Group Leader

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate hiring and placement of team members with his/her Assistant Manager.
• Monitor and track staffing conditions, work hours and overtime, job rotation, and absenteeism.
• Understand, execute, and ensure consistent compliance with all company rules, policies, and practices, and takes appropriate corrective action when warranted, in accordance with the terms of the Team Member Handbook.
• Responsible for managing and appraising team member job performance and recommending corrective action.
• Develop and maintains positive team member relations centered on mutual trust, dignity, respect, fairness, consistency, two-way communication, teamwork, and harmony.
• Provide direction and motivation to team members emphasizing safety, quality, efficiency, productivity, cost reduction, and morale.
• Manage and lead the manufacturing and production system of assigned area, accomplishing department hoshin goals, and keeping on task with targets and implementation schedule.
• Utilize Toyota Production System (TPS) techniques to standardize current/new processes and methods, reduce process variation, identify waste, and methodically eliminate waste.
• Develop standardized work procedures by designing and/or documenting the best work sequence for each process.
• Direct the work of Team Leaders and Team Members by assigning/re-assigning work stationing and analyze production requirements based on current work situation and production schedules.
• Direct floor activities through consistent application of Toyota Boshoku Business Practices (TBBP) to ensure all aspects of manufacturing are effective and correct sub-standard situations.
• Perform the essential job functions of team leaders or team members as necessary to maintain efficient, stable, and continuous operations.
• Utilize knowledge and skills to maintain the highest level of quality and efficiency possible.
• Monitor the flow of parts, materials, productivity, and quality including kanbans and inventory levels; take corrective action as needed.
• Ensure quality goals and standards are met and know how to use the quality feedback loops and systems and escalation procedures.
• Confirm that team members use the quality systems correctly.
• Partner with the Quality department to initiate investigation and containment activities.
• Troubleshoot daily quality, safety, and production issues.
• Identify potential and current change points and make the required adjustments need to ensure quality, safety, operational availability, production efficiency (PEFF), and cost are maintained.
• Evaluate and analyze problems involving machinery and equipment and coordinates repair of tools and machinery.
• Participate in frequent evaluation of machines, tools, equipment, etc.
• Lead continuous improvement activity for assigned area.
• Participate in the setting of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) targets including safety, quality, operational availability, PEFF, scrap, etc. as a method of continuous improvement.
• Maintain, monitor, and update department and KPI board and graphs, daily, and initiate continuous improvement activities.
• Initiate, coordinate, and participate in safety, quality, productivity, and cost improvement projects.
• Lead the implementation of team members’ ideas and suggestions and management directed initiatives.
• Maintain a safe working environment for all team members.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements, and company safety policies and procedures.
• Lead, perform, and/or participate in ergonomic exercises, 5S housekeeping, accident investigation, and safety audits and related activities.
• Lead ergonomic assessments of team member work stations and implement countermeasures and job rotation to improve long-term safe working conditions and team member well-being.
• Maintain knowledge of procedures concerning Hazardous Waste, Spill Response, and Plant Security.
• Monitor safety and health of team members to ensure their well-being.
• Train and coach team members to maintain productivity and quality standards, in TS19649, ISO 14001, environmental, safety, quality, job performance, setups, trouble shooting, and continuous improvement.
• Orientate and oversee all training of team members and assign experienced and/or certified trainers to perform new team member training and cross training as needed.
• Maintain training matrix for team leaders and/or team members, assuring training is effective and corrects sub-standard performance.
• Maintain, plan, and prepare department instruction manuals.
• Ensure further development of team members through performance evaluation, development of training plans, feedback, coaching, and cascade training.
• Collect, record, and analyze information while maintaining documentation regarding the activities in the assigned area as defined by company policy, procedure, or practice.
• Prepare business reports and spread sheets of required data.
• Maintain specified records, files and logs of department/shift activities such as production, production problems, parts shortages, scrap, quality, maintenance, etc. (manual and computer) as required.
• Perform other various administrative duties.
• Maintain team member time, attendance, and training records.
• Communicate frequently with internal contacts on various issues.
• Through daily communication meetings, keep team members informed on issues relevant to them and encourage two-way communication.
• Career Development and Training Lead the implementation of team members’ ideas and suggestions and management directed initiatives.
• Maintain a safe working environment for all team members.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements, and company safety policies and procedures.
• Lead, perform, and/or participate in ergonomic exercises, 5S housekeeping, accident investigation, and safety audits and related activities.
• Lead ergonomic assessments of team member work stations and implement countermeasures and job rotation to improve long-term safe working conditions and team member well-being.
• Maintain knowledge of procedures concerning Hazardous Waste, Spill Response, and Plant Security.
• Monitor safety and health of team members to ensure their well-being.
• Train and coach team members to maintain productivity and quality standards, in TS19649, ISO 14001, environmental, safety, quality, job performance, setups, trouble shooting, and continuous improvement.
• Orientate and oversee all training of team members and assign experienced and/or certified trainers to perform new team member training and cross training as needed.
• Maintain training matrix for team leaders and/or team members, assuring training is effective and corrects sub-standard performance.
• Maintain, plan, and prepare department instruction manuals.
• Ensure further development of team members through performance evaluation, development of training plans, feedback, coaching, and cascade training.
• Collect, record, and analyze information while maintaining documentation regarding the activities in the assigned area as defined by company policy, procedure, or practice.
• Prepare business reports and spread sheets of required data.
• Maintain specified records, files and logs of department/shift activities such as production, production problems, parts shortages, scrap, quality, maintenance, etc. (manual and computer) as required.
• Perform other various administrative duties.
• Maintain team member time, attendance, and training records.
• Communicate frequently with internal contacts on various issues.
• Through daily communication meetings, keep team members informed on issues relevant to them and encourage two-way communication.
• Career Development and Training Lead the implementation of team members’ ideas and suggestions and management directed initiatives.
• Maintain a safe working environment for all team members.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements, and company safety policies and procedures.
• Lead, perform, and/or participate in ergonomic exercises, 5S housekeeping, accident investigation, and safety audits and related activities.
• Lead ergonomic assessments of team member work stations and implement countermeasures and job rotation to improve long-term safe working conditions and team member well-being.
• Maintain knowledge of procedures concerning Hazardous Waste, Spill Response, and Plant Security.
• Monitor safety and health of team members to ensure their well-being.
• Train and coach team members to maintain productivity and quality standards, in TS19649, ISO 14001, environmental, safety, quality, job performance, setups, trouble shooting, and continuous improvement.
• Orientate and oversee all training of team members and assign experienced and/or certified trainers to perform new team member training and cross training as needed.
• Maintain training matrix for team leaders and/or team members, assuring training is effective and corrects sub-standard performance.
• Maintain, plan, and prepare department instruction manuals.
• Ensure further development of team members through performance evaluation, development of training plans, feedback, coaching, and cascade training.
• Collect, record, and analyze information while maintaining documentation regarding the activities in the assigned area as defined by company policy, procedure, or practice.
• Prepare business reports and spread sheets of required data.
• Maintain specified records, files and logs of department/shift activities such as production, production problems, parts shortages, scrap, quality, maintenance, etc. (manual and computer) as required.
• Perform other various administrative duties.
• Maintain team member time, attendance, and training records.
• Communicate frequently with internal contacts on various issues.
• Through daily communication meetings, keep team members informed on issues relevant to them and encourage two-way communication.
• Career Development and Training Lead the implementation of team members’ ideas and suggestions and management directed initiatives.
• Maintain a safe working environment for all team members.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements, and company safety policies and procedures.
• Lead, perform, and/or participate in ergonomic exercises, 5S housekeeping, accident investigation, and safety audits and related activities.
• Lead ergonomic assessments of team member work stations and implement countermeasures and job rotation to improve long-term safe working conditions and team member well-being.
• Maintain knowledge of procedures concerning Hazardous Waste, Spill Response, and Plant Security.
• Monitor safety and health of team members to ensure their well-being.
• Train and coach team members to maintain productivity and quality standards, in TS19649, ISO 14001, environmental, safety, quality, job performance, setups, trouble shooting, and continuous improvement.
• Orientate and oversee all training of team members and assign experienced and/or certified trainers to perform new team member training and cross training as needed.
• Maintain training matrix for team leaders and/or team members, assuring training is effective and corrects sub-standard performance.
• Maintain, plan, and prepare department instruction manuals.
• Ensure further development of team members through performance evaluation, development of training plans, feedback, coaching, and cascade training.
• Collect, record, and analyze information while maintaining documentation regarding the activities in the assigned area as defined by company policy, procedure, or practice.
• Prepare business reports and spread sheets of required data.
• Maintain specified records, files and logs of department/shift activities such as production, production problems, parts shortages, scrap, quality, maintenance, etc. (manual and computer) as required.
• Perform other various administrative duties.
• Maintain team member time, attendance, and training records.
• Communicate frequently with internal contacts on various issues.
• Through daily communication meetings, keep team members informed on issues relevant to them and encourage two-way communication.
• Career Development and Training Lead the implementation of team members’ ideas and suggestions and management directed initiatives.
• Maintain a safe working environment for all team members.
• Ensure compliance with safety regulations, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements, and company safety policies and procedures.
• Lead, perform, and/or participate in ergonomic exercises, 5S housekeeping, accident investigation, and safety audits and related activities.
• Lead ergonomic assessments of team member work stations and implement countermeasures and job rotation to improve long-term safe working conditions and team member well-being.
• Maintain knowledge of procedures concerning Hazardous Waste, Spill Response, and Plant Security.
• Monitor safety and health of team members to ensure their well-being.
• Train and coach team members to maintain productivity and quality standards, in TS19649, ISO 14001, environmental, safety, quality, job performance, setups, trouble shooting, and continuous improvement.
• Orientate and oversee all training of team members and assign experienced and/or certified trainers to perform new team member training and cross training as needed.
• Maintain training matrix for team leaders and/or team members, assuring training is