POSITION TITLE:                           Group Lead, Materials

PAY STATUS:                               Hourly

DEPARTMENT:                             Logistics

POSITION RELATIONSHIPS:

Supervised by:                 Manager, Materials

Supervises:                      N/A

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Direct daily work assignments of material handling department
• Provides leadership to ensure effective communications, coordination, and collaboration within area of responsibility.
• Coordinate for daily improvement of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and 5S.
• Ability to perform all duties and functions of the material handler associates.
• Maintain 5S in all work area.
• Lead role during physical inventory
• Operates forklift and perform pre-operational check and maintains daily check sheet.
• Assign temporary associates to positions and ensure that they receive proper training per established training procedures. Perform periodic checks to ensure compliance with training.  Give “working tour” of department on first day.
• Ensure policies and procedures are followed.
• Understand all processes in the department including use and care of equipment, machinery, audit procedures, customer/supplier relationships and one-piece part flow, etc.
• Assist and facilitate in problem solving activities with other associates.
• Work with outside departments to resolve production issues - part shortages, spec deviations, die/fixture failures, etc.
• Process timecards, override sheets and crosscharges.
• Stay for non-mandatory overtime as required meeting customer needs.
• Responsible for ensuring completion of departmental paperwork (scrap tickets, 5S, gamma sheets, overrides, training reports, etc.) as assigned by supervisor.
• Must be willing to work in any area as required by supervisor to meet customer demands.
• Provide timely written input for associate performances appraisals.
• Ensure a safe and clean working environment.
• Ensure materials are available for production.
• Complete all required training applicable to assigned position.
• Exhibit positivity, flexibility, creativity, and a willingness to take on new responsibilities as requested or required.
• Project planning & implementation
• Visual management
• Transaction discipline
• Kanban pull system

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or equivalent strongly required.
• Ability to stand 8 hours or as required by department production activities.
• Ability to lift maximum weight requirement per department specification.
• Must have good basic math skills.
• Ability to work overtime with little or no notice when necessary to meet customer needs.
• Must have demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills.
• Must be able to attend all scheduled training classes.
• Ability to work with others in a team environment to accomplish group goals.

An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer –M/F/Disabled/Vet

Required Skills Required Experience

EXPERIENCE & SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• The ideal candidate will have consistently demonstrated the highest levels of personal and organization integrity and have excellent oral and written communication skills. He/she should have at least 15 years of experience with a minimum of 5 years in executive level financial management positions and a deep understanding of manufacturing environments, both domestically and internationally. Experience working with information technology staff to manage finance, accounting and ERP software packages will also be essential. Implementation experience a plus. Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills, plus excellent organization skills--demonstrated leadership ability, team management, and interpersonal skills. Finally, this individual will also have demonstrated successful career progression within the industrial or consumer products markets. It is important that this individual understands the complexity of diversified manufacturing companies addressing different market needs and possesses the knowledge to hit the ground running

Personal characteristics

• The company is seeking a high integrity individual with deeply developed leadership skills and a passion for supporting our line managers as the team grows its existing platform businesses as well as “add-on” products or technologies and possibly new platforms with high growth and high profit potential. Specific characteristics will include:
  • Entrepreneurial spirit that fuels the successful candidate to serve as the key support executive to our line managers;
  • Business acumen with the capability to develop and deliver financial and operational measurement tools to
  • provide timely information for executive action;
  • Understanding of the external factors affecting the success of Company’s business;
  • Financial acumen with the confidence to interact with both internal and external accounting
  • and finance professionals;
  • Strong strategy development skills with the ability to think creatively and provide support to the CEO
  • to mobilize around appropriate opportunities;
  • High energy and a tireless work ethic;
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to interact at the Board level as well as across numerous constituent audiences including lenders suppliers who will continue to support the Nordic Group’s growth; and
  • Results-oriented champion who ensures targets are met on time and on budget.

Supervision over the following roles:

• Director of IT
• Accounting Director
• Plant Controllers