Team Lead

Gates Corporation; Alabama; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Gates Corporation in Red Bay, AL, seeks a Team Lead to drive daily production with a safety-first mindset. You will guide area employees, coach performance, and coordinate with supervisors to meet productivity and quality goals.

The role requires Lean manufacturing experience, strong communication, and the ability to lead continuous improvement initiatives in a fast-paced plant environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Lean manufacturing environments.
• 3 years of manufacturing experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to coach and train team members.
• Understanding of regulatory environments.
• Experience with Lean continuous improvement.
• Change management capabilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ERP systems such as Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safety-focused culture with clear expectations and accountability.
• Monitor employee issues and coordinate with HR/Management.
• Solicit ideas and communicate to Supervisors and CI Coordinators.
• Participate in operational improvement programs and projects.
• Provide daily direction and training to area production employees.
• Lead teams on performance, productivity, quality, and housekeeping.
• Coach on performance issues and recognition; ensure fair practice.
• Ensure SOPs are followed daily in Safety, Quality, Production, Inventory, 5S.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Team leadership

Coaching

Regulatory compliance

Microsoft Office

ERP systems (Oracle)

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

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Are you inspired by challenging the status quo? Do you thrive in collaborative environments that drive results? If so, Gates could be for you.

Gates is a leading manufacturer of application-specific fluid power and power transmission solutions. We push the boundaries of material science to engineer solutions that continually exceed customer expectations.

Let's simplify it, think belts and hoses. Found in motorcycles, conveyor belts, cars, tractors, blenders, vacuum cleaners, bicycles, & 3D printers just to name a few. Because why not do it all?

What To Expect

As an innovation leader, we look for ambitious, forward thinking, open-minded and well-rounded individuals to join our global team. Located in our Red Bay, AL plant, you will be a Team Lead.

Keys Responsibilities (to name a few)

• Ensures a safety focused culture where expectations are clearly articulated, safe work practices are adhered to and employees are held accountable for safety infractions. Investigates safety related issues or violations.
• Monitor and communicate employee issues and concerns. Contact HR / Management to consider course of action for situations that require immediate attention.
• Solicits employees' ideas and communicate to Supervisor, Continuous Improvement Coordinator and / or Manufacturing Process Technicians.
• Participates in operational improvement programs and projects.
• Responsible for providing daily direction and training to area employees who perform work in production, ensuring efficient operations and processes.
• Facilitates teams in the area of performance, productivity, quality, housekeeping expectations and personal accountability.
• Works with supervisor for performance problems and recognition and provides coaching as appropriate.
• Assists supervisor to ensure policies and work practices are administered in a fair and consistent fashion.
• Ensures the GEM philosophies are adhered to creating a culture of self directed behavior and accountability and process and performance excellence.
• Conducts thorough pre-shift meetings and reports daily attendance and punctuality.
• Controls and maintains raw materials, production supplies and tools.
• Responsible for reporting and tracking of shift metrics.
• Ensures that all area employees are trained and follow SOPs on a daily basis in the areas of Safety, Quality, Production, Inventory and 5S procedures.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Functions as an individual contributor assisting the supervisor; position would involve cross-training and assisting all shifts wherever needed.

Requirements and Preferred Skills

• Experience working in Lean manufacturing environment.
• 3 years experience in manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated initiative in fast paced work environment
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to coach and train team members
• Demonstrated understanding of regulatory environments
• Experience in Lean manufacturing environment
• Change management influence capability
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Suite and other ERP systems, such as Oracle
• Ensure operators on team are following correct procedures required for safety, quality, and production in accordance with company policies.
• Provide coaching and instruction to team members to improve performance.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities.
• Provide reports on daily performance of assigned shift.
• Other tasks as assigned.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without Sponsorship

WHY GATES?

Founded in 1911 in Denver, Colorado, Gates is publicly traded on the NYSE. While we might operate in a vast amount of time zones we operate as 'One Gates' and have a common goal of pushing the boundaries of materials science. We invest in our people, bringing real-world experience that enables us to solve our customers' diverse challenges of today and anticipate those of tomorrow.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Gates is an Equal Opportunity and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of race, sex, color, religion, age, disability, pregnancy, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other consideration defined by law.

The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate to loud. Temperatures can vary depending on weather conditions and can be extreme. Gates is managed in accordance with OSHAS requirements and requires all employees to wear steel-toed shoes, safety glasses, and a hard hat.