Detroit, MI, US
Job Description:
This position is for a General Assembly Group Leader.
Job Responsibilities:
Participates in training, developing and evaluating of hourly team members.
Participates in the development of highly effective teams.
Leads Global Manufacturing Systems (GMS) processes and serves as resource supporting launch and pilot activities in assigned areas.
Meets or exceeds production cost schedule and maintains quality requirements.
Maintains awareness of quality standards, and communicates department quality goals, and leverages resources to solve quality issues.
Builds and maintains good working relationships with employees, union and management.
Understands and consistently administer the National and Local Agreements between General Motors and the United Auto Workers Union.
Implements and follows systems that prevent recurrence of known issues.
Promote safe work practices and achieve objectives for ergonomics, health and safety and housekeeping.
Motivates, trains and develops employees to effectively perform their jobs utilizing standardized methods.
Ensure team members receive adequate JIT (job instruction training).
Achieve production schedules and product requirements by applying lean manufacturing/synchronous principles with emphasis on variation reduction, control costs, and achieve productivity improvements. Coach, teach, counsel and mentor Group Leaders in these responsibilities.
Education:
High School Diploma, Bachelor's degree is preferred.
Required Experience:
1-2 years' experience, this is an entry level position, would like experience in manufacturing, people who were previously in this role have worked in plants or as a supervisor and work out well
Required - experience with Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, computer knowledge
Leadership experience - ideally yes but not required, if someone was a quality focused person in manufacturing previously
Preferred Experience:
Bonus - quality/root cause background
Soft skills - communication, being able to hold accountability to the union, interpersonal discussions
Hiring Manger's Top Skills:
Manufacturing Experience
Quality and problem-solving/root cause experience
Team Building Experience
