Team Leader - Seneca Battery - B Shift (6:00 AM - 6:30 PM)

BorgWarner • Seneca, SC

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This position reports to the Production Controls and Logistics (PC&L) group. The schedule for this role is 12 hours Day 6:00am-6:30pm. One week you would work 3 nights and the next week you would work 4 nights. This is not a swing shift, just the nights in which you work rotate. Every other weekend off. Team leaders are expected to set the tone for their department by demonstrating the BorgWarner core beliefs in every aspect of their role. They are responsible for creating, analyzing, and delivering reports impacting KPIs to all levels of the organization to gauge effectiveness around continuous improvement initiatives. Collaboration and sharing of continuous improvement efforts within the department/facility is expected, as is facilitating and leading the team to implement and complete continuous improvement projects. Communication between the team, support groups, and management is key. The role involves understanding, training, and developing employees on all duties outlined in the PC&L job descriptions. Mediation of conflicts between employees and departments, with escalation to the management team as necessary, is also a responsibility. Team Leaders are accountable to the PC&L department objectives and must communicate department performance to the team. Active participation in leadership development activities sponsored by BorgWarner is expected. Employee performance evaluation during and after the orientation period, with requests for additional training if needed, is part of the role. Standard Team Leader work, such as reporting downtime, safety incidents, and quality issues, must be completed. Compiling, storing, and retrieving PC&L data as necessary, and coordinating activities to ensure internal and external customers’ needs are met, are also required. Support for change management initiatives and completion and submission of Monthly Safety training are essential. Adherence to FIFO standards throughout all storage areas and material flow points is mandatory. Initial investigation and documentation for all safety incidents, SAP entries and transactions as needed, and use of appropriate hold tags to process defective parts through the nonconforming material procedure are required. Support for self-development to allow for department flexibility through learning multiple positions and supporting based on business needs is encouraged. Safe operation of all equipment and maintenance of certifications within the PC&L fleet, including Powered Industrial Equipment (Tugger, Sit Down, Pacer, Reach, Swing Reach, Electric Jacks), and BW company vehicles, is necessary. Reading and understanding work instructions or following instructions to execute material flow requirements is essential. Manually loading and unloading materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, baskets, and shelves on foot and by hand is required. Accurate and timely entry of materials transactional information into SAP and other systems is necessary. Reading electronic and manual bill of materials, pull sheets, and pick sheets to retrieve and deliver necessary materials is part of the job. Use of appropriate deviation areas and hold tags to process defective parts through the nonconforming material procedure is required. Loading/Unloading materials into trailers adhering to Dock Safety Protocol is necessary. Support on inventory management by performing root cause analysis for all variations with inventory is required. Assisting in training and educating employees within the department and performing other duties as assigned, including operating P.I.T., material movement, and PC&L Operator roles, are part of the responsibilities. Emphasis is placed on Battery Operation, repacking material to introduce to the production line to a quality standard. Ensuring hazmat shipping and receiving requirements are held to standard and followed, and that safety requirements are followed and always maintained during material movement, are critical.

Requirements

• High School diploma/GED or basic skills assessment required.
• 6 months experience in automotive manufacturing material handling/specialist role required including utilizing lean concepts.
• 1-3 years’ experience leading teams in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Develop effective relationships across all departments and teams.
• Knowledge of SAP software, Leading to Lean, Excel Spreadsheet, PowerPoint Presentations and Word.

Nice To Haves

• 6 months battery material movement preferred.
• 6 months of experience in SAP/ERP systems preferred.
• Familiarity with key performance indicators of a logistics department
• Proven track record of excellent verbal and written communication.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Flexible work schedule/ability to work overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

• Create, analyze, and deliver reports impacting KPIs to all levels of the organization to gage effectiveness around continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate and share continuous improvement efforts within the department/facility.
• Facilitate and lead team to implement and complete continuous improvement projects.
• Facilitate communication between team, support groups and management.
• Understand, train, and develop employees on all the duties as outlined in the PC&L job descriptions.
• Mediate any conflict between employees and departments and escalate to management team as necessary.
• Be accountable to the PC&L department objectives and communicate department performance to team.
• Actively participate in leadership development activities sponsored by BorgWarner.
• Evaluate employee performance during and after orientation period and request additional training for employee if needed.
• Complete Team Leader standard work (i.e. Reporting downtime, safety incidents, quality, etc.).
• Compile, store and retrieve PC&L data as necessary.
• Coordinate activities to ensure internal and external customers’ needs are met.
• Support change management initiatives.
• Complete and submit Monthly Safety training.
• Adherence to FIFO standards throughout all storage areas and material flow points.
• Complete initial investigation and documentation for all safety incidents.
• SAP entries and transactions required as needed.
• Use appropriate hold tags to process defective parts through nonconforming material procedure.
• Support while driving self-development to allow for department flexibility through learning multiple positions and supporting based off business need.
• Safely operate all equipment and maintain certifications within the PC&L fleet including but no limited to (where applicable): All Powered Industrial Equipment (Tugger, Sit Down, Pacer, Reach, Swing Reach, Electric Jacks), etc. BW company vehicle
• Read and understand work instructions and/or follow instructions to execute the material flow requirements.
• Manually load and unload materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, baskets, and shelves on foot and by hand as required.
• Accurately and timely enter materials transactional information into SAP and other systems as required.
• Read electronic and manual bill of materials, pull sheets, pick sheets to retrieve and deliver necessary materials.
• Use appropriate deviation areas, hold tags, to process defective parts through nonconforming material procedure.
• Load/Unload materials into trailers adhering to Dock Safety Protocol.
• Provide support on inventory management by performing root cause analysis for all variations with inventory as needed.
• Assist in training and educating employees within the department.
• Other duties as assigned including operating P.I.T., material movement, PC&L Operator roles, etc.
• Emphasis on Battery Operation Repack material to introduce to production line in a quality standard.
• Ensure hazmat shipping and receiving requirements are held to standard and followed.
• Safety requirements are followed and always maintained during material movement.

Benefits

• Travel is occasionally required, up to 5% of the time.
• Availability to work a flex schedule due to business needs including working overtime.
• Complete DOT HAZMAT training prior to material movement of hazmat products.
• Wear all PPE (including electrical PPE) as required and follow box cutting safety protocols.
• Support 5S/Housekeeping activities as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED