Production Area Leader

2 weeks ago

Kitchener, Canada Custom Leather Canada Limited Full time

**The Opportunity**

The **Area Leader in Production** is responsible for supervising and ensuring that the Company’s Production teams operate efficiently and effectively, achieving maximum production flow, and meeting our customers’ delivery requirements.

**Job Duties**

Supervise the Production teams including:

- Participate in the hiring, orientation, training and performance management of employees within your teams
- Design and manage workflow including setting targets, priorities and proactively identifying potential areas of concern and devising working solutions
- Ensure that staff are properly trained to perform their duties and perform regular process checks
- Provide regular feedback and coaching with team, including performance management
- Manage the team’s attendance and time-off requests to ensure adequate coverage for the different teams
- Lead regular team meetings to address any issues, provide updates and have regular touch-points with the teams

At the start of the day:

- Assess staffing levels, reporting any absences to the Area Leaders, Senior Vice President of Operations and Human Resources
- Communicate production impacts of missing employees to Senior Vice President of Operations
- Move employees between modules (within the area of responsibility) to maximize production, efficiency and cross-training opportunities
- Review time card reports and the time cards to ensure that operation codes, pieces, time classes and times scanned/punched are correct, including documenting on these reports all absences for that day and the reason

Regular Duties:

- Review quality reports daily and report findings with comments to the Senior Vice President of Operations
- Monitor shortages, bundle tickets, cancellation dates on work orders and production reports including prioritizing and expediting as necessary with appropriate communication and documentation of explanations as required
- Review production at the end of each day and enter the information in the computer system for analysis
- Coordinate and assist with production jobs (completing work only in an emergency situation) to assist in the balancing of the workflow within the modules
- Administer the Cross Training Program including monitoring employee progress and initiating qualifications
- Perform and coordinate training and cross training of team members in a way that promotes safety, high quality and productivity
- Complete Bill of Material Change forms, Maintenance Requisitions, Time Study Requisitions, and Non-Conformances in a timely manner
- Direct the training and guiding of employees in following our Quality System procedures, including non-conformances
- Promote Health and Safety and ensure that all employees are working in compliance with all policies and legislation at all times
- Be aware of the Company’s policies and procedures, including using the appropriate documentation and submitting it in a timely manner
- Ensure all work is performed in accordance with the Company’s standards and established safety procedures
- Maintain a good working relationship with the Union, be familiar with and follow the terms of the Collective Agreement
- Provide coverage for the other Area Leaders in their absence
- Other duties as assigned

**Qualifications**
- Post-secondary education in Supply Chain or relevant field would be an asset
- 2-3 years of experience in Production
- Previous supervisory experience is an asset
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
- Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize and handle competing priorities
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders and work effectively with multiple departments and individuals
- Self motivated and able to work with mínimal supervision or direction
- Positive attitude and service-oriented disposition, handles pressure well
- A continuous improvement focus on work

**What We Offer**
- A clean and safe work environment that fosters respect and encourages continuous improvement
- A team oriented atmosphere
- **Hours**: Monday to Thursday 7:00 am to 4:15pm and Friday 7:00am to 12:00pm
- Total Rewards Package including excellent Group Benefits (50/50 cost share for health and dental portion), company sponsored retirement savings plan, paid personal days and an annual bonus program
- Hourly Wages, Paid bi-weekly by Direct Deposit

**About Us**

Custom Leather Canada Limited is the largest, and one of the oldest leather accessory and belt manufacturers in Canada. The company began producing consumer leather products in 1949 and has been in continuous operation since that time. We operate out of a 70,000 sq. foot state of the art manufacturing facility in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

The company wholesales goods under a number of product lines. Our main business involves the manufacture and import of Men's and Women's belts, which we ship to our customers throughout Canada and the United States. Our belts are sold un

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