Production Group Leader

IFA Rotorion•Summerville, SC

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Directly leads a manufacturing team of hourly production personnel and supervision and indirectly leads support team members from production planning, manufacturing engineering, quality and maintenance. This production team is responsible for all aspects of production for a product line or lines including production planning, staffing, quality improvements, and efficiency improvements and maintaining quality and maintenance requirements. As a Production Group Leader for IFNA, you are in a high impact role that requires the skills to drive multiple behaviors and programs: Directs work - Providing direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done. Resourcefulness - Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently. Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. Builds effective teams - Building strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives (healthy tension) to achieve common goals. Leverages the benefits of different perspectives Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Maintain a regular reporting structure for tracking and communicating targets and goals. Cultivates innovation - Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful. Health and Safety Fundamentals - Champions and models proactive health and safety behaviors by identifying, reporting and participating in actions to improve health and safety in order to build an interdependent culture and contribute to an injury-free workplace. Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. Leads the development of departmental plans and deliverables. Develop high performance team members to meet / exceed department and organizational goals / objectives. Provides technical consultation, leadership, and advice to managers, manufacturing personnel and other functions. Coaches and motivates direct and indirect team members, delegates work assignments, and leads change. Develop work methods and standards for each team member to meet and maintain department goals and compliance to OSHA, IATF16949 and ISO 14001 requirements Encourages creative tension and differences of opinions and manages & resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner. Challenges the status quo and seeks ways to create opportunities for improvement for products, processes or services. Escalate issues that do not get resolved or could impact ability to meet department or organizational goals and objectives Predict and prevent issues from negatively impacting group or organizational performance Makes well-informed, effective and timely decisions and perceives the impact and implications of decisions Safety, Health, & Environmental (SHE): Report any work-related injury, illness, incident or hazard immediately Comply with SHE standards, policies, procedures & regulations Use appropriate personal protective equipment Promote interdependence by looking out for one another Correct safety issues within your control and capabilities Recognize how your work may impact the environment and work to minimize the negative impact Engage in SHE training Quality: Follow all applicable standard work, work instruction/process documentation and established quality procedures Raise issues to minimize cost and quality exposures Identify non-conforming material within scope of job Delivery: Demonstrate a high level of competency in core work skills Meet defined goals on time Pay attention to detail Teamwork: Communicate effectively with the assigned team and with all support teams. Complete training in line with business requirements. Participate actively in ways to improve quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development. Remain flexible and perform other miscellaneous duties, as required, to meet business goals to include working in other areas as business needs require. Work with peers, skilled trades and support staff to maintain and identify equipment in need of repair. Be respectful and courteous to all team members.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a technical discipline preferred or combination of equivalent education and experience
5 to 7 years of experience in a manufacturing environment requirement with 3-5 years of experience in a leadership role in production, manufacturing engineering or technical maintenance support
Possess a solid working knowledge of other business functions such as Logistics, Finance, Engineering, and Human Resources in addition to Manufacturing and Quality
Strong leadership and data driven decision making ability
Possess a continuous process improvement mindset with the ability to effectively lead and manage change
Ability to accurately convey concepts and ideas both written and oral with all levels of the organization
Able to read/understand component, tooling and machine drawings for troubleshooting
Ability to collect, organize and analyze data
Ability to use data to make effective decisions
Ability to excel in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams
Knowledge of manufacturing processes and quality management system processes including PPAP, APQP, PFMEA’s
Applied use of problem solving techniques and tools (ie A3, Six Sigma, Shainin, etc)
Applied knowledge and experience in Lean techniques
Ability to lead and/or facilitate Kaizen events
Knowledge of IATF 16949, VDA 63, and/or ISO14001 requirements for applicable manufacturing topics
Knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Ability to travel as needed; expected to be less than 10%
Ability to work differing shifts to meet business and customer requirements
Must be able to walk/move about a 500,000 sq ft manufacturing facility: 100% of the time
Must be able to stand/walk/move about specific work area: 90% of the time
Must be able to bend/reach/twist/stoop: 70% of the time
Must be able to lift up to 40lbs on a frequent basis: 40% of the time
Must be able to lift over 40lbs on an infrequent basis: 15% of the time
Must be able to sit at a work station: 0% of the time
Must be able to work and operate a computer terminal: 80% of the time
Vision is required to analyze and process work; and to work on computer terminal/machine centers, etc.
Hearing is essential for safety reasons; and to communicate with employees, supervisors, managers, vendors, suppliers and customers via conversation, group meetings, and/or phone conferences
Must be able to wear a painting suit and/or respirator
Must be able to work with paints/solvents/cleaners
Must be able to work any shift as required including overtime as needed

Nice To Haves

Familiar with automotive supplier requirements highly desirable
SAP enterprise system highly desirable
Familiarity with drawing software such as Visio preferred

Responsibilities

Directs, maintains, and enforces the safety program for the production department you own and reviews safety records to uphold standards of maximum safety for all reports
Actively participates in safety committee meetings and company initiatives
Leads production planning activities, with logistics, planning, manufacturing engineering and quality for the assigned area of responsibility
Leads IFA quality initiatives with all associates within assigned area of responsibility
Plans and coordinates resources necessary to meet customer requirements
Provides direction and guidance to others in a way that leads to optimal team performance and meets Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) such as safety, quality, production and cost
Selects and collects relevant information, organizes and connects information to task and goals and makes effective decisions
Independently monitors the progress of daily activities, reports progress, anticipates potential disruptions and develops solutions
Leads adjustments to activities, tasks and behaviors when changes are necessary to meet customer requirements and company objectives
Develops and implements new ideas or combination with existing work methods and lean manufacturing practices (Problem identification and problem solving techniques, value stream mapping, use of Kanban/Heijunka systems TPM processes, etc)
Leads daily production meetings and lead monthly operations review and forecast meetings for the respective area of responsibility
Creates and implements development plans for assigned personnel to improve overall team performance
Coaches or mentors direct reports and other team members to develop their skills in problem solving, lean concepts and leadership
Manages the training process for all associates and ensure training is carried out within assigned area of responsibility
Facilitates an environment where direct reports make suggestions to improve the production process and results
Leads and/or participates in Kaizen events, listening to employee suggestions, and promote two-way open communications among all team members
Actively participates and supports the quality management system including compliance with TS16949, ISO14001, VDA 63 standards; product, process and other audits in assigned area of responsibility
Maintains customer relationships to support the company’s goals and objectives