Global Supply Chain Group Leaders

Talascend is currently seeking Global Supply Chain Group Leaders for contract opportunities with a leading automotive manufacturer in Detroit, Michigan

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As a Global Supply Chain Group Leader, you are responsible for the effective use of personnel, material, and equipment.
• Participates in the 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 the company Motors and the United Auto Workers Union.
• Implements and follows systems that prevent reoccurrence 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.

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Experience supervising in a union environment.
• OEM experience preferred.

Preferred work schedule: shift flexible with all shifts (1st, 2nd, 3rd). They would train on 1st shift for a period of time and then likely move to 2nd shift. We plan on implementing some sort of rotational schedule for all Group Leaders where they will spend ~4 months on one shift, then move to a different shift and spend ~4 months there, then rotate again.