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Leads manufacturing production activities, including employee performance feedback, staffing coordination, budget and expense management, production planning, material shortage escalation, bottleneck monitoring, downtime reporting, equipment issue coordination, quality tracking, scrap response, and shift communication. Supports process development, cost improvement, and new product introduction activities while ensuring production targets and quality indicators are met.
Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.Job Summary
At Flex, we welcome people of all backgrounds. Our employees thrive here by living our values: we support each other as we strive to find a better way, we move fast with discipline and purpose, and we do the right thing always.
Through a respectful, inclusive and collaborative culture, a career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference, invest in your career growth and join our purpose -- to make great products that create value and improve people’s lives.
Job Summary:
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Production lead located in Buffalo Grove, IL
What a typical day looks like:
- Provide ongoing feedback on performance of individuals through both formal and informal evaluations.
- Initiate and participate in process development and cost improvement projects.
- Coordinate people resource requirements for the department.
- Assist in department budget planning and manage department expenses.
- Communicate daily plan and any production or customer service issues
- Highlight material shortages, interface with Expediter/Purchasing on any part shortages
- Recognize and monitor bottlenecks.
- Report and alert resources concerning downtime.
- Interface with Test Support/Maintenance on equipment problems.
- Track time for NPI/Pre-production/re-work.
- Communicate with opposite shift to ensure communication flow.
- Update department communication boards.
- Follow quality indicators. Stop and alert if predefined indicators are below target.
- Primary contact for response to situations where scrap is occurring in any process step.
The experience we’re looking to add to our team:
- High School Diploma, Associate’s Degree, vocational or technical training, or equivalent experience.
- Serves as an expert/consultant in manufacturing line skills with other employees. Demonstrates broad knowledge of manufacturing line techniques and may improve processes.
- Applies new technologies/ techniques. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees, and supervisors of the organization.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
- 2-4 years of related team lead/supervisor experience
- Ability to adapt and multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail
What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
- Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
- Life Insurance
- Short-term and Long-term Disability
- Matching 401(k) Contributions
- Vacation and Paid Sick Time
- Tuition Reimbursement
Application Deadline:
Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.
The base pay range for this position is provided below. The final base rate offered will be determined using job-related, non-discriminatory criteria, including but not limited to experience, qualifications, geographic location, education, external market data, and internal equity.
$21.61 USD - $29.18 USD HourlyJob CategoryOperationsIs Sponsorship Available?
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