D Shift - Assembly Team Lead

At MAHLE, we are a leading international development partner and systems supplier to the automotive industry, focused on making mobility more efficient, environmentally friendly, convenient, and economical. As part of our dual strategy, we work on the intelligent combustion engine for hydrogen and other nonfossil fuels, as well as technologies for fuel cells and e-mobility. With sales of €11.3 billion in 2025 and nearly 65,000 employees across 127 production locations and 11 technology centers in 28 countries, MAHLE is shaping the future of mobility.

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 for picking correct quantities of each part number, labeling with pick tags, and properly identifying and staging HUs (HU # and box 1/X).
• Monitor reports for pick queues and warehouse tasks to ensure proper assignment, execution, and priority levels; balance and assign resources to minimize partial picks and distribute mezzanine and lift picks across deliveries and orders.
• Monitor production orders with multiple warehouse orders to minimize partial picks.
• Train new employees and/or temporaries on warehouse tasks and responsibilities, including testing and auditing correct performance; document training via the Basic Departmental Specific Training Plan.
• Spend time daily with new employees/temporaries for the first two weeks to ensure effective onboarding, training retention, and removal of obstacles to team development.
• Provide necessary resources and tools to keep personnel productive (e.g., radios, lifts & harnesses, pallets, scanners, box cutters, markers, twist ties, baggies).
• Prioritize and coordinate with the 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 after production order completion.
• Monitor and disposition all pallets/bin boxes/products in the area of responsibility for correct status identification; address problems as they arise.
• Monitor daily productivity of team members and report to the Supervisor; implement actions to achieve department KPIs.
• Perform effective shift handoff, including status of priority customers or orders, suggestions for next steps, and staging to set the next shift up for success.
• Cover for absenteeism and vacation as required; handle minor disciplinary issues.
• Communicate maintenance requirements daily.
• Work with and display a team-oriented 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

• Ability to handle multiple requests and assignments.
• Good organizational 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 of related experience and/or training.
• Ability to prioritize production requirements.
• Computer skills in spreadsheet (Excel) functions.
• 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

• 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 noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Schedule

Full-time. Overtime may be required.

Benefits

This is an entry-level position for production workers/general labor.

Location: Olive Branch, MS, US, 38654
Department: BU3 Lifecycle and Mobility
Company: MAHLE Aftermarket (US) OB