Operations Team Leader

Role Purpose

The Operations Team Leader is responsible for providing technical input and creating solutions for improving productivity and efficiencies in their assigned area(s) of the plant. This individual will be responsible for directly supervising production employees and ensuring a motivated, skilled workforce. The individual will be required to assess skills, write performance reviews, recommend and/or provide training to ensure department personnel are technically competent to perform assigned tasks in the facility. The Corning Fairport facility is a 3-shift facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development and implementation of activities in production area(s) to meet production goals, quality, and cost objectives.
• Prioritize production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply.
• Receive work assignments with general instructions. 
• Identify and support process improvements and cost reduction efforts.
• Direct subordinates to achieve assignments using established guidelines, procedures, and policies.
• Interact with subordinate supervisors, outside customers, and functional peer groups at management levels - interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others and conduct presentations of technical information concerning specific projects/schedules. 
• Provide immediate supervision to a unit or group of employees, assigning tasks, and checking work at frequent intervals.
• A portion of time is normally spent performing individual tasks related to the unit or sub-unit Encompasses the direction and inspection of the performance of individuals or a team of associates who put together components to make assemblies, subassemblies, or completed units, or make or process raw materials into finished products in an industrial environment. 

Experiences/Education - Required

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (engineering preferred) or related field
• 3+ years of prior supervisory experience. 
• Define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form. 
• Have strong, data-driven problem-solving skills
• Read, analyze, and interpret general business documents. 
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information to groups.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. 
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills. 

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Certified in Yellow Belt or Green Belt.
• Experience in leading or contributing to DMAIC or LEAN processes/projects, including Kaizen, 5S, waste elimination.