Material Handler Team Lead
About The Position
The Material Handler Team Lead provides direction, instructions, and guidance to assigned functional areas and completes projects as assigned. The role promotes teamwork and a positive environment while ensuring safe and efficient processes and procedures. The lead directs daily work and prioritizes workloads, serves as the department or shift point of contact when supervision is absent, and supports team members in meeting department goals. The position supports continuous improvement, resolves bottlenecks and supply-chain or training issues, monitors safety, quality, delivery, cost, and engagement metrics, and collaborates with technical teams and other leads or supervisors. It also addresses customer-service and quality issues through root-cause analysis and short-term corrective action, audits in-process quality, trains new employees, and supports daily shift and Tier 1 meetings. The work is expected to be approximately 80% on the floor and 20% at a computer. The role requires understanding SAP and other planning tools, following standard work, and being flexible to cover overtime and absences.
Requirements
- Previous experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities and experience.
- Ability to acquire a forklift license.
- Ability to build and maintain positive internal and external relationships while maintaining a client-service orientation.
- Ability to encourage a positive workplace culture that values high performance, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Willingness to confront people appropriately when standard work or policy is not being followed.
- Problem-solving ability.
- Ability to concentrate, make decisions, and work calmly and effectively in a high-pressure, deadline-oriented environment.
- Willingness to be flexible with time and adjust to a changing work environment.
- Ability to use sound judgment and discretion with highly confidential information.
- Consistent attendance onsite or remotely as needed by the business.
- Ability to take direction and accept supervision.
- Ability to work independently, organize and accurately prioritize work, attend to detail, recognize when urgency is required, and use good judgment in varied situations.
- Flexibility to cover overtime and absences.
- Ability to regularly lift or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift or move 40 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Tennant Company experience is preferred.
- Experience leading teams is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide daily work direction and prioritize workloads within the assigned area.
- Be responsible for the department or shift in the absence of supervision.
- Communicate with and motivate team members to meet department goals.
- Participate in and support continuous improvement events.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve bottlenecks, supply-chain problems, and training deficiencies using established problem-solving processes.
- Serve as the primary contact for shop-floor issues and engage appropriate resources to resolve them.
- Monitor key safety, quality, delivery, cost, and engagement metrics.
- Collaborate with technical teams and other leads or supervisors to drive improvements.
- Provide root-cause analysis and short-term corrective action for customer-service and quality issues.
- Address violations of policies and procedures, escalating to a supervisor when formal disciplinary action is needed.
- Provide a detailed end-of-shift recap of what went well and what did not for the EOS report.
- Attend and actively participate in daily start-of-shift meetings and support cell captains as needed.
- Lead effective Tier 1 meetings to drive daily performance and improvement.
- Audit in-process quality and work with the team to reduce scrap and rework.
- Be trained in security and emergency response details.
- Spend approximately 80% of work time on the floor and 20% behind a computer.
- Train new employees and follow up with them regularly.
- Understand and use SAP and other planning tools.
- Follow standard work.
Benefits
- Multiple medical plan options.
- 401(k) with a 100% match up to 6%.
- Paid vacation time.
- Up to 8 paid company holidays and 3 personal holidays per year.
- Dental and vision coverage.
- Wellness rewards.
- Family support programs.
- Company-paid disability and life insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
