Zone Leader About the Organization Are you looking for a company that values work-life balance, offers benefits like tuition reimbursement and paid volunteer hours, and fosters a transparent, employee-focused culture?You've come to the right place. Pull up a chair. You're in good company. At Grand Rapids Chair, we craft furniture that fosters connection and creativity in the spaces where people gather. As a family-owned business, we've built our process around the customer-delivering high-quality, Michigan-made furniture with friendly service and fast lead times. Our commitment to excellence is driven by our values. We believe every employee plays a role in shaping the future of GRC, and together, we push boundaries, take ownership, and celebrate our collective success together. We Encourage You to 'Go Be Awesome!' At GRC, know life extends beyond work. That's why we offer competitive salaries, great benefits, and opportunities for learning and professional growth. We're proud to be named one of Grand Rapids'Best and Brightest Companies to Work For- (https://thebestandbrightest.com/events/west-michigans-2018-best-brightest-companies-work/) - because just like our customers, we want our employees to sit happy, too. Explore our benefits (https://grandrapidschair.com/about/careers/) Description + Ability to work from5am-3:30pmMonday through Friday with occasional mandatory Saturdays. + Paid Weekly. Direct Hire. Able to listen to your own music while working. + Career development opportunities! SUMMARY-The Zone Leader position is responsible executing a tactical plan that moves the organization toward the short-term tactical objectives, continuous improvement, and flawless execution of our Manufacturing, Quality, and internal logistic to meet customer requirements. This position reports directly to a manufacturing supervisor. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. + Ensure team members understand and follow all safety policies creating a safe culture for all Operations team members and visitors. + Tactical execution to improve safety, quality, productivity, cost, delivery and to develop team members. + Provide leadership, direction, and mentorship to the team members though the use of TPS concepts. + Establish and maintain a proactive tempo of problem solving identifying difficult and complex situations as well as solving the daily annoyances by conducting root-cause analysis with the goal of finding countermeasures that resolve the problem and best serves the Customer. + Support the execution and deployment of a lean (TPS) culture + Create and maintain visual management tools to highlight problems and team member struggles + Foster a customer focused, results oriented, and high-performance environment. + Support the launch of new products. + Write and maintain operational controls that are deployed effectively to drive process and equipment efficiencies. + Identify opportunities to reduce both process and product costs. + Analyze workforce capabilities and equipment requirements to meet customer demand. + Work with Operations leaderships to identify the developmental needs of the team members. Position Requirements + Minimum of 5 years in operations environments or equivalent combination of experience and education. + Excellent written, interpersonal, and presentation skills. + 2 years of working in a lean culture preferred. + Effective leader of people who is able to articulate a vision that inspires and motivates followership. + Able to build trusting relationships with Operations team members and leaders and across the organization. + Proven experience developing, coaching, and leading without authority with a focus on results + Strong analytical, problem solving, and strategic skills. + Strong operations acumen. + Ability to effectively communicate in English through oral and written communication. Bilingual with Spanish preferred but not required + Efficient in using common computer programs like Outlook, Word, and Excel. Experience using ERP systems. Shift First Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Category Manufacturing This position is currently accepting applications.