Production Coach

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PRODUCTION COACH

DETROIT, MICHIGAN - LEAR CONNER PLANT

As a member of the Operations team, the Production Coach will be responsible forleading of manufacturing personnel and operation, assuring that quality, safety, productivity, schedule and delivery goals are met on a daily basis. Ensure production employees have the necessary training, tools and equipment to perform a quality job within allotted time periods. In this role, you support department and plant goals as established, participate in continuous improvement activities and the high performing work team model.

The Role:

• Improve Quality performance through decreased scrap and defects
• Daily review and identification of top quality performance issues.
• Lead review with team leaders to develop solutions or preventative measures.
• Coordinate with Quality department to investigate, identify and implement corrective actions with the production team.
• Lead Teams and Team Leaders to continuously improve quality metrics and targets.

Drive Efficiency

• Work with Team Leaders to drive efficiency by utilizing the production system and driving back issues to the team.
• Ensure that operators are following SWI's and lead team to continuously find SWI improvements.
• Work with teams to improve station layouts, identify 8 waste opportunities, poke yokes, and implement 5s methodology into work areas.
• Lead Teams and Team Leaders to continuously improve production metrics and targets.

Drive High Performance Work Team culture through training, support, and empowerment

• Train all team members on Lean/Kaizen principles to help support a CI Culture and enable teams to identify and address "just do it" opportunities and resolve workplace issues independently.
• Drive teams to actively pursue Team Member roles and tasks outside of work station assembly.
• Support and lead team Kaizen activities.
• Manage and ensure effective cross-training levels at all times to 100% job rotations within teams.

Advantages of working at Lear in the Operations group:

• Develop professional skills and expertise through innovation and inspiration. Lear's leading role as a global automotive technology company encompasses more than products and processes as we know that people drive our success and have proven to be our most important asset at every Lear location.

Your Qualifications:

• At least 2 years of prior supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate ability in maintaining positive employment relation
• Maintain a high level of integrity
• Excellent organizational and computer skills.
• Bachelor's degree

Bonus If You Have:

• Superb interpersonal skills, analytical skills, problem solving skills, decision making skills, communication skills (both written and oral), ability to manage multiple priorities, and self-motivation

Lear Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse workplace.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship. Unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.