Department Lead 1 National
About The Position
This role is responsible for organizing assigned areas, communicating with customer service and production management, maintaining schedules, managing inventory and supplies, and ensuring proper documentation. The Department Lead will organize and assign work, monitor dashboard requirements to meet customer expectations, and resolve problems with the supervisor and manager. They will also train employees, monitor performance, resolve technical challenges, and participate in continuous improvement activities to reduce costs, streamline processes, and increase throughput. Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): Preferred
- 6 plus months of experience in manufacturing
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Accountability
- Active Listening
- Applied Learning
- Assertiveness
- Change Management
- Communication, Oral
- Communication, Written
- Coaching and Development
- Judgment
- Leadership
- Conflict Resolution
- Relationship Building
- Safety Awareness
- Problem Solving
- Reliability
- Customer Oriented
- Honesty / Integrity
- Decision Making
- Delegating Responsibility
- Self Motivated
- Time Management
- Goal Oriented
- Technical Aptitude
- Ethical
Responsibilities
- Organizes assigned area to ensure ready access to and knowledge of all orders currently in process on a daily work basis
- Effectively communicates with customer service regarding work that is in the area or coming to the area for processing
- Works closely with Production Manager and Supervisor on other shifts/departments to determine daily, weekly, and monthly work schedules
- Maintains schedule and discusses labor needs as workload changes
- Maintains the inventory levels and supplies, communicating back to purchasing if/as required
- Maintains and monitors appropriate documentation on all orders
- Organizes work to be done and assigns accordingly, follows dashboard requirements to meet and exceed customer expectations
- Works with supervisor and manager to resolve problems as needed
- Trains employees and monitors their performance
- Resolves technical problems and challenges by involving the appropriate people in order to keep production moving, to meet/exceed customer expectations
- Works with the appropriate personnel and participates in continuous improvement activities always looking for new ways to do the job with eye to reducing cost, streamlining processes, and increasing throughput
- Perform other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
