MATERIALS TEAM LEADER

Job Description: Team Leader: Supply Chain - Purchasing

Mission: Understand and support company purpose, vision, mission, values, metrics, and critical success factors

Lead your team in conducting daily team business, coordinating effectively with all other teams and provide leadership. Improve team performance through training, education, coaching, personal development, Continuous Process Improvements (CPI), LEAN, etc.

Critical Success Factors/Metrics:

• Primary focus is on meeting company level Metrics
  • Zero Lost Time Accidents
  • Create and maintain a safe environment
  • Warranty return goal: < 0.5%
  • On-Time-Delivery to Published Standard: 90%
  • Maintain 95% Inventory Accuracy
  • Create Team metrics to support these goals, where applicable
• People Development
  • All people in right roles on the team, fully trained and competent
  • Personal development and career path encouragement/support for each team member
  • Set clear expectations and hold self and team accountable

Job Duties:

• Improve/Grow team performance (time allocation 60%)
  • Quarterly performance discussions and annual performance/360 review of team members
  • Scheduling, vacations, monitor time and attendance and overtime weekly
  • Hold team accountable for 6S
  • Initiate and “own” continuous improvement events in your area and throughout STOBER, including equipment improvements, LEAN, Standardization, etc., to simplify and improve quality and efficiency. Utilize internal ME/IE resources and outside sources as support.
  • Create and “own” process maps and work instructions, review annually and train all team members annually
  • Train and document training of all team members in all necessary qualities and skill
  • Problem solving address any problems that arise on your shift(s) for team members
  • Collaborate with all areas of STOBER as needed to address issues and opportunities
• Run the team business (time allocation 40%)
  • Lead team members in running daily business processes of running MRP, maintaining correct inventory levels, correct dates when material will be available to customer, locating alternative sources, cost effect and stable logistics options for shipping and receiving, developing and managing supplier relationships and negotiating the terms and conditions.
  • Lead team huddle meetings at a minimum of weekly; document and track action items until completion
  • Coordination with other teams in meeting customer demands
  • Coordinate activities between shifts in your area
  • Cover team capacity shortages when peaks arise or members are absent
• Other duties as assigned

Skills:

Ability to work well with others and lead in a team environment

Conflict resolution

Personal computer skills with Microsoft Office, Excel and Power Point

Continuous learning mindset

Proficient in Leadership tools, especially transformational leadership behaviors

Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent required

Associates Degree or higher preferred

PHYSCIAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is minimally exposed to airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing-all day, walking-part of the day, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing part of the day. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to look at a computer screen for most of the day. The ability to focus on the job at hand.