Production Team Leader
LOCATION: Hanover / Pennsylvania (US-PA), United States | BRAND: Sheppard | REQUISITION ID: 7570 | JOB GRADE: 14
| ON-SITE/REMOTE: On-site
Founded in 1937, R.H. Sheppard Co. Inc. has a rich history of innovative design and American manufacturing excellence. Headquartered in Hanover, Pa., our dedicated team of over 700 employees supply components for the trucking and transportation industry worldwide. We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC and a proud member of Knorr-Bremse.
Whatever your career path – whether it’s product innovation through engineering, working directly with our customers, manufacturing quality products or supporting our business in some other way, Sheppard – a Bendix CVS Company – delivers. Visit us online at www.rhsheppard.com/careers
JOB DESCRIPTION:
POSITION SUMMARY:
The incumbent is responsible for leading the day-to-day distribution of activities in production area to achieve performance goals in the areas of safety, quality, cost, delivery and KPS[1] in a high performing work team environment. Must be capable of collaborating with cross-functional teams and management to address concerns and issues that affect safety, part quality, production efficiency, continuous improvement, etc. The Production Team Leader will also have exceptional interpersonal, organizational, and management skills, demonstrating the ability to be an innovator and change agent.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
• Leads and participates in DMS[2] and OEE[3] meetings and serves as back-up to Line Leaders.
• Communicates relevant information with PTLs on alternate shifts for shift handovers to ensure consistency and meet priorities.
• Maintains KPIs[4] and updates and audits DMS boards accordingly.
• Assures lines are running efficiently through assignment of resources and delegation of responsibilities.
• Addresses and escalates people, machine, method and material deviations as necessary.
• Ensures performance of autonomous maintenance activities.
• Audits, ensures and validates shift activities are consistently being performed; includes planning, quality checks, standard work, time and attendance reporting, and OEE system updates, including hour-by-hour[5] bottleneck station tracking.
• Partners with logistics for planning, including attendance in daily meetings.
• Partners with Line Leads and Sr. PTL(s) to update training matrices in effort to ensure manpower flexibility.
• Establishes strong and effective working relationships that are conducive to maintaining a positive work environment.
• Ensures team members are trained, in accordance with training matrices and onboarding plans, understand their roles and responsibilities, and are given appropriate performance feedback.
• Promotes and drives the organization’s vision and utilization of KPS (Lean Manufacturing) methodologies.
• Ensures compliance with all company procedures and policies; addresses issues and lack of compliance through coaching and feedback and escalates as necessary.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring and department training and onboarding to ensure full competency and production efficiency in areas of responsibility.
• Understands and adheres to current company health, safety, and environmental policies and procedures, including ISO14001[6]. Is empowered to identify, stop, and communicate or escalate appropriate action regarding safety, health, and environmental concerns.
• Understands and adheres to current company quality policies and procedures, including IATF16949[7]. Is empowered to identify, stop, and communicate or escalate appropriate action regarding product quality. Uses standard inspection equipment or CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) to check parts produced. Inspects parts to operator QCI (Quality Control Instructions) requirements.
• Responsible for first piece inspection by assuring all print tolerances are held after set up and accurately completes job cards. Fills out SPC (Statistical Process Control) charts and all charts required for the operation, where applicable.
• Performs other duties as assigned, including coverage on line and in other departments/shifts as required.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
• Leadership: Demonstrates ability to give direction, motivate, manage and reward performance, provide constructive feedback and foster individual professional development.
• Entrepreneurship and Decision Making: Demonstrates ability to discover opportunities in challenges, seek profit and sustainable growth, make courageous while sound decisions and demonstrate a good business understanding.
• Influential and Inspirational: Demonstrates the ability to convince others to embrace ideas, providing compelling arguments and making use of informal processes.
• Accountability: Demonstrates ability to take responsibility and maintains sense of ownership and follow through on commitments. Sets high standards of performance for team.
• Communication: Demonstrates ability to convey and distribute information effectively and encompass strong speaking, presentation, written and listening skills. Ability to create an environment for open communication.
• Teamwork: Demonstrates ability to work well with others to accomplish common goals and build a positive climate and trusting relationships within teams.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
This position has supervisory responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• College Degree or High School Diploma/GED and relevant Manufacturing Experience
• Supervisory experience
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Experience in production/manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques with emphasis on Standardized Work, Continuous Improvement, 5S, and JIT principles
• Ability to work overtime as needed both daily and weekends
[1] KPS : Knorr-Bremse Production System : Lean manufacturing system
[2] DMS : Daily Management System
[3] OEE : Overall Equipment Effectiveness – gold standard for measuring manufacturing productivity
[4] KPI: Key Performance Indicators – metrics to measure results
[5] Hour by Hour : method used to track performance observing issues that do not allow product to meet expected through put
[6] ISO14001: Set of standards for environmental management systems (EMS)
[7] IATF : International Automotive Task Force – Develops standards for automotive industries worldwide
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What does Sheppard have to offer you?
Work/life balance that includes Paid Vacation & Holiday Paid Time Off 401k Plan with Company matching Retirement Savings Plan Educational Assistance Program (Tuition Reimbursement) Wellness Program and incentives On-site Health Clinic/Healthcare Health and Welfare Insurance Benefits that start on your 1st day of employment: Company-Paid Benefits: Basic Life Insurance Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance Short Term Disability Business Travel Accident Insurance Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Voluntary Employee-Paid Benefits: Medical and Prescription insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance Supplemental Life Insurance Plans Supplemental AD&D insurance for Employee and Family Long Term Disability Accident Plan Critical Illness Plan Hospital Indemnity Plan Legal Identity Theft and Fraud ProtectionR.H. Sheppard Co. Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.