Shift Team Leader
Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world.
The Shift Team Leader in Pittsfield, MA, is responsible for supervising manufacturing and converting operations. This position will play a key role in operations leadership by engaging with manufacturing employees, providing visible support, fostering open communication, coaching, and development in a safety-conscious environment, resulting in a benchmark operations culture.
Schedule: The schedule rotates every month: 1st shift 6 – 2 pm, 2nd shift 2 -10 pm, and 3rd shift 10 pm – 6 am.
Responsibilities and Expectations
- Provide leadership to manufacturing employees by being visible, clear in communicating relevant information, and coaching to drive employee performance.
- Accountable for maintaining a safe working environment and adherence to safety policies and procedures
- Supervise all aspects of manufacturing, including, but not limited to, driving Safety, Quality, and efficiencies in the manufacturing processes.
- Train and assist in the development/onboarding plans of new hires
- Develop and implement cross–training plans and create work schedules for the operating floor.
- Participate in the development and implementation of our continuous improvement programs (OpEx).
- Analyze opportunities to improve productivity by engaging employees through continuous improvement activities
- Create and maintain the proper culture of respect, professionalism, and cooperation among the hourly staff.
- Participate in the development and implementation of the cost savings program.
Competencies
- Demonstrated leadership experience
- Ability and willingness to participate in leadership, management, and process improvement training
- Demonstrated ability to positively engage employees toward completing tasks and goals
- Excellent interpersonal skills, effective team player, and collaborator.
- Discretion and professionalism when handling sensitive and confidential information.
- Attentive listening
- Ability to coach employees through challenges
- Collaborative and systematic problem solving
- Proficiency with a variety of computer software programs, including Microsoft Suite, Velocity, ADP, and Oracle.
Education & Experience
- Paper Sciences degree
- 2 – 3+ years of leadership experience in a paper manufacturing environment preferred, preferably in the papermaking or nonwovens industry
- Minimum of five years working in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the papermaking or nonwovens industry