Group Leader

FastTek Global; City of Rochester (NY); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

FastTek Global in Rochester, NY seeks a Global Supply Chain Group Leader to optimize personnel, material, and equipment use and to train hourly team members.

You will drive Lean/Synchronous principles, meet production cost schedules, maintain quality, and foster safe, cooperative relationships with unions and management.

Qualifikationen

• Experience leading hourly manufacturing teams.
• Strong understanding of safety programs and audits.
• Ability to train and develop supervisors and frontline staff.

Aufgaben

• Provide leadership and support to Team Leaders and Team Members.
• Manage daily operations across SPQRCE metrics.
• Promote safe work practices and ensure PPE usage.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Operations management

Safety compliance

Team development

Training & coaching

Lean manufacturing

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Jobbeschreibung

The energy at our company is contagious. We're driven by our immense passion, as we constantly seek out challenges and identify new opportunities. We work hard to connect with our customers and earn their loyalty for life. Bring your talent to our company - our opportunities for growth span the globe. We will give you the training and opportunities to unleash your ambition.

• Provide leadership, guidance, resources, and support to Team Leaders and Team Members.
• Manage daily operations and performance across Safety, People, Quality, Responsiveness, Cost, and Environment (SPQRCE).
• Promote safe work practices, conduct safety audits, resolve unsafe conditions, and ensure PPE and safety procedures are followed.
• Coordinate manpower, attendance, overtime, vacations, payroll, and related workforce administration.
• Coach, mentor, and develop Team Leaders and Team Members; ensure training plans and proficiency records are current.
• Maintain compliance with standardized work, processes, company policies, agreements, and Rules of Conduct.
• Monitor quality standards, layered audits, containment, escalation, defect resolution, and corrective actions.
• Support production schedules, throughput, equipment problem resolution, material availability, and waste elimination.
• Lead or support team meetings, communicate goals and SPQRCE information, and maintain shift-to-shift communication.
• Facilitate problem solving, countermeasures, continuous improvement, and employee suggestions.
• Maintain required records, boards, metrics, logs, and documentation.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, Materials, HR/LR, and other support organizations.
• Resolve employee and Team Leader concerns, manage conflicts, and maintain positive employee relations.
• Serve as the liaison between the team, management, support groups, and the manpower committee.

Description

• As a Global Supply Chain Group Leader, you are responsible for the effective use of personnel, material, and equipment. 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 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.

The personality most likely to thrive is a calm, accountable, collaborative, and adaptable operator who:

• Leads from the floor and takes ownership of safety, quality, and production results.
• Communicates clearly and works cross-functionally, especially when priorities or problems change.