Shift Lead

About filtrona

Filtrona is the only global, independent market leader in the design, testing and manufacturing of specialist filter solutions, tear tapes and related scientific services. With a head office in Singapore, Filtrona has 11 manufacturing facilities across Europe, America, and Asia, together with 3 innovation centres, an accredited laboratory and a centre of excellence focused on sustainability. The company has over 2000 employees serving customers across 120 countries.

Our purpose is to support partners to transform and benefit from business growth; we succeed when they succeed. Our mission is to be a responsible, customer-focused innovation leader creating excellence in sustainable solutions for today and tomorrow.

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Role and Responsibilities:

This role is part of driving Excellence model in Production Cell. He/she will play an important role in supporting team, focusing in preventive maintenance scope via manufacturing excellence. He/she will act autonomously as part of a wider production team to deliver company operation performance target in productivity, cost, quality, delivery, safety etc.

• Manage & improving own cell performance to achieve the KPIs in shift management.
• Leading the own respective shift DDS meeting and own CIL,CL,DH DMS's.
• Ensure shift handover meeting have prioritize the top losses (break down and process failure) and DMS internal control result though the consecutive production shift.
• Ensure Equipment owners execute following the FEM procedure and tools as defined plans.
• Lead issue resolution "to Root Cause" on the floor of chronic stops by FEM tools ie. IPS
• Provide floor coaching on DMS, Loss elimination, Skill development, Technical Mastery for EO
• Ensure all RM and packing have been prepared well for shift production.
• Ensure the right shift production report on production output, material consumption and shift performance (OEE and waste).
• Coordinate with production planning team, NPI, Quality team in accordance with right planning, implementation, and execution.
• Escalate the critical issues with safety, quality, and major machine stoppage to higher level for urgency management on the solution.
• Working with Cell leader to allocate proper resource manpower for the shift manpower plan and develop the multi skill.
• Ensure the cell produce the manufacturing order in line with the production plan.
• Ensures the implementation of all EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety) requirements and safe work practices in accordance with legal regulations and company policies.
• Ensures the achievement of quality goals and resolves customer complaint-related issues through action plans (Root Cause Analysis and Corrective and Preventive Actions).
• Ensure 5S and discipline control in the cell to comply with the company rules and policy.

People Skills:

• Must be a "Team Player" who can facilitate improvement efforts while also soliciting ideas from all team members.
• Must be able to work well with frontline operators and mechanics, as well as with middle and upper management.
• Ability to influence their coworkers in positive ways to promote changes of paradigms.
• Sound coaching skills and must be able to develop others.

Technical Skills:

• Good principal knowledge of production/manufacturing techniques including material handling systems, maintenance, production planning/scheduling, ergonomics, workplace study, Statistical Process Control, process types such as flow and batch, product/raw material principles.
• Good knowledge of Lean operational and quality improvement practices such as workplace organization, visual management, waste reduction and shop floor problem solving
• Delivery of quality management and assurance systems.
• Production procedures and regulations to meet legislative/organizational requirements.
• Planning and project management principles, problem solving, relationship building and leading through KPIs.

Team Facilitation Skills:

• Leading performance management and their use and organizations tools and policies for managing teams.
• Ability to team facilitation, assure the success of our teams by defined mission and goal.
• Ability to clearly defined team roles and problem-solving strategies, such as Root Cause Analysis, 5 Why, Cause Effect Analysis, etc.

Computer Skills:

• Knowledge of basic computer skills to perform their duties, such as collecting data using Excel spreadsheets and composing PowerPoint presentations.
• Able to perform tracking and reporting the financial benefit of a Performance Excellence project.
• Provide management with project status updates, feedback, and appropriate reporting on key responsibilities and objectives.
• Fully comply with all company Health and Safety requirements, including reporting all accidents, near accidents, and hazards.
• Other duties as directed.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• +3 years' experience in manufacturing environment and sound knowledge of manufacturing process.
• Computer literate with competence in all Microsoft applications.
• Fair command of English both written and spoken.
• Available for shift work.
• 6 days working per week (Mon to Sat)

Preferred Skills

• Well technical in Lean, TPM or Excellent Manufacturing Model.
• Have experience in reliability improvement project.
• Problem Solving and Systematic & Logical Thinking Skill.
• Engaging personality with ability to build proactive Operation culture and work with diverse team.
• People and team management skill.
• Ability to communicate fluently and concisely.
• Can-Do Attitude.
• Feel energy for change, able to adapt to FEM system.