POSITION SUMMARY:

Shop Lead will oversee daily production planning of the assigned facility to ensure goals and objectives are achieved.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plans and organizes daily production planning.
• Works directly with material handling, mounting, foam fill, and shipping to ensure production goals and objectives are met.
• Complete understanding of production area.
• Responsible for inventory control.
• Responsible for overseeing safety, work instructions, and ISO 9001.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Foreign Travel may be required for training purposes.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES):

• Good problem solving abilities.
• Can troubleshoot issues and determine the cause of a plan’s success or failure.
• Excellent interpersonal and supervisory skills.
• Extensive knowledge of products and operations, specifically in commercial or industrial tires.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Two to three years of relevant work experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, English required.
• Knowledge / Experience on supervising direct labor force.
• This individual will have directly under him, the direct labor force assembling our product.
• Knowledge / Experience on warehousing.
• Knowledge / Experience on lean manufacturing techniques.
• Knowledge on maintenance programs.
• Knowledge on ISO and Quality systems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee the employee is required to stand, walk, sit; and reach with hands and arms, access and navigate the facility. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTE:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.