Production Shift Leader

General Motors•Marion, IN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

You will maintain awareness of quality standards, and communicate department quality goals, and leverages resources to solve quality issues. You will build and maintain good working relationships with employees, union, and management, and understand to consistently administer the National and Local Agreements between General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union. Implements and follows systems that prevent reoccurrence of known issues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
3-5 years of manufacturing experience
At least 2 years management experience
Experience with Kronos time keeping system
Must be willing to rotate shifts
This role is categorized as onsite. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location on a full-time basis.
The selected candidate will be required to travel <25% for this role.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the effective use of personnel, material, and equipment
Participate in the selection of new employees and trains, develops, and evaluates salaried and hourly employees, and the development of highly effective teams
Cover for Production Superintendent as appropriate
Leads Global Manufacturing Systems (GMS) processes across multiple departments and serves as lead resource supporting launch and pilot activities in assigned areas
Meets or exceeds production cost schedule and maintains quality requirements
Promote safe work practices and achieve objectives for ergonomics, health and safety and housekeeping.
Motivates, trains, and develops employees to effectively perform their jobs utilizing standardized methods
Ensure team members receive adequate JIT (job instruction training)
Achieve production schedules and product requirements by applying lean manufacturing/synchronous principles with emphasis on variation reduction, control costs, and achieve productivity improvements
Coach, teach, counsel and mentor Group Leaders in these responsibilities.