AGV Team Lead

Silgan Dispensing Systems•Grandview, MO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Lead a team of material handlers of the shift for safe, efficient, and accurate movement of materials throughout the facility, including Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) operations, recycling, and inventory control. Ensures uninterrupted material flow to production, maintains workplace organization standards, and enforces safety, and quality of logistical transactions. Carries out duties required by the direct supervisor and/or Manager of Supply Chain in accordance with company policies and applicable laws, including training, assigning work, and building a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Leaders are expected to create a safe work environment through implementation and commitment to the Safety & Health - Vision, Values and Mission and the Safety Principles of Conduct. Promote safety by following company and site safety policies and procedures, responding to safety non-conformance by coaching to correct behaviors and encouraging and supporting employees by attending employee safety meetings and recognition of safe behaviors. All employees are expected to always act in a safe manner and ensure that those around them do not put themselves or others at risk. Everyone is personally accountable for his/her own safety as well as their co-workers. Safety and health are a shared responsibility of everyone in the organization and a condition of employment. We value and expect engagement from all employees. Co-workers share the responsibility for doing the right thing for the environment and carrying out the stewardship principles addressed in our Environmental Policy. We will provide the resources necessary to implement this policy, and management will conduct periodic reviews to ensure its ongoing effectiveness.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required
2–5 years of warehouse experience in a manufacturing environment
Experience with automated guided vehicle systems or the ability to learn new software technology
Proficiency with ERP/WMS systems
Strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem‑solving skills with demonstrated ability to coach and develop teams.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Includes employee issues, complaints and problems, technology problems, scheduling conflicts, quality issues, customer complaints, inventory, training, internal and external customers and vendors.
Must adhere to all established rules, policies, and regulations of the company.

Nice To Haves

injection molding or plastics industry experience preferred
Strong Excel skills preferred

Responsibilities

Promote a zero‑injury culture, enforce OSHA and company safety standards, and conduct safety observations and incident investigations.
Maintain 5S and housekeeping standards across warehouse, dock, AGV, and storage areas.
Support cross-training and communicate on proper staffing levels, cross‑training, onboarding, and employee development.
Ensure uninterrupted raw‑material supply to production presses to eliminate downtime.
Oversee AGV scheduling, traffic flow, troubleshooting, and maintenance coordination.
Assure accurate staging, material transactions using system scanners, and documentation.
Support cycle counting, discrepancy resolution, storage accuracy, and annual inventory activities.
Maintain key warehouse performance metrics such inventory accuracy, and driver adherence to the standard work.
Assure changes to SOPs are communicated to the team and adhered to.
Provide input to improving and updating standard work and support continuous‑improvement initiatives.