D Shift - Assembly Team Lead

About the role

Provide assistance to the Supervisor to enhance the overall efficiencies and accuracies of all processes required to pick products for production orders and stage Handling Units (HUs) in proper locations for MAHLE Aftermarket Inc.

Responsibilities

• Monitor reports for priority orders and completion.
• Maintain assignments for M & G numbers to ensure correct login and balance of resources in the system to reduce partial picks or resource errors.
• Complete required audits of picked production orders.
• Hold pickers accountable to pick correct quantities of each part number, label with pick tags, identify and stage HUs properly (HU # and box 1/X).
• Monitor reports for pick queues and warehouse tasks for proper assignment & execution & priority levels; balance and assign resources to minimize partial picks and balance mezzanine and lift picks across deliveries & orders.
• Monitor production orders with multiple warehouse orders to minimize partial picks.
• Train new employees and/or temporaries on the job, including testing/auditing correct performance and execution of warehouse tasks and responsibilities. Document via Basic Departmental Specific Training Plan.
• Invest time each day with new employees and/or temporaries for the first 2 weeks to conduct an effective onboarding experience, ensure training retention, and remove obstacles preventing development of an effective team member.
• Provide necessary resources and tools to keep personnel productive (radios, lifts & harnesses, pallets, scanners, box cutters, markers, twist ties, baggies, etc).
• Prioritize and coordinate with supervisor, Production Control Coordinators, other group leaders, and bulk pickers to schedule picking of production orders to meet delivery and productivity requirements.
• Monitor all quality processes within the department. Address incomplete HUs or HUs not staged in correct locations.
• Daily disposition of products in red and yellow bins and put away of overage or rerouted stock left in excess after production order is completed.
• Monitor and disposition all pallets/bin boxes/products in area of responsibility for correct status identification. Address problems as they arise.
• Monitor all daily productivity of team members and report to Supervisor daily. Implement actions to achieve department KPIs.
• Perform effective shift handoff to include status of priority customers or orders, suggestions for what to work on next, and staging to set next shift up for success.
• Cover for absenteeism and vacation as required. Handle minor disciplinary issues.
• Communicate maintenance requirements on a daily basis.
• Work with and display a team concept approach at all times.
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment.
• Read and respond to emails as necessary.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervision of department associates under the leadership guidance of the Supervisor.

Requirements

• Must be able to handle multiple requests and assignments.
• Must have good organization skills.
• Advanced communication and people skills.
• Ability to operate material handling equipment required in the department.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); one to three months related experience and/or training.
• Ability to prioritize production requirements.
• Possess computer skills in spreadsheet (Excel) functions.

Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents.
• Ability to complete basic math calculations.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.
• Good analytical, conceptual, and organizational skills.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequently required to use hands to feel, handle; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear.
• Frequently required to sit, stand, and walk.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must frequently lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Schedule

Overtime may be required.