Materials Team Leader

Tenneco • Marshall, MI

109d

About The Position

Responsible for organizing, assigning and overseeing Material Handlers. This position leads the Materials team in meeting production schedules, facilitating the safe and productive support to the production lines, effectively driving and maintaining the standardized work process. The Team Leader is also responsible for developing team members and leading continuous improvement activities using lean manufacturing tools, including 5-S and waste elimination.

Requirements

• High school equivalent or higher education.
• Work experience in the automotive parts industry preferred.
• Have a valid Fork lift license or ability to obtain one.
• Understanding of lean manufacturing, waste elimination, problem-solving & 5S principles.
• Be able to use Microsoft Word & Excel.
• Able to read, write, and perform basic math skills (includes basic algebra, fractions, geometry).
• Must have the ability to carry out instructions, provided in written, oral or diagram forms.
• Basic understanding of TPM principles would be beneficial.
• Ability to operate, troubleshoot, make minor adjustments and/or perform preventive maintenance on metal bending, welding, forming, fabrication, and assembly equipment would be advantageous.
• Experience in effective use of quality control gauges/equipment, inventory systems, blueprint interpretation, computer applications, and SPC charting where applicable.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and product and process specifications.
• Ability to prepare routine reports and correspondence.

Nice To Haves

• Basic understanding of TPM principles.
• Experience in effective use of quality control gauges/equipment.
• Experience with inventory systems and blueprint interpretation.

Responsibilities

• Organizes & holds safety meetings to carry out safety education, risk assessments, accident investigations & other related safety activities.
• Coaches team members on adherence to safety procedures, including correct use of PPE, daily safety checks and workplace inspections.
• Identifies, coordinates and resolves safety issues and facilitates Behavior-Based Safety observations.
• Assists EHS in drafting of Safety & Prevention procedures.
• Ensures team members adhere to standard operating procedures.
• Supply department with needed parts so that operation maintains a constant output of product.
• Maintain storage areas in a neat and orderly manner.
• Operate fork truck according to safety standards, conducting safety and operations check list on fork truck at beginning of each shift, reporting any malfunctioning equipment.
• Check transfer tags on baskets to assure proper parts identification.
• Proper use of SAP, to conduct bin to bin transfers and production reporting.
• Assist supervisor in inventory of component parts.
• Replenish baskets, dump scrap, and tag and number parts.
• May have some shipping and receiving responsibilities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Effectively communicates with all team members and the next shift Team Leader any and all issues/concerns resulting from your shift's operations.
• Provides timely and effective feedback to help Team Members to strengthen specific skills needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
• Escalates issues and/or successes of the cell to the Group Leader as necessary.
• Resolves problems during the launch period of new products & improve the production process.
• Implements the cyclical & monthly audit of the components in your production cell.
• Analyzes all inventory discrepancy & develops improvement action plans.
• Measures and optimizes the usage of MRO in the production cell.
• Organizes team members to perform daily checks and maintenance on their production equipment, fixtures & gauges.
• Assists in the improvement of tooling and modification of equipment.
• Assists in the audit of equipment & tooling for use in new products.
• Organizes & leads the team's execution of the 5S plans, including housekeeping, making problems visible and standardizing activity for all Team Members.
• Develops the team's 5S improvement plan.
• Implements the team's continuous improvement plan.
• Leads the implementation of the team's continuous improvement plan.
• Initiates, develops, leads and implements the continuous improvement plans.
• Provides standard & specialized training for new, transferred replacement or returned team members and renews and upgrades team members' on-the-job skills.
• Trains & develops multi-skilled Team Members.
• Trains & develops backup.
• Other duties as assigned that are within the duties of a Team Leader level position.

Benefits

• Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be expected up to 10% of the time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: High school or GED