Group Leader

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Group Leader in Hamtramck, MI. As a Global Supply Chain Group Leader, you are responsible for the effective use of personnel, material, and equipment. Duties:

• Participates in the training, developing and evaluating of hourly team members
• Participates in the development of highly effective teams
• Leads Global Manufacturing Systems (GMS) processes and serves as resource supporting launch and pilot activities in assigned areas
• Meets or exceeds production cost schedule and maintains quality requirements
• Maintains awareness of quality standards, and communicates department quality goals, and leverages resources to solve quality issues
• Builds and maintains good working relationships with employees, union and management
• Understands and consistently administer the National and Local Agreements between the Company and the United Auto Workers Union
• Implements and follows systems that prevent reoccurrence of known issues
• 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
• High School diploma/GED required; Bachelor is preferred
• Soft skills - communication, being able to hold accountability to the union, interpersonal discussions
• Required - experience with Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, computer knowledge
• Manufacturing experience
• Quality and problem solving/root cause experience
• Team building experience