Operations Work Team Leader
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Why join us
Geiger furnishes the modern office with beautiful solutions for private offices conference rooms collaborative spaces and more. Geiger designs play an important role in creating environments where people want to bespaces that stimulate creative and analytical thinking strengthen organizational culture and communicate trust to clients and visitors.
Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. Its the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Geiger means being a part of something larger than your work team or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows Geiger to support causes that align with our values so we can build a more sustainable equitable and beautiful future for everyone.
GENERAL PURPOSE
Leads and manages an assigned department to achieve operational objectives (in areas such as safety product quality reliability cost continuous improvement and employee morale) that align with and promote the achievement of Operations and the corporations business strategy. Achieves results through successful leadership and team development as well as effective planning organization implementation and .
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
100 Value: Responsible for continuously improving the processes of operations by eliminating the seven forms of waste and creating processes that add 100 value to the customer.
Continuous Improvement: Responsible for facilitating change by using kaizen as a tool to improve the organizations capability by utilizing peoples skill to solve problems proactively and constantly move towards the ideal situation or true north. Responsible for engaging in kaizen activities every day to proactively go after problems with a shop floor focus.
Professional Challenge/Participation: Responsible for motivating and involving employees in improving processes through creativity problem solving and learning. This is accomplished through setting expectations teaching encouraging coaching and holding direct labor employees accountable to utilize standardized work to improve operations as well as participating in the implementation of improvements through daybyday kaizen. Solicit employees ideas for improvement and create a work environment where employees are encouraged to take risks and share their ideas for improvement.
Pull System: Responsible to create an operation that produces product only to customer demand (takt time) using onepieceflow.
Quality: Ensure the teams performance and accountability to zero defects. Responsibilities include identifying and solving department problems that cause poor quality. Must partner with customer service and corporate quality teams to ensure the identification of quality issues and their root causes as well as designing and implementing solutions. Must also manage and monitor compliance to HMI quality plan and ISO 9000 certification.
Recognition/Feedback: Responsible to show appreciation of those individuals and teams that demonstrate outstanding performance which is directly aligned with the companys Blueprint for Corporate Community. Also responsible for providing timely feedback including formal performance reviews performance coaching and discipline.
Reliability: Ensure 100 ontime delivery of quality products to the customer.
Safety: Ensure a safe working environment for all employees and visitors. Responsible for the teams safety program implementation and commitment to 5S principles ensuring all safety training and development is completed for all employees administration of safety policies and procedures and compliance with all state and federal legislation. Manage and monitor the achievement of corporate and plant environmental goals.
Shop Floor Focus: Responsible for spending the majority of time directly on the shop floor where the key valueadded activities take place so one can understand the current status of the operation and gain direct input from employees in order to make improvements.
Staffing/Development: Responsible for employee selection (determining staffing levels & skills required) and training. Also responsible to help employees to develop new skills that will allow them to increase their contribution to the business and improve the processes of the operation.
Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience
Minimum of four years successful supervisory experience in an operations environment or at least four years of demonstrated success in a leadership role that has included directing the work of others with proven results.
Refer to the Operations WTL Career Ladder for further information such as experience/skills requirements and an illustration of typical supervisory responsibility for each level.
Skills and Abilities
Ability to express ideas effectively (verbally and nonverbal) with welldeveloped interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated professionalism
Adept at resolving conflict in a team environment
Demonstrated ability to identify and understand issues and make appropriate decisions
Proficient in ISO quality systems fundamentals and Lean Manufacturing principles
Ability to effectively use office automation / communication software and tools used in the HMI office environment.
Critical competencies for this position include integrity and trust customer orientation job knowledge decisiveness relationship building effective communication systemic thinking future focused managing and developing talent flexibility innovation and business knowledge.
Who We Hire
Simply put we hire everyone. Geiger is comprised of people of all abilities gender identities and expressions ages ethnicities sexual orientations veterans from every branch of military service and more. Here you can bring your whole self to work. Were committed to equal opportunity employment including veterans and people with disabilities.
MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at .
Employment Type
Full-Time
