Production Lead

• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture, ensuring that all safety protocols and regulations are strictly followed.
• Maintains responsibility for ensuring organization and cleanliness of all areas, adhering to 5S/4S+SD principles to optimize efficiency and uphold a safe, clean working environment.
• Ensure that production processes are carried out according to established procedures and standards.
• Manage the allocation of resources, including labor, materials, and equipment, to maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
• Monitor workflow and adjust schedules as necessary to meet changing production demands, using Versatility tools to meet cycle times and Rotation requirements.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of production workers, ensuring effective communication and a positive work environment, based on company’s core values (RATSO).
• Identify and coordinate training opportunities to develop team member’s skills, versatility and performance.
• Responsible for Certification and De-Certification of Team Members based on performance and process requirements.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations with Team Leaders using score cards, Day in the life and Problem Follow-up Sheet (PFS) to address any performance issues.
• Ensure that all products meet the company’s quality standards and customer specifications.
• Implement and monitor quality control processes to identify and address defects or non-conformance.
• Lead and engage with the quality assurance team to investigate and resolve quality issues, including but not limited to methodologies such as 5 why’s and A3’s.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant industry standards, including environmental regulations, and company policies.
• Monitor and control inventory levels to ensure the availability of materials while minimizing excess stock.
• Identify, Communicate and Coordinate maintenance and repair activities to minimize downtime and ensure equipment reliability.
• Identify, coordinate and implement opportunities for process improvements and cost-saving initiatives, including but not limited to Kaizen projects.
• Reporting to the Operations Assistant Manager, the GL is accountable to provide daily updates on production status, challenges, and achievements and utilizing Problem Follow-up Sheet (PFS) to implement countermeasures.
• Prepare and submit reports on production performance, including output, quality, safety, and resource utilization and utilizing Problem Follow-up Sheet (PFS) to implement countermeasures.
• Facilitate communication between production teams and other departments, such as quality, engineering, and logistics.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

• Knowledge of lean methodologies
• Knowledge of equipment and processes used in an assembly line preferred
• 2+ years supervisory experience
• Manufacturing experience in the Automotive industry preferred
• Knowledge of production safe work practices
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

• Attendance – Must be able to work overtime, as required, to meet production needs
• Ability to rotate shifts every two weeks (day/night)
• Must be at facility at a minimum of 30 minutes prior to the start of the shift

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, talk; hear; or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work involves daily exposure to unusual elements, such as dirt, dust, extreme temperatures, humidity, and/or noise
• Work environment involves daily exposure to physical risks, such as working around mechanical and electrical hazards
• Position requires the ability to see; hear; and communicate by utilizing professional etiquette with all levels of Team Members, custom and with external vendors

Integrated Human Capital