Team Leader Production 1

Benteler Automotive Corporation; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

BENTELER Automotive Corporation seeks a Professional shift supervisor to lead finishing operations in our production plant in Louisiana. You will oversee safety, quality control, schedules, and team performance, coordinating with maintenance and IMS to maintain continuous production.

You will monitor performance, optimize processes, manage inventories, and train staff to meet performance targets, reporting to the operations leadership.

Qualifications

• AA/AS or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a shift supervisor role in a pipe mill facility (Finishing preferred).
• General Finishing experience mandatory; seamlessexperience preferred.
• Understanding of data acquisition systems such as IBA is preferred.
• Strong safety awareness and experience.
• Demonstrated capability of results through people, technology and process.
• Basic SAP & general computer knowledge is required.

Responsibilities

• Support and execute programs and procedures to ensure compliance to all safety rules and applicable procedures.
• Implement quality control measures to ensure high quality standards for product and be prepared to manage and elevate any quality issues that are not addressed during your shift.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of the production process and develop countermeasures to minimize unplanned downtime and maintain a high product quality level.
• Setup and ensure the execution of programs required to ensure facility cleanliness.
• Maintain proper and updated training material end ensure continuous training of the assigned employees to support highest performance requirements.
• Ensure operation of equipment by calling for repairs and providing trouble shooting support to the maintenance teams.
• Be responsible for planning, directing, or coordinating work activities and obtaining resources necessary for production success.
• Will be reviewing processing schedules and production orders and make decisions regarding resources needed to meet those schedules or orders.
• Be responsible for scheduling proper hourly employees in respective production areas and keep the employees in those areas working efficiently.
• Manage IMS inventory on a higher level including weekly cycle counts on Sundays and year-end inventory.
• Manage high levels of inventory and adjust based on the needs of the mill and escape to senior management when there is a risk of halting production due to lack of inventory.
• Escalate if operating groups are not unloading the transfer carts in a time manner.
• Be available to provide support (answering phone calls) during time where there may not be a supervisor present in IMS.
• Perform other duties as assigned by senior management.

Skills

Shift supervision

Safety awareness

People leadership

Data analysis

Quality focus

Education

AA/AS or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Computer literacy

Job description

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Division: BENTELER Steel/Tube
Functional Area: Production
Career Level: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time
Weekly Working Hours: 40.00
Required Languages: English
Requisition ID: 47912

At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities—at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

Primary Responsibilities

• Support and execute programs and procedures to ensure compliance to all safety rules and applicable procedures.
• Implement quality control measures to ensure high quality standards for product and be prepared to manage and elevate any quality issues that are not addressed during your shift.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of the production process and develop countermeasures to minimize unplanned downtime and maintain a high product quality level.
• Setup and ensure the execution of programs required to ensure facility cleanliness.
• Maintain proper and updated training material end ensure continuous training of the assigned employees to support highest performance requirements.
• Ensure that team's goals are aligned with and representative of the overall company's directive.
• Act as liaison between the assigned team members and the management.
• Initiate and foster a spirit of cooperation within and between departments and attend the Finishing morning meetings to ensure IMS is aligned with the operating groups.
• Conduct employee performance review to determine competency, knowledge, and contribution.
• Ensure operation of equipment by calling for repairs and providing trouble shooting support to the maintenance teams.
• Provide manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data.
• Be responsible for planning, directing, or coordinating work activities and obtaining resources necessary for production success.
• Will be reviewing processing schedules and production orders and make decisions regarding resources needed to meet those schedules or orders.
• Be responsible for scheduling proper hourly employees in respective production areas and keep the employees in those areas working efficiently.
• Manage IMS inventory on a higher level including weekly cycle counts on Sundays and year-end inventory.
• Manage high levels of inventory and adjust based on the needs of the mill and escape to senior management when there is a risk of halting production due to lack of inventory.
• Escalate if operating groups are not unloading the transfer carts in a time manner.
• Be available to provide support (answering phone calls) during time where there may not be a supervisor present in IMS.
• Perform other duties as assigned by senior management.

Requirements

• AA/AS or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years in a shift supervisor role in a pipe mill facility (Finishing preferred).
• General Finishing experience is mandatory, seamlessexperience is preferred.
• Understanding of data acquisition systems such as IBA is preferred.
• Strong safety awareness and experience.
• Demonstrated capability of results through people, technology and process.
• Basic SAP & general computer knowledge is required.

Your contact

LaTorah C Robinson
BENTELER Human Resources

The BENTELER Group always has the answer. That’s because in each of our divisions and at every one of our sites, you can benefit from the size and diversity of an international corporation with more than 20,000 employees at around 90 locations worldwide.

The same is true in our BENTELER Steel/Tube division. Here, we develop and produce custom, precision pipes for customers from energy production, automotive engineering, and other industrial sectors. In this division, we enable the unerring application of our products, from the concept up to process integration and thus to integration into our customers’ value chains. Along with that, our diverse fields of application make sure you can be and become anything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!