Manufacturing Lead

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GSI Assumption is seeking a talented, passionate, and highly motivated professional to join the team as a Team Lead. The ideal candidate will be responsible for providing leadership and support to ensure assigned cell meets plan build schedule. Ensure effective and efficient operational performance with regard to areas assigned.  Establish and implement programs (with support of Production and Business Unit Manager) to meet operational targets related to productivity, lean, cost, quality, safety and housekeeping, delivery schedules, through-put, process improvements, team and employee development.

You will work onsite at our Assumption IL facility. 

Your Impact

• Meet and exceed production and delivery schedules, budgets and targets
• Direct and promote a work environment of continuous improvement through proactive process improvement programs.
• Promote a team environment through effective communication and delegation.
• Proactively engage the support of indirect support personnel to achieve departmental and business objectives.
• To foster an environment of learning through effective cross training of assigned employees.
• Expected to develop and maintain required relationships with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Human Resources, Engineering, Production Control, Shipping, and other areas as required meeting targeted business goals and objectives.  Maintain an effective relationship with Purchasing to affect positive supplier/vendor relationships.
• Staffing (Job Assignment)
• Interviewing
• Safety investigation 5 why's
• Coaching
• Ensure Skill Training Matrixes are in place, train new hires and manage training
• Employee/ situation investigation
• Standard work documentation
• Execute to daily, weekly, monthly, schedule/ plan/schedule attainment
• Meet daily cell goals (5s, Safety, Quality, Maintain hourly production boards)
• Daily start up checks
• Daily Departmental KPI's
• 100% time on the production floor
• Departmental communication
• Cell communication process/toolbox /shift changeover reports/handoffs/ensure smooth transition
• Cycle counts
• Inventory accuracy/adjustments
• Impulse management
• First and last piece audits for each operator<