Production Lead

Production Lead

Location: Plymouth, MN, US Job Family: Manufacturing Country/Region: United States

The Production Lead supports and assists production management by providing daily people scheduling, priorities, and training directions for production employees in various of databases. This includes printing, staging and performing ERP transactions and activities. This position is also responsible for initial troubleshooting of production issues and communicating these issues and potential improvements to Management, as well as the responsibility to ensure inventory accurately reflects production and ERP.

Major Areas of Accountability:

• Coordinate daily production needs that address safety, quality productivity.
• Staging work orders
• Perform ERP transactions
• Participate in physical inventory count and verification against ERP in Production.
• Perform inventory adjustment if necessary.
• Perform routine checks on open work orders.
• Correct or adjust status as appropriate.
• Ensure work order accuracy such as issued components and correct quantities on Bill of Materials.
• Ensure sequences on traveler forms are filled out correctly.
• Update reports or files on excel daily.
• Monitors the standard of work within assigned area
• Ensure employees follow all applicable procedures
• Direct employees workflow and monitor work assignments to achieve daily production schedules
• Assists with establishing priorities, problem solving and setting goals in production.
• Communicates team needs and makes recommendations to Management
• Assures workflow between stations and/or departments, providing parts, supplies and tools as needed.
• Document jobs through manufacturing procedures
• Troubleshoot minor issues and elevate larger problems to appropriate members and/or cross functional team members
• Ensure employees are adequately trained to perform the work assignment
• Participate in continuous improvement. Evaluates systems, processes, or procedures and makes recommendations for improvement if necessary.
• Investigate and/or implement production changes
• Support other departments as needed; such as Warehouse on cycle counts, Quality on root cause investigations and Engineering on process changes.
• Serve as a resource to others in the resolution of complex problems and issues
• Demonstrate the understanding and applied 6s Lean manufacturing in workplace

Coloplast employees are required to conduct business to the highest ethical and professional standards; comply with applicable laws and regulations, the MedTech Code of Conduct, and company policies.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 5+ years of Medical device manufacturing experience is preferred
• Previous Lead experience is preferred
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment, preferably medical device manufacturing experience
• Preferred basic knowledge of an ERP system
• Proficient computer systems skills. Must be able to read English at an intermediate level or higher.
• Must have basic math skills

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced oral and written communication skills with all internal customers
• Knowledge of inventory management.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Lead training and cross-functionally train across teams
• Follows through on commitments and helps develop all levels of operators
• Looks for and receives process errors and brings them forward to supervisor/engineers
• Leads in process improvement activities to help with quality and efficiencies
• Keeps a positive can-do attitude
• Active listener
• Lean tools and continuous improvement
• Time management
• Conflict management tools
• Effective verbal and communication skills
• Basic knowledge of GMP
• Ability to manage multiple tasks
• Ability to work independently
• Proven decision making skills
• Ability to analyze problems and develop solutions
• Ability to use small hand tools
• Knowledge of basic computer systems
• Ability to coordinate work flow throughout various operations
• Must work well in a team atmosphere
• Must be willing to be cross-functionally trained
• Must be able to read English at an intermediate level
• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs independently and up to 75 lbs with assistance

At Coloplast, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the contributions of our employees. Our total rewards package is designed to support your well-being, foster your professional growth, and ensure a healthy work-life balance.