Group Lead Warehouse, 1st Shift

About the role

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Group Lead Warehouse, 1st Shift at our Emerald Road facility in Greenwood, SC. The rate for this position is $23.77 per hour. The core hours are 6:00 am until 2:30 pm.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and lead warehouse operations to ensure customer requirements and order fulfillment targets are achieved safely, efficiently, and in accordance with lean manufacturing principles.
• Drive team performance through effective labor planning, process control, continuous improvement, and adherence to standardized work while maintaining focus on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory objectives.
• Lead and direct a team of material handlers to safely meet customer requirements and order fulfillment targets while ensuring compliance with quality standards, lean manufacturing principles, and established standardized work processes.
• Analyze daily and weekly operational performance data to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Inventory (SQDCI) goals; identify productivity improvement opportunities; and lead continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational excellence.
• Manage daily workforce planning and shift execution by monitoring attendance, adjusting labor resources, conducting team start-up meetings, ensuring operational readiness, and supporting production activities as needed to maintain workflow and customer commitments.
• Oversee shift operations by conducting floor walks, standardized work audits, and process observations; ensuring adherence to standard work practices; monitoring activities throughout the shift; and coordinating effective shift-to-shift communication and handoffs.
• Review production performance, investigate missed targets and operational issues, conduct root-cause analysis, implement corrective and preventive actions, and verify completion of team assignments and execution of standardized work.
• Promote a culture of safety by leading initiatives focused on achieving zero recordable incidents, conducting routine safety audits and training, and implementing preventive measures to reduce workplace risks.
• Provide leadership, coaching, training, and development for team members, ensuring employees are qualified, cross-trained, and capable of performing all applicable functions within the value stream.
• Lead change initiatives, set direction for process improvements, foster team engagement and accountability, and recognize and celebrate individual and team accomplishments that contribute to operational success.
• Effective communication skills orally and written skills; ability to influence others to achieve specific goals.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• 2 to 5 years of manufacturing experience
• Proficient in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)