Team Manager-Production

In this position, you will be responsible for overseeing production operations within a manufacturing environment. Your key responsibilities will include delivering department scorecard objectives, owning processes such as constraint management and VRT, standardizing workstations, planning change, and driving continuous improvement opportunities.

Responsibilities:

• Confirm standards are in place
• Monitor and confirm that manufacturing operating system standards are being applied and adhered to throughout the plant
• Develop, coach, and support to achieve SQDCPME objectives
• Support issues raised by the teams
• Coach, teach, and feedback on resolution of abnormalities, and validate closure of concerns
• Provide necessary resources to maintain production flow and confirm critical inputs are being performed to the acceptable standard(s)
• Plan maintenance tasks, monitor completion and effectiveness, and drive improvement and/or coaching opportunities

Communication and Recognition:

• Enable a culture of learning through demonstration of effective communication skills
• Respect and encourage respect of all team members by my actions
• Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities / tasks
• Create a Zero Tolerance environment and reaffirm team members respect each other
• Create a proactive performance driven culture that listens, reacts and supports (effective communication, education, listening, trust) to capture the hearts and minds of the people
• Proactively recognize the teams accomplishments and improve morale

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor or related degree; or foreign equivalency degree, or a combination of equivalent experience and education
• 5+ years of Production, Operations, Manufacturing experience in a Automotive environment leading salaried team members
• Strong ability to interface with plant hourly, salaried personnel and plant management
• Strong ability to present in front of plant management
• Ability to teach Ford Production System principles
• Union negotiations experience
• Competent in the use of data for decision making
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Excellent leadership skills with demonstrated ability to resolve diverse problems
• Work well under pressure and to be able to work under crisis management when necessary
• Ability to work and multi-task in fast paced environment

Even better, you may have:

• Education: Master’s Degree
• Broad production experience
• Lead Process Coach experience
• 6-sigma designation preferred
• Strong analytical skills and quick decision-making capability preferred
• Microsoft Office knowledge (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Benefits:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

Salary:

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $112,680-212,760.