Running Gear Team Lead

ITW•Appleton, WI

46d•Onsite

About The Position

The Running Gear Team Lead will be responsible for assembling and packaging different types of running rear, managing target levels off company intranet, ordering material, and providing backup support on the paint line, sanding parts in the NCN area, and as a material handler when needed. This role requires regular cross-training and rotation within the department. The position involves working overtime, including Saturdays, to meet customer demand, and requires a customer service-oriented mindset. The Team Lead must also be willing to work in other areas of Mechanical Components when necessary. Leadership duties include being a positive culture leader and influencer, developing processes and teams, and promoting an engaged and safe workplace environment. The role requires the ability to read assembly blueprints, understand and execute material ordering at an elite level, and maintain awareness of the production line's status. The individual must be a team player, self-starter, safety-conscious, possess good communication skills, be innovative and mechanically inclined, and be responsible for material ordering and scheduling. This position may require standing for up to 12 hours and repeatedly lifting up to 50 lbs. The applicant must adapt to a fast-paced work environment with minimal training and have a proven track record of customer service skills. The Team Lead will coach and develop work teams for superior safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost-saving focuses, and lead initiatives through employee involvement using ITW toolbox principles. Collaboration with operations leaders is essential to maintain and improve the manufacturing/assembly environment, respond to changing customer needs, facilitate area layouts, execute action plans, and select equipment. Building co-worker relationships through daily, open, and direct communication, encouraging creativity and innovation, and demonstrating effective communication to all personnel levels are key aspects of this role. The Team Lead will also build key relationships with employees and the leadership team, participate in and lead committees/teams, and resolve problems causing production shutdowns, substandard production, or low efficiencies. Assistance with production scheduling and manpower coordination is also required, along with rotating between primary and other duties as needed.

Requirements

Great communications skills
Basic computer skills are required (Email, Microsoft Word/Excel, Internet)
Must be willing to cross-train
Must be able to stand for up to 12 hours a day and lift to 50 lbs
Work overtime when it is required
Ability to read blueprints to ensure product is assembled and packaged to print
Skilled at performance management; providing formal and informal feedback to employees
Strong initiative and follow through
Proven ability to apply ITW principles in a manufacturing environment
Possess the track record of a proven leader and team player
Demonstrates a positive attitude, takes personal accountability, coaches, listens, and is approachable
Ability to resolve issues/conflicts in a timely manner
Customer focused with management, support staff, customers, and suppliers
Understand how the business functions link together to support the customer (i.e., engineering, materials, and sales)
Problem solving and conflict management skills

Nice To Haves

Applicant must have a proven track record of customer service skills.

Responsibilities

Assembling and packaging different types of running rear
Managing target levels off company intranet
Ordering material
Backup position on the paint line
Sanding parts in NCN area
Occasional backup material handler
Cross-training / rotation within the department
Working overtime (10-12hrs.) a day (Saturday Overtime) when needed
Working in other areas of Mechanical Components when necessary
Be a positive culture leader and influencer
Develop process/teams
Promote an engaged and safe workplace environment
Read assembly blueprints
Learn, understand, and execute ordering of materials on an elite level
Be aware of the status of the line
Be a team player, self-starter, safety conscious, have good communication skills, innovative, mechanically inclined
Understand and be responsible for material ordering and scheduling of orders
Stand for up to 12 hours and lift to 50 lbs. repeatedly
Adapt to a fast-paced work environment with minimal training
Coach and develop work teams for superior safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost saving focuses
Ability to lead safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost saving initiatives through employee involvement ITW toolbox principles
Work closely with operations leaders to maintain and improve the manufacturing/assembly environment
Build co-worker relationships through daily, open, and direct communication
Encourage creativity and innovation
Demonstrate and encourage effective communication to personnel at all levels within the organization
Build key relationships with employees and leadership team
Participate and lead committees/teams
Resolve problems causing production shutdown, substandard production, and or low efficiencies whenever they occur
Assist in production scheduling, coordinating manpower
Rotate between primary job duties and other duties as needed
Other duties as assigned

Benefits

ITW is an equal opportunity employer.
We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
At ITW, we think and act like entrepreneurs.
We embrace autonomy, make decisions and take ownership to create innovative solutions for our customers all over the world.
ITW is a Fortune 200 global multi-industrial manufacturing leader.
Our seven industry-leading business segments offer career development and learning opportunities in more than 50 countries across the globe.
We’re committed to investing in our people and supporting their growth through unique and relevant development opportunities at each stage throughout the employee life cycle.
Our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture empowers you to think and act like a business owner.
We aspire for everyone to perform to their full potential and value the unique and diverse perspectives, experiences and ideas that make us better together.
The ITW Business Model gives us the tools to focus on what’s most important, and we’re grounded in our values of Integrity, Simplicity, Trust, Respect and Shared Risk.