2nd Shift Team Leader - Assembly

Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc.•Oconomowoc, WI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for planning and schedule assembly operations for the applicable departments to meet production goals and key metrics. Schedules work, assists with employee selection, reviews employee performance, administers work policies, maintains department inventory systems, and maintains consistency of processes through standard work instructions. Supports the team members through process improvement and problem solving. Provides leadership and mentoring to team members, including communicating team goals and supporting company policies.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in business or related field and 2 years’ experience or equivalent combination of education and experience in supervising personnel is required.
Requires job related software skills, MS Office and the ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in business or related field is strongly preferred.
Experience in an assembly / manufacturing environment, with an emphasis in knowledge of high mix, lower volume, manual assembly, production scheduling and Lean Manufacturing principles is a plus
Read, analyze, and interpret a variety of information, such as technical procedures, business correspondence, and governmental regulations furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
Create business-level written correspondence and verbally present information to internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

Maintain a safe work environment through hazard recognition and risk mitigation.
Develop and communicate standard expectations for Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost.
Collect and analyze data to support daily production metrics. Communicate performance metrics at daily MDI meetings.
Utilize problem-solving techniques when gaps to standards are identified.
Hire, train, and coach team members to be able to meet department goals.
Train and mentor Team Captains.
Utilize Lean Manufacturing tools to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost performance. Communicate the status of improvement projects with team members.
Develop and recommend direct labor and equipment plans to support operational metrics and sales goals.
Schedule department workflow and work improvements to meet Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost goals.
Monitor and communicate employee performance to ensure quality and productivity standards are met.
Communicate machine down-time, scheduling or inventory constraints, quality concerns and shipment delays along with a recovery plan as applicable.
Facilitate inventory counts as needed; coordinate inventory, tools and supplies and order from internal departments, as well as outside suppliers.
Propose capital acquisitions.
Open/close production facility as scheduled.