Group Leader

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in the training, developing and evaluating of hourly team members
• Participate in the development of highly effective teams
• Lead Global Manufacturing Systems(GMS) processes and serves as resource supporting launch and pilot activities in assigned areas
• Meet or exceeds production cost schedule and maintains quality requirements
• Maintain awareness of quality standards, and communicates department quality goals, and leverages resources to solve quality issues
• Build and maintain good working relationships with employees, union and management
• Understand and consistently administer the National and Local Agreements between the company and the union
• Implement and follows systems that prevent reoccurrence of known issues
• Promote safe work practices and achieve objectives for ergonomics, health and safety and housekeeping
• Motivate, train and develop 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
• 1-2 years of experience in manufacturing environment
• Previous experience working with a union environment - preferred
• Previous leadership experience - preferred
• Microsoft Office - Excel, PowerPoint, Word
• Ability to work cross functionally with other teams