Team Leader - Level IV - SHOP

We are looking for a talented Team Leader - Level IV - SHOP to join our team specializing in Manufacturing for our Cummins Inc. facility in Plainfield, IN .

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Forge Strategic Partnerships: Build strong cross-functional relationships that accelerate shared goals and strengthen collaboration across teams.

• Communicate with Precision: Tailor messages to diverse audiences, ensuring clarity, alignment, and consistent understanding at every level.

• Elevate Decision Quality: Apply sound judgment and timely analysis to drive choices that keep operations moving forward with confidence.

• Deliver Consistent Results: Maintain high performance even in challenging conditions, ensuring commitments are met and organizational priorities advance.

• Champion Accountability: Set clear expectations, follow through on commitments, and foster a culture where ownership and reliability are the norm.

• Model Integrity and Trust: Demonstrate honesty, transparency, and authenticity to earn the confidence of colleagues, partners, and stakeholders.

• Navigate Complexity Effectively: Break down complicated information, identify patterns, and provide practical solutions that simplify decision-making.

• Strengthen a Safe, Inclusive Workplace: Promote proactive health and safety behaviors while valuing diverse perspectives to enhance team performance and well-being.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Operational Mastery & Analytical Rigor: You need the ability to investigate inventory discrepancies, analyze root causes, implement corrective actions, and maintain accurate reporting across all material records and cycle count activities.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication: Success requires strong partnership skills to work effectively with IT, Finance, Quality, EHS, and operations teams-ensuring system integrity, audit readiness, safety compliance, and clear communication of process changes.

• Leadership, Coaching & Team Development: You must be able to motivate, train, and guide team members; allocate manpower effectively; promote standardized work; encourage continuous improvement ideas; and foster a cohesive, accountable team environment.

• Safety, Quality & Continuous Improvement Mindset: You need a deep commitment to proactive safety behaviors, equipment knowledge, quality standards, and structured problem-solving (8D, audits, lean tools) to drive ongoing improvements in throughput, waste reduction, and process reliability.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations.

This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience.

• Skilled in identifying, investigating, and implementing record-accuracy improvements to support operational excellence and meet performance targets.

• Experienced in leading root-cause investigations for critical material discrepancies and initiating corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

• Strong cross-functional collaborator, regularly partnering with IT to review system changes impacting inventory accuracy and with Finance to support audit requirements.

• Adept at generating timely, accurate reporting on record accuracy, error trends, and inventory performance metrics.

• Proven ability to foster a collaborative, team-oriented environment by coaching and supporting team members in shared responsibilities.

• Committed to operating with high ethical standards and full adherence to company policies, safety guidelines, and compliance requirements.

• Provides direction and oversight for cycle-count processes, cycle-count teams, and offsite inventory operations.

• Demonstrated interpersonal strengths in motivating, coaching, problem-solving, evaluating, and training team members.

• Conducts daily safety walks, PPE checks, and equipment reviews to ensure a safe and compliant work environment.

• Thorough understanding of operational equipment and associated safety risks within assigned areas.

• Ensures timely reporting of close calls and incidents to EHS leadership and communicates safety concerns to the team.

• Partners with Quality to develop and update work instructions, ensuring changes are communicated and implemented effectively.

• Skilled in performing root-cause analysis (8D, internal audits, lean methodologies) to address safety, quality, and production issues.

• Leads continuous-improvement initiatives to eliminate waste, enhance productivity, and improve processes; communicates progress and results to the team.

• Encourages team participation in safety, quality, and productivity improvements and provides updates on the status of their suggestions.

• Knowledgeable in measuring and maintaining quality standards related to team processes.

• Allocates manpower based on operational needs and team skill sets; provides coverage for absenteeism as needed.

• Performs equipment, forklift, machine, and tooling checks at shift start-up and reports abnormalities promptly.

• Identifies and supports throughput-improvement opportunities, maximizing value-added cycle time.

• Ensures fair and balanced job rotation among team members to support engagement and skill development.

• Flexible and willing to perform additional duties as assigned to support team and business needs.

Job Manufacturing

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Shop

ReqID 2429003

Relocation Package No

100% On-Site Yes

Due to the operational nature and specific job duties of this role, work is required to be completed 100% in person/On-site.

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