Distribution Team Lead, 1st Shift

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What we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Paid vacation/holidays/sicktime
• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, pension, medical, dental, and vision care
• On the job/cross training opportunities
• Encouraging and collaborative team environment
• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

Safety:

• Sets example by always wearing proper PPE
• Corrects operators that are not wearing proper PPE
• Reviews housekeeping and 5s within department and corrects issues as needed
• Ensures daily checklist and weekly safety topic are completed
• Informs supervisor of any known safety issues that need immediate attention (if not able to correct on their own)
• Addresses safety concerns in other departments if needed

Quality:

• Conducts daily checks on product online to ensure quality
• Ensures all hourly sheets are filled out properly and timely
• Ability to spot incorrect/flawed products before being packed out
• Ensure incorrect/flawed product is quarantined properly
• Addresses quality issues timely
• Ability to verify parts with BOM regardless of knowledge in department

Production:

• Ability to move people around in the department
• Makes sure everyone is working at all times and not fooling around
• Makes sure operators are working smarter not harder
• Pusher/Motivator for the operators
• Strives to hit scheduled daily goal
• Ability to work schedule for efficient changeovers and needed adjustments
• Ability to fill vacant positions or adjust the line as needed when running with fewer operators
• Strives every day to minimize downtime and maximize production

Leadership:

• Shows respect to all employees
• Recognized and respected by peers
• Works as a team player constantly working to better the company
• Self-Motivated and Self directed
• Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot without assistants or direction
• Ability to make quick decision concerning production
• Good organization and planning skills
• Thinks outside the box with any area in department
• Willingness to take charge and learn new areas
• Quickly learns new departments and products
• Ability to properly train operators
• Good communication skills with supervisor and peers
• Takes ownership of department, has a sense of pride about position and task at hand
• Good attendance and safety record
• Dependable to get any task completed

• As a leader you will:
  • Know employees will be watching your actions to see what rules you follow or not follow.
  • Will scrutinize the language you use and note the examples you set.
  • Show your personal commitment to ethics and compliance with the things you say and do, and the choices you make.
  • Know there is never an acceptable excuse to compromise your ethical standards and values or act unethically.
  • Realize if you bend the rules, or even allow for that possibility, your employees may feel it is okay for them to bend the rules also.
• Know the issues that are so risky that they must always be brought up to management, such as:
  • Bribery, possession of weapons, discrimination, workplace harassment including sexual harassment, and retaliation.
• Communicate clearly and avoid mixed messages or statements that could be misinterpreted.
  • Example: If you tell people to "do whatever it takes" to achieve a certain result, they might assume its fine to bend or even break the rules as long as they achieve the end results.
  • Remind employees that no matter what the work pressure may be, it is never acceptable to compromise our standards to achieve our goals.
• Know transparency is critical to trust:
  • Talk with the team about things that have gone wrong, and talk about how they might have done things differently.
  • Look for opportunities to recognize employees who make good choices related to ethics and compliance.
  • Share lessons learned, so we can work together to avoid similar issues from happening in the future.
• Promote a "Speak Up Culture"
  • Being an effective leader means fostering open communication and being a good listener.
  • Foster a culture where employees feel comfortable speaking up and they are taken seriously when they do.
  • Resist the temptation to dismiss employee concerns, even if they seem small at first. Be patient and hear the person out.
  • If employees feel that you are not listening to their concerns about small issues, they will never come to you with more serious concerns.
• Leaders are receptive to:
  • Criticism from others
  • Listen respectfully
  • Accept criticism gracefully
  • Address concerns effectively