Location
Hagerstown, MD | United States
Job description
Description:
Key Responsibilities Include: • Ensure a safe work environment for all employees using a methodical approach to risk identification and mitigation. • Lead through a communicative leadership style, with two-way communication and high employee engagement. Ensure all employees are aware of their responsibilities, how they contribute to the total result and that they are recognized for performance. • Supervise bargaining unit/blue collar workers. • Maintain accurate time and attendance records for all departmental employees; initiate and record corrective actions to address attendance issues. • Assess performance, competencies, and flexibility of employees within the department and initiate appropriate training, counseling or corrective action to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of the employees. Develop Best Practices ways of working between supply team members including cross training. • Complete analysis, parts availability, cost and availability impacts to the business. • Ensure the availability of skilled resources to consistently improve upon the performance of the department and readily adapt to evolving demands. • Create an environment of success with the expectation of continuous learning. • Deliver the agreed and committed overall objectives for the supply chain activities. • Participate in the development of departmental budges and objectives. • Ensure that the supply chain team is clearly formulated and motivated to achieve the Group Trucks Operations Middletown total business plan and strategy. • Champion the culture aimed at giving a strong image of the unit and align with AB Volvo values and principles. • Understand and apply the principles of lean manufacturing. Utilize the techniques and methodologies of the Volvo Production System (VPS). • Initiate and follow up on restructuring and improvement projects. • Actively support overall company programs and policies. • Understand the collective bargaining unit agreements and collaborate with union officials. • Establish clear directions; setting objectives and distributes the workload appropriately. • Maintains compliance with departmental objectives as related to productivity, schedules and efficiency. • Understand the collective bargaining unit agreements and collaborate with union officials. • Maintain health and safety for all business unit personnel by ensuring proper work habits, use, and maintenance of tools, equipment, and housekeeping, related to operational areas. • Actively support overall company programs and policies
Skills:
production, supervision, production management, continuous improvement, union experience
Top Skills Details:
production,supervision
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
You have an Associate’s Degree and three (3) years’ technical experience in a manufacturing environment OR five (5) years minimum combined education and experience within a manufacturing environment. It is preferred that you also have a minimum of two (2) years’ supervisory/managerial experience in a manufacturing environment, experience working in a lean manufacturing environment and a Bachelor’s Degree. All documentation is in English, so you must have proficiency in the English language. A good understanding of the Volvo Group Business is also helpful.
Experience Level:
Intermediate Level
We know that a company's success starts with its employees. We also know that an individual's success starts with the right career opportunity. As a Best of Staffing® Client and Talent leader, Aerotek's people-focused approach yields competitive advantage for our clients and rewarding careers for our contract employees. Since 1983, Aerotek has grown to become a leader in recruiting and staffing services. With more than 250 non-franchised offices, Aerotek's 8,000 internal employees serve more than 300,000 contract employees and 18,000 clients every year. Aerotek is an Allegis Group company, the global leader in talent solutions. Learn more at Aerotek.com.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Job tags
Salary
$50 - $75 per hour
