Boots Manufacturing Team Lead

Lucchese Bootmaker; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucchese Bootmaker is seeking a Team Lead – Manufacturing (Boots) to oversee day-to-day boot production. You will guide frontline teams, ensure schedules, quality, and safety standards are met, and drive continuous improvement through coaching and problem-solving across QA, Maintenance, Planning, Engineering, and Supply Chain.

This role focuses on leading a manufacturing team, meeting targets, and promoting operational excellence while aligning with company policies and best practices.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• 2-3 years of experience leading a team in a production environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred.
• Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) or equivalent workplace safety certification.
• First Aid and CPR Certification (preferred).
• 5S Workplace Organization and Visual Management Training.
• Supervisory or Leadership Development Certification.

Responsibilities

• Set goals and objectives for department.
• Delegate tasks and make sure deadlines are met.
• Foster a collaborative environment by focusing on solutions and working constructively with other departments.
• Gain a thorough understanding of issues within your own department.
• Prioritize resolving department issues effectively.
• Demonstrate respect for employees working as a team including supervisors, leaders and other departments.
• Collaborate on problem solving and process improvement initiatives.
• Ensure processes are not changed without proper authorization and hold team accountable to adhering to standard processes.
• Develop, work, and provide a detailed list of department operations; communicate to team, and cross functional progress.
• Must understand department operations to ensure proper process and quality standards, communicate and close gaps with team.
• Spend most of the time focusing on walking production lines throughout the day, providing coaching, updates, and training.
• Constantly improve line performance by giving feedback and training toteam and goal attainment.
• Ensure operator training is completed and sustained for all bootmakers and operators as needed.
• Understand and know the short-term as well as long-range goals and targets for production and how they tie to the daily/weekly/monthly production plan. Communicate this to the team to drive engagement for goal attainment.
• Continemonitoring and updating Standard Operating Procedures as needed.
• Plan and execute effective line startups, ensure cleaning on all equipment is maintained, plan new product runs effectively.
• Ensure daily shut-down procedures are communicated and completed.
• Lead meetings with employees at the end/beginning of a shift (debrief) communicating needed information for the business flow. Provide praise and recognition for jobs well done and provide support for areas needing improvement.
• Generate ideas to improve efficiency on the lines or relevant topics.
• Communicate clearly with theteam about what is expected and monitor performance and address deficiencies through coaching and positive motivation and/or formal disciplinary action, if required.
• Reinforcing all company policies, Standard Operating Procedures, and safety rules and procedures. Advise management of discrepancies.
• Develop and maintain a strong teamwork environment.
• Performs other duties and provides support to other departments as assigned.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Bilingual Spanish/English

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Safety awareness

People skills

Coaching & training

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

OSH or safety certification

First Aid and CPR Certification

5S Workplace Organization & Visual Management Training

Supervisory or Leadership Development Certification

Job description

Lucchese Bootmaker is seeking a Team Lead – Manufacturing (Boots) to oversee day-to-day boot production. You will guide frontline teams, ensure schedules, quality, and safety standards are met, and drive continuous improvement through coaching and problem-solving across QA, Maintenance, Planning, Engineering, and Supply Chain.

This role focuses on leading a manufacturing team, meeting targets, and promoting operational excellence while aligning with company policies and best practices.