Warehouse Team Lead (2nd Shift - Evening hours)

Warehouse Team Lead (2nd Shift - Evening hours)

• Earn $35.52 per hour
• Additional shift differential for 2nd shift
• Paid lunch breaks
  
  

• Sought after health, vision, and dental insurance with low employee contributions
• Earned time off package – starting up to 24 paid days off per year that grows with years of service
• 401k with matching
  
  

Mission and Purpose of the Position

• As a member of the Operations Leadership Team, support continual improvement activities to meet desired organizational performance targets
• Support the development of the continuous improvement (LEAN) culture in the organization
• Model the behavior of a high performing employee
• Implement change through standardized work processes while using the 4 step training approach
• Use robust problem solving methods to determine root causes for deviations and work to solutions

Responsibilities

• Responsible for one of the operational areas within Regional Distribution Center - Inbound, Outbound, or Operations Support.
• Accountable for team performance in terms of safety, quality, delivery, cost, environment, and people in his/her area
• Assign daily work assignments for team
• Ensure team has competencies to perform daily work in responsible area
• Respond to deviations and ensure work flow continues, then find root cause for deviations
• Lead root cause analysis activities and help to implement a continual improvement mindset
• Responsible for improving safety and ergonomics in assigned areas
• Create and sustain a lean operation using Volvo performance system (VPS) mindset and tools (5S, problem solving, standardized work)
• Lead daily team meetings with assigned team reporting on business and site specific performance and areas for improvement.
• Team Leads are owners of standard operating procedures for their team. Includes developing to confirming SOP steps and compliance
• Document any non-conformance to procedures or work rules and present to supervisor (FLM)
• Support overall timekeeping and attendance tracking of the team
• Daily involvement in operation is required including replacing team members when they are absent or on other assignment as per supervisor direction.
• Assist supervisors toward motivating team members to improve performance
• Empower teams through the approval and implementation of ideas using the quick kaizen
• Support Supervisor to develop improvement plans for assigned area that contribute to the overall DC improvement roadmap
• All other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the area supervisor or manager
• Promotes the Volvo Group values and culture

Education and Experience

• Minimum 2 to 5 years relevant experience in a similar function in distribution/manufacturing or logistics required
• Associates Degree (preferred)
• Knowledge in Lean Principles through formal training preferred
• Proficient in MS Office preferred

Desired Competences

• Customer focused: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Peer relationship: Can quickly find common ground and solve problems for the good of all; can represent his/her own interests and yet be fair to other groups; can solve problems with peers with a minimum of noise; is seen as a team player and is cooperative; easily gains trust and support of peers; encourages collaboration; can be candid with peers.
• Learning on the fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both success and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
• Self-development: Is personally committed to and actively works to continuously improve him/herself; understands that different situations and levels may call for different approaches; works to develop strengths; works on compensating for weakness and limits