Team Leader

toyotaboshokuamerica; Princeton (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

toyotaboshokuamerica in Indiana seeks a Production Team Leader – Nights to oversee safety, quality, efficiency and cost targets. You will guide a production team, promote standardized work, and ensure smooth handoffs between shifts.

The role emphasizes coaching, training, and continuous improvement with KPI tracking, daily performance reviews, and hands-on use of MS Office to document results and drive improvements.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in Management or related Manufacturing field, or equivalent 3+ years of leadership experience.
• Proven ability to lead a production team and drive safety, quality and efficiency.
• Experience documenting and improving standardized work procedures.
• Proficient in MS Office for reporting and tracking improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead a production team emphasizing teamwork, safety, training and discipline.
• Assist in developing standardized work procedures and document best sequences.
• Promote safety, quality, productivity and cost improvement projects.
• Train new team members and mentor staff to master standardized work.
• Use KPIs for continuous improvement and track daily production performance.
• Coordinate communications between shifts and maintain employee relations.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety awareness

Training & coaching

Continuous improvement

Communication

Education

Associates degree in Management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

PRODUCTION TEAM LEADER – NIGHTS

Position Summary:
Responsible for meeting plant targets for safety, quality, efficiency and cost reduction.

Essential Job Functions

• Leads a production team emphasizing teamwork, safety, training and discipline.
• Assist in the development of standardized work procedures by designing and/or documenting the best work sequence for each process.
• Promote safety, quality, productivity and cost improvement projects.
• Assist in maintaining training matrix, assuring training is effective and correcting substandard performance.
• Work with team to improve standardized processes/methods, identify waste, methodically eliminate waste and standardize the new process/methods.
• Train new team members by breaking down standardized work and being a resource for assistance until job is mastered.
• Shows positive supervisory skills by actively nurturing staff and leading by example.
• Be proactive in predicting abnormalities and finding innovative solutions to correct
• Direct and facilitate quality improvement activities as coach or mentor to the team members
• Perform production readiness confirmation and post shift checks
• Use key performance indicators as a method of continuous improvement.
• Daily production performance tracking
• Coordinates communications between shifts
• Develops employee relations centered on trust and teamwork
• Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office products such as Excel and Word.
• Strong organization and planning skills required

Education and/or Experience

• Associates degree in Management or related Manufacturing field; or equivalent 3+ years of experience in production/manufacturing environment leadership EOE

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