Lead

Lead

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

Through a respectful, inclusive and collaborative culture, a career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your career growth and join our purpose -- to make great products that create value and improve people's lives.

Job summary:

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Lead located in Columbia, SC. Reporting to the Production Manager the Lead role is responsible for providing leadership and direction to groups of non-exempt employees.

What a typical day looks like:

1. Provide ongoing feedback on performance of individuals through both formal and informal evaluations.
2. Initiate and participate in process development and cost improvement projects.
3. Coordinate people resource requirements for the department.
4. Assist in department budget planning and manage department expenses.
5. Communicate daily plan and any production or customer service issues
6. Highlight material shortages, interface with Expediter/Purchasing on any part shortages
7. Recognize and monitor bottlenecks.
8. Report and alert resources concerning downtime.
9. Interface with Test Support/Maintenance on equipment problems.
10. Track time for NPI/Pre-production/re-work.
11. Communicate with opposite shift to ensure communication flow.
12. Update department communication boards.
13. Follow quality indicators. Stop and alert if predefined indicators are below target.
14. Primary contact for response to situations where scrap is occurring in any process step.

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires an associate's degree, vocational or technical training, or equivalent experience.
• 6 years of related experience
• Serves as an expert/consultant in manufacturing line skills with other employees.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of manufacturing line techniques and may improve processes.
• Occasionally exposed to work that requires repetitive motion, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock and occasionally works in job assignments that may require overtime and 2nd or 3rd shift job assignments as required. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees, and supervisors of the organization
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.

Job Posting Start Date 06-17-2026 Job Posting End Date 09-30-2026

Job Category

Operations

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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