
• Two years’ experience with La-Z-Boy working in direct furniture production

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None, to occasionally assisting in a lead capacity

OUR PURPOSE:
We are La-Z-Boy Incorporated. Get comfortable with taking your work personally. Get comfortable with uncompromising quality. Get comfortable with caring about your colleagues and the consumers we serve. When people are comfortable, they are free to be themselves; to be fearless. When people are comfortable, they put others at ease and are more welcoming to different people and perspectives. When people are comfortable, they collaborate in meaningful ways. Being comfortable brings out the best in us.
We believe in the transformational power of comfort

OUR VALUES:
Courage – We aren’t afraid to try something new
• We are results oriented and can-do hard things.
• We do what is right.
• We challenge the status quo.

Curiosity – We are relentless in our mission to understand our business and consumers
• We ask questions and explore every opportunity.
• We embrace change.
• We test and learn.

Compassion – We honor our almost 100-year legacy that was built on family
• We lead with empathy in support of each other, our consumers and our communities.
• We foster an inclusive environment.
• We believe in positive intent.

OTHER DUTIES: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the incumbent for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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