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