Lead, Assembly

About the role

Polaris Inc. is seeking a team lead to provide guidance to assigned functional areas and manage projects. The role requires promoting a positive environment, ensuring safety and efficiency, and leading continuous improvement efforts.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily work direction and prioritize workload within their function(s)
• Responsible for department/shift in absence of supervision
• Motivate team members to meet deadlines and productivity goals
• Lead continuous improvement efforts
• Identify, troubleshoot and resolve bottlenecks, process failures, incomplete procedures, and training deficiencies
• Use a data-driven problem-solving approach to make fact-based decisions
• Monitor key metrics to assess safety, quality, engagement, delivery, and cost
• Actively engage and collaborate with team for improvements of safety, quality, delivery and cost
• Provide root cause & short-term corrective action for customer service and quality issues
• Aid in troubleshooting problems within the function
• Ensure the training of associates
• Report violations of policies and procedures to supervisor
• Attend and actively participate in start of shift meetings daily
• Trained in security and emergency response details
• Spend 90% of time on the floor and 10% of time behind the computer
• Work on floor as assigned

Requirements

• Prefer a 2 year degree from an accredited institution
• Previous experience in a distribution center environment
• Polaris experience preferred
• Experience leading teams preferred
• Demonstrated leadership abilities and experience

Interpersonal & Behavioral Skills

• Ability to acquire a forklift license
• Actively develop leadership skills toward supervision
• Ability to problem-solve
• Ability to concentrate on tasks, make decisions and work calmly and effectively in a high-pressure, deadline oriented environment
• Willingness to be flexible with time and adjust to a changing work environment
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships, both internally and externally, while maintaining a client service orientation
• Ability to use sound judgment and discretion in dealing with highly confidential information
• Consistent attendance either onsite or remotely as needed by the business
• Ability to take direction and accept supervision
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, organize and accurately prioritize work, be detail-oriented, understand when urgency is required and use good judgment in varied situations
• Must be flexible with schedule to cover OT and absentee

Physical Demands

• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or moved up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 40 pounds

Pay and Benefits

The starting pay range for California is $20.00 to $23.00 per hour, plus eligibility for overtime. Individual pay and positioning within the range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Polaris offers a comprehensive suite of benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, wellness programs, paid time off, gym & personal training reimbursement, life insurance and disability offerings. Additionally, employees can participate in a profit-sharing plan and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).