Lead

Flex•Columbia, SC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Flex is a diversified manufacturing partner that assists market-leading brands in designing, building, and delivering innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in personal growth within a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. Flex welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, fostering a culture where employees thrive by upholding values of mutual support, disciplined speed, and integrity. The company's purpose is to create great products that generate value and enhance people's lives. This Lead role, located in Columbia, SC, supports Flex's teams in building products and contributing to growth. Reporting to the Production Supervisor, the Lead is responsible for providing leadership and direction to groups of non-exempt employees.

Requirements

Typically requires an Associate’s Degree, vocational or technical training, or equivalent experience.
6 years of related experience
Serves as an expert/consultant in manufacturing line skills with other employees.
Demonstrates broad knowledge of manufacturing line techniques and may improve processes.
Occasionally exposed to work that requires repetitive motion, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock and occasionally works in job assignments that may require overtime and 2nd or 3rd shift job assignments as required.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees, and supervisors of the organization
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Responsibilities

Provide ongoing feedback on performance of individuals through both formal and informal evaluations.
Initiate and participate in process development and cost improvement projects.
Coordinate people resource requirements for the department.
Assist in department budget planning and manage department expenses.
Communicate daily plan and any production or customer service issues
Highlight material shortages, interface with Expediter/Purchasing on any part shortages
Recognize and monitor bottlenecks.
Report and alert resources concerning downtime.
Interface with Test Support/Maintenance on equipment problems.
Track time for NPI/Pre-production/re-work.
Communicate with opposite shift to ensure communication flow.
Update department communication boards.
Follow quality indicators.
Stop and alert if predefined indicators are below target.
Primary contact for response to situations where scrap is occurring in any process step.