Production Team Lead

Summary: The main goal of the Production Team Lead is to manage production flow to meet QAP goals and customer demands.  The Production Team Lead will work closely with his/her team to ensure quality and development of future QAP leaders.  A successful Production Team Lead will be able to communicate across multiple departments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Continuously strive to drive, improve, and monitor QAP companywide KPI’s: safety (6s), people, quality, cost of production, delivery/Inventory, continuous improvement, finance/cash, and commercial under the direction of the Production Manager.
• Research and analyze daily/weekly/monthly reports. Research efficiency, quality, and scrap rate to meet QAP goals and standards.  Provide appropriate coaching, direction corrective action to resolve issues.
• Ensures employee and departmental compliance with all QAP policies, procedures, values and mission.
• Ensure that employee conduct is free from any form of harassment (sexual, racial, religious, etc.). Immediately reporting violations to supervisor or Human Resource Manager.
• Administer and lead 8D problem solving process.
• Administer and lead standardized work list.
• Ensure that all employees actively participate in and complete appropriate training (on the job, classroom, or otherwise). Ensure all training is evaluated and proper documentation is maintained.
• Maintain daily two-way communication with team. Provide updated information on current business status.
• Identify and coach employees on maximizing production through put by goal setting and removing obstacles. Reestablish goals when needed.
• Attend and actively participate in production meetings.
• Evaluate management and overall department performance through formal and informal performance appraisals. Provide continuous coaching to engage and motivate team.
• Assign appropriate corrective actions when needed to maintain QAP mission and values.
• Maintains complete security and confidentiality of company and employee information.
• Investigates employee concerns promptly and thoroughly creating an environment of trust.
• Foster a spirt of safety-first focus by conducting layered process audits on lock-out, PPE, pinch points, machine guards etc. Analyze near miss and OSHA recordable data to reduce future/potential injuries.  Enforce all safety polices and regulations.   Actively participate in monthly safety committee meetings.
• Ensure production team is producing top quality parts. Work with management and operators to identify and resolve issues.
• Facilitate communication between shipping and production departments on status of product fulfillment.
• Create a culture of positive momentum by holding roadblock meetings; Explore production opportunities utilizing employee input.
• Identify and resolve variances with inventory.
• Monitor production levels to fill just in time or add on orders.
• Attend and actively participate in production meetings.
• Complete all required paperwork. Ensure documentation is shared with proper departments.
• Ability to maintain regular attendance at QAP facility.
• Verify and process employee payroll, ensuring compliance with all federal regulations.
• Ability to maintain regular attendance at QAP facility.
• Any additional task assigned by management.

 

 

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Customer Focus

Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Integrity and Trust

Is widely trusted; is seen as direct, truthful individual, can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidence; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent himself/herself for personal gain.

Managing and Measuring Work

Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; sets clear objectives and measures; monitors process, progress, and results; design feedback loops into work.

Drive for Results

Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and other for results.

Confronting Directing Reports

Deals with problem direct reports firmly and in a timely manner;