Team Leader

VIVA USA Inc; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

VIVA USA Inc on site in Iowa seeks a competent Team Leader to manage production and staff performance across safety, quality, and efficiency. The role involves ensuring proper training, work instructions, and tools for success in a factory environment.

Lead department goals, support 5S and continuous improvement initiatives, and coordinate manpower and budget planning. Requires experience in shop-floor manufacturing, policy enforcement, and cross-functional teamwork.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technology, Operations, Business Management, or related field.
• Must lead and manage production and employee performance in safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency.
• Experience enforcing policies, procedures, and work rules in a manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor production and employee performance on safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency.
• Establish environmental guidance and provide training and tools for staff.
• Drive 5S, Continuous Improvement, manpower planning, and operating budgets at the department level.

Skills

Decisive leadership

High-pressure decision making

Confrontation or policy enforcement

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Operations/Business

Tools

Word

Excel

SAP

SharePoint

PowerBI

Job description

Fully onsite; candidate must be comfortable with factory environment and occasional intra-facility travel

Team Leader

Your Responsibilities:

• Manage and monitor individual and departmental production and employee performance on safety, quality, delivery, and efficiency and take corrective action including discipline as needed
• Establish the employee environment regarding communications, feedback, and overall guidance
• Ensure that assigned personnel have appropriate training, work instruction, and the tools necessary to successfully execute their jobs
• Drive department-level support of factory goals regarding 5S implementation, Continuous Improvement, manpower planning, and operating budgets

Skills

• Demonstrated experience making sound decisions and being proactive in high-pressured or time-sensitive environments
• Ability to conduct crucial conversations, including ability to enforce company policies, practices, procedures, and work rules
• Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional performance and teamwork in situations without authority

Makes you stand out:

• Demonstrated experience utilizing lean manufacturing techniques to drive business improvements
• Two?or more years of experience with shop floor manufacturing and incentive pay systems? (such as CIPP)
• Cross-functional work experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Material Control, or Supply Management
• Possess a good working knowledge of the appropriate operating and information systems used in Operations (Word, Excel, SAP, SharePoint, PowerBI)

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Technology, Operations, Business Management, Supply Management, Maintenance, or equivalent related work experiences

Notes:

Regarding Driving:

Regarding Driving: This position may drive a clientowned Gator inside the factory to get from the office area to a different office area in another part of the factory (all connected and indoors). Worker will need to successfully complete clientsafety training to be approved to drive this. They will transport their computer or parts/tools. Other workers could ride along if they are going to the same areas due to limited number of available Gators. This would not be driven outside. May also drive their personal vehicle to other facilities within a 20-mile radius. Rental cars are not used for this travel.

Work Details:

• Onsite
• Business casual dress code
• Will need metatarsal safety boots for first day
• This is a shop floor position so candidates must be comfortable in this environment

Shift:

• 3rd shift (9:30 pm to 6:00 am) Sunday night to Friday morning - overtime likely

Other Notes:

Fully onsite; candidate must be comfortable with factory environment and occasional intra-facility travel

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status