Value Stream Team Leader - 1st Shift

Job Summary

We are seeking an energetic and detail-oriented Production Supervisor to drive manufacturing excellence within our production environment on 1stt. In this pivotal role, you will lead a dedicated team responsible for the seamless flow of operations, ensuring that production targets are met with high quality standards. Your leadership will foster a culture of continuous improvement, safety, and operational efficiency, empowering your team to excel in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence process optimization, enhance supply chain management, and contribute to the overall success of our manufacturing operations.

Position Summary



Job Summary

We are seeking an energetic and detail-oriented Production Supervisor to drive manufacturing excellence within our production environment on 1stt. In this pivotal role, you will lead a dedicated team responsible for the seamless flow of operations, ensuring that production targets are met with high quality standards. Your leadership will foster a culture of continuous improvement, safety, and operational efficiency, empowering your team to excel in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence process optimization, enhance supply chain management, and contribute to the overall success of our manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities


Responsibilities

• The Value Stream Team Leader will meet with the department associates regularly. Reflecting on problems, solutions and challenges, thereby creating a culture of continuous improvement.
• Leads the plant value stream(s) in daily operations and continuous improvements, which include but are not limited to: supply chain, production control, manufacturing priorities and coordination between all shifts in the value stream. The Production Supervisor will assist the Production Manager to create continuous product flow, utilize pull systems and to level the workload.
• Create the basis for continuous improvement and employee empowerment by ensuring that standardized work and processes are followed, needed adjustments are implemented and the area is compliant with safety and 5S requirements.
• Instill and maintain a positive team atmosphere in the Departments; hold regular team meetings and assign team member tasks and coordinate support activities form departments outside of the team.
• Provide effective cross training for department associates and backups from other value streams to assure the continuous smooth running of the value stream. Encourage team to stop and fix problems in order to get quality right the first time.
• Work with the Plant Manager to develop the future state value stream map and manage the plans to achieve it as documented in the Value Steam Tracking Center. In addition, the Team Leader works with the Group Leader and the Value Stream Team to maintain Team Improvement Boards. A visually controlled environment must be developed to assure no problems are hidden.

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3- 5 years’ management or supervisory experience.
• Sufficient background in accounting, PC skills, manufacturing, human resource management and inventory control.
• Demonstrated teamwork and teambuilding skills. Ability to assess and develop individual and team skills and capabilities. Able to create and maintain enthusiasm for challenges. Serve as model by promoting safety, new ideas and positive change.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with LEAN teams or leading LEAN teams is preferred.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish (Preferred)