Responsibilities
Provide team leadership and coaching
Promotes a safe work environment
Create an environment oriented to trust, open communication, creative thinking, and cohesive team effort
Provide the team with a vision of the project objectives
Motivate and inspire team members
Lead by setting a good example (role model) – behavior consistent with words
Coach and help develop team members; help resolve dysfunctional behavior
Facilitate problem solving and collaboration
Strive for team consensus and win-win agreements
Ensure discussions and decisions lead toward closure
Maintain healthy group dynamics
Intervene when necessary to aid the group in resolving issues
Assure that the team members have necessary education/training to effectively participate on the team
Encourage creativity, risk-taking, and constant improvement
Recognize and celebrate team and team member accomplishments and exceptional performance
Focus the team on the tasks at hand or the internal and external customer requirements
Coordinate with internal and external customers as necessary
Familiarize the team with the customer needs, specifications, design targets, the development process, design standards, techniques and tools to support task performance
Assure that the team addresses all relevant issues within the specifications and various standards
Provide necessary business information
Serve as meeting manager or chairman
Initiate sub-groups or sub-teams as appropriate to resolve issues and perform tasks in parallel
Ensure deliverables are prepared to satisfy the project requirements, cost and schedule
Help keep the team focused and on track
Coordinate team logistics
Work with functional managers and the team sponsor to obtain necessary resources to support the team’s requirements
Obtain and coordinate equipment, and communication lines for team members
Establish meeting times, places and agendas
Coordinate the review, presentation and release of design layouts, drawings, analysis and other documentation to team members
Communicate team status, task accomplishment, and direction
Provide status reporting of team activities against the program plan or schedule
Keep the project manager and product committee informed of task accomplishment, issues and status
Serve as a focal point to communicate and resolve interface and integration issues with other teams
Escalate issues which cannot be resolved by the team
Provide guidance to the team based on management direction
Required Qualifications:
Microsoft Office Products
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Flexible to changing priorities
Proven experience to analyze information effectively and present results through reports, spreadsheets and presentations.
Strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines, organize, multitask and prioritize.
Strong interpersonal communication skills
Forklift license or willing to obtain.
Proficient with Navision.
Blueprint reading.
Willing to pursue further training.
Willing to become an ISO auditor.