Shipping and Receiving Team Leader

Dicastal North America Inc.•Greenville, MI

10d

About The Position

Summary The Production Team Leader is responsible for ensuring employees are working safely while production and quality requirements are met within their respective department. Essential Duties and Responsibilities · Ensures employees receive training and understand all safety requirements and procedures related to their work. Enforces personal protective equipment requirements · Departmental daily safety spot check · Guides and manages team to ensure KPI’s and other performance metrics are met · Understands the scope, impacts and intricacies of the on-shift production process · Communicates clearly and effectively across all levels of the organization · Fosters and develops a culture of safety, quality, teamwork, accountability and respect · Employs strong leadership skills in management of team · Coaches, trains and develops team · Clearly communicates expectations and ensures thorough onboarding of new employees, including ensuring an understanding of safe operating procedures · Ensures team’s compliance with safety guidelines, company standards and production goals · Makes a working contribution to team’s success and holds the team accountable to meet KPI’s and other objectives in a timely manner · Continuously identifies opportunities for improvement through assessment of team’s control point process, variables, equipment, resources, efficiencies, methods, challenges and strengths · Gathers, sorts, analyzes and filters shift data and compiles reports based on results · Ensures operational efficiencies are met, coordinates preventative maintenance and repairs in conjunction with maintenance according to production plan, addresses concerns quickly and continuously evaluates equipment and processes · Manages a safe and clean work environment · Educates and directs team members on the use of control points, equipment and resources, ensuring compliance · Thinks critically and utilizes various problem solving, leadership and analytics methods to address challenges · Works closely with Supervisor, EHS, HR, Quality and others to ensure all parties are informed and in compliance and reports incidents or accidents immediately · Uses software systems to manage team’s schedules, hours, performance and disciplinary actions, create reports and perform safety and layered process audits Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
Outstanding written and oral communication skills
2-3 years of experience in manufacturing leadership, coaching, development and/or training role
Knowledge, management, and improvement of automotive production and/or quality process
Production planning, MSP, reporting
Application of control plan, controls administration, operational efficiencies
Ability to follow instructions, delegate and interpret and enforce policies and procedures.
Familiarity with SAP, Attendance Counts, DMS, Beacon, Microsoft Suite, and Outlook
Able to operate full operations of fork lift truck daily.

Responsibilities

Ensures employees receive training and understand all safety requirements and procedures related to their work. Enforces personal protective equipment requirements
Departmental daily safety spot check
Guides and manages team to ensure KPI’s and other performance metrics are met
Understands the scope, impacts and intricacies of the on-shift production process
Communicates clearly and effectively across all levels of the organization
Fosters and develops a culture of safety, quality, teamwork, accountability and respect
Employs strong leadership skills in management of team
Coaches, trains and develops team
Clearly communicates expectations and ensures thorough onboarding of new employees, including ensuring an understanding of safe operating procedures
Ensures team’s compliance with safety guidelines, company standards and production goals
Makes a working contribution to team’s success and holds the team accountable to meet KPI’s and other objectives in a timely manner
Continuously identifies opportunities for improvement through assessment of team’s control point process, variables, equipment, resources, efficiencies, methods, challenges and strengths
Gathers, sorts, analyzes and filters shift data and compiles reports based on results
Ensures operational efficiencies are met, coordinates preventative maintenance and repairs in conjunction with maintenance according to production plan, addresses concerns quickly and continuously evaluates equipment and processes
Manages a safe and clean work environment
Educates and directs team members on the use of control points, equipment and resources, ensuring compliance
Thinks critically and utilizes various problem solving, leadership and analytics methods to address challenges
Works closely with Supervisor, EHS, HR, Quality and others to ensure all parties are informed and in compliance and reports incidents or accidents immediately
Uses software systems to manage team’s schedules, hours, performance and disciplinary actions, create reports and perform safety and layered process audits