Front-Line Leader I

 

Department / Division: SDM Plant / Manufacturing 

Location: Buena Park, CA

Title: Front Line Leader Lever I

 

 

What’s special about this job:

 

The Front Line Lead will work a 4 day, 10 hour schedule, and the hours for 1st shift are 4am - 2pm, Monday through Thursday. This position will require employees to be available Monday through Saturday with the department determining which days will comprise the work week based upon production and scheduling demands.

 

How you would contribute to the role:

 

The Front-Line Leader (FLL) I will be responsible for leading and coordinating, activities during a single shift within a single job family (mix, packaging, or warehouse) for a single Amway Manufacturing plant. They are expected to deliver operational excellence in safety, quality and the delivery of products to our customers. The FLL will achieve results through leading and assisting packaging, mix, or warehouse employees with technical support, coaching, and mentoring.  

 

Responsibilities will include:

 

Demonstrating basic leadership capabilities and setting direction for the shift while driving activities that support business goals, effectively communicating across all levels, responding to situations and challenges and encouraging and rewarding team members. The FLL will perform functions associated with safety and productivity on a designated shift and functional job family while maintaining a high level of quality.  Must be able to run two areas in Mix family

 

FLL Level 1 is an entry-level position, responsible for leading and coordinating, activities during a single shift within a single job family (mix, packaging, or warehouse) for an Amway Manufacturing plant while continually building technical and leadership capabilities. 

 

Typically:

- Duties and tasks are routine with employees expected to deliver results in controlled situations.

- Works with teams to deliver daily and weekly results.

- Identifies quality, safety and production challenges in order to mitigate risk and participate in investigations.
- Resolves most routine situations and problems; refers complex issues to higher levels.
- Requires regular guidance and supervision from higher levels. - Builds technical capability within a single job family to support and lead teams as defined in Skill Development System (SDS). 

- Demonstrates leadership through coaching and development of team(s) within a single job family; refers complex issues to higher salaried leadership levels

- Assists in developing training plans for employees within single job family.

- Meets all required quality standards to ensure only quality product is passed on to our consumers

 

Knowledge of:

-  Major core functional processes and associated operating requirements

-  Basic computer skills to include an ability to learn and use company MRP (JDE/DcLink), MES (CAC), and PMC systems, related software, databases and applications to include use of typical office suite software packages

 

Demonstrated ability to:

 

Interact with/lead cross-functional teams to achieve defined outcomes through partnering, constructive and positive collaboration with culturally diverse team members, internal customers and external suppliers; respects and values differences and opinions of others

Understand customer needs and expectations and consistently look for ways to exceed the customer’s expectations.  

Build trust and integrity through open, timely, honest and constructive verbal and written communication with internal team members, internal customers and external suppliers to include effective delivery of and acceptance of feedback

Successfully adapt and adjust to changing approaches, processes, ideas, tools, and techniques

Recognize, anticipate, analyze and resolve organizational/people, operational or process problems.  Driven to understand the root cause of issues, monitor, develop and enhance existing work processes to maximize the team’s effectiveness and improve efficiencies

Consistently follow through on commitments and can be relied upon to accomplish results despite obstacles, specific direction or oversight

Set the example for consistently modeling desired team behaviors and is viewed by peers as a role model and a team member who exudes confidence, uses every situation as an opportunity to develop self and others, demonstrates empathy, effectively deals with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group or