Factory Team Leader

Founded in 1910, KONE is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable.  Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an innovation and sustainability leader with repeated recognitions by Forbes, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others.   

Job Overview

Factory Team Leader supports the Supervisor in leading, guiding, and mentoring of team members. He/she is in responsible for leading the production operators and technicians assuring safe, high quality, complete-on-time delivery of KONE components. He/she acts as the first interface between workers and the Supervisor.

Location: Allen, TX

Job Duties

Lead production operatives:

• Studies production schedules and estimates work hour requirements for completion of job assignments. 
• Drives safety, productivity and quality in production with supervisor. 
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, and job orders to workers and assigns duties. 
• Maintains production records. 
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew. 
• Allocates operatives to work stations in cooperation with production supervisor 
• Trains operatives to new tasks 
• Works closely with the supervisor to drive a culture of continuous improvement 

Performance Measures:

• Volume per shift productivity and efficiency 
• Optimize direct working hours - reducing indirect hours with the best use of the resources 
• Reducing lost time in production  
• Daily communication to the people (Targets, Quality, IIFR etc) 
• Complete on Time 
• Rework/production scraps reduction 
• Safety and environmental measures 
• Ideas and suggestions in his area

Hiring Requirements

• Knowledge and experience of manufacturing/operational process  
• Solid experience in production processes and in managing and leading people in standard or special production.  

• Good knowledge about the processes in component installation for a better understanding of the customer and quality needs.  
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities 
• High school degree. 
• Basic English knowledge. 
• Computer skills – MS Office and SAP is a plus 

About KONE 

At KONE, we foster an innovative and collaborative culture, valuing each individual's contribution. Employee engagement and sustainability are key focuses, promoting ethical practices and mutual respect. We're proud to offer experiences and opportunities to help you achieve career and personal goals while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. 

• We hire diverse individuals because we believe diversity drives innovation.  
• We value your authentic self.  
• Diversity, equity and inclusion is embedded in our strategy and values. 
• Collaborative, creative, and supportive work environment. 
• Passionate about safety, quality, and innovation  
• We care about the communities where we live and work.

Some of our many benefits include: 

• Competitive salary 
• Flexible work schedule 
• Opportunities to learn and grow 
• Matching 401K 
• Comprehensive health and wellness plans for the entire family 
• Paid holidays and paid time off 

*Applicant must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Hourly Pay Range: $28.15 - $38.70

Variable Compensation 

KONE Incentive Program (Quarterly) based on achievement of group goals.

Come share your passion and energy to make a positive impact at KONE for our customers and your career!  

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