Team Lead- Production

Location(s):
McBee, SC, US, 29101

Business Unit: NAWH

Workplace Setting:
Onsite

A.O. Smith is a global leader applying innovative technologies and energy‑efficient solutions to products manufactured and marketed worldwide. The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a manufacturer of water treatment products for residential and light commercial applications.

A. O. Smith is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with approximately 12,000 employees at operations in the United States, Canada, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

Directs and coordinates shipping, inventory control, quality control and other warehouse processes according to established operating procedures by performing the following duties personally or through subordinates.

• Support company values & principles and promote them in everyday work activities.
• Instruct assigned teams on safety and emergency procedures and ensure daily accountability of those procedures.
• Support team supervisor and perform duties when absent.
• Provide encouragement to team members, including communication of team goals and identifying areas of needed training and skills checks.
• Provide daily work assignments to staff and work with managers and other supervisors to coordinate personnel and resources as necessary to complete all work scheduled for the department.
• Understand quality procedures and requirements and ensure daily accountability by operators, within the manufacturing areas of responsibility.
• Coordinate, provide, document, and execute employee training and cross‑training to ensure safety and work procedures are followed and meet quality requirements.
• Update and communicate plant functional manufacturing metrics using assigned Gemba board and facilitate daily team meetings.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that facilitates close cooperation with cross‑functional areas.
• Continue to grow lean knowledge and use the tools to identify and assist with continuous improvement, including 5S and 8‑Step Problem‑Solving methods to determine root cause of problems and implement corrective actions to proactively avoid repeat issues.
• Assist with the development, revision and enforcement of inventory management procedures and metrics including record keeping and SAP transactions, work instructions, ISO/quality procedures, CTPAT, and inventory warehouse and storage location accuracies.
• Assign available manpower to workstations based on cross‑training matrix.
• Monitor material movements in the inventory control system (SAP) and perform investigation and root cause analysis for inventory discrepancies.
• Oversee the receipt of purchased goods, verifying counts and quality, and coordinate material movements as it relates to put away, scrap removal and receiving.
• Inspect outbound freight for damages and prevent damage from arriving to customer.
• Visually monitor inventory levels and communicate low levels to TM Planners, Load Planners, on‑site leadership, and make inventory adjustments when needed.
• Maintain a “tour ready” clean and safe work area.
• Help attract and retain a qualified and motivated workforce while fostering new ideas for improvements from other team members.
• Other responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

• Minimum of three years of professionally related experience.
• In‑depth understanding of AOS values and metrics.
• Ability to multi‑task and strong time‑management skills.
• Demonstrate strong safety, productivity, performance, attendance, and adherence to company policies, procedures, and leadership standard work.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills to ensure stable operations of the assigned functional areas.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to work with others collaboratively to include cross‑functional teams and internal teams.
• Ability to motivate others to meet production demands and schedule.
• Ability to communicate effectively through oral and…