Material Working Leader - Craft Warehouse - 2nd Shift

We are looking for a talented Material Working Leader on 2nd Shift to join our team specializing in Logistics for our Cummins Inc. facility in Maxton, NC.

Job Summary:

Acts as a formal resource coordinating others. Coordinates operations through interaction with operations management. Coordinates activities for different areas like Inbound, Outbound, Kitting, etc. based on direction from Operations management.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: 

•  Stopping unsafe work and reporting hazards immediately, preventing injuries and reinforcing a culture where safety is non negotiable.
•  Using proper protective equipment and correcting hazards within your control, showing leadership through consistent safe behavior.
•  Minimizing environmental impact through awareness and responsible actions, helping the site meet its sustainability commitments.
•  Leading and engaging in HSE training, raising workforce competence and building an interdependent safety culture.
•  Identifying quality issues early and escalating them, reducing defects, rework, and cost exposure.
•  Ensuring accurate receiving, storage, picking, packing, and shipping, directly supporting reliable, on time delivery to customers.
•  Driving improvements in safety, quality, process flow, and housekeeping, contributing to a more efficient and stable operation.
•  Collaborating effectively with peers, support teams, and skilled trades, strengthening team performance and keeping equipment in good working condition.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:  
•    Collaborating effectively by building strong partnerships with peers, support teams, and cross functional groups so shared goals are met without friction.
•    Communicating clearly across different audiences, adjusting your style so instructions, updates, and issues are understood the first time.
•    Focusing on the customer by understanding their expectations, preventing service failures, and ensuring every action supports a positive customer experience.
•    Making timely, high quality decisions that keep operations moving, especially when balancing cost, speed, safety, and quality.
•    Driving results under pressure, maintaining accuracy and pace even during high volume periods or unexpected challenges.
•    Holding yourself and others accountable, ensuring commitments are met, standards are followed, and issues are addressed rather than ignored.
•    Investing in your own development, seeking training, feedback, and stretch opportunities to grow your technical and leadership capabilities.
•    Valuing differences, using diverse perspectives to improve problem solving, teamwork, and workplace culture.
•    Selecting the right transportation mode and equipment, using shipment volume and lane analysis to balance cost, quality, and delivery time.
•    Applying trade regulation knowledge to reduce compliance risks and avoid unnecessary costs.
•    Controlling warehouse inventory through accurate counts, proper storage, and strong material flow discipline.
•    Executing warehouse operations using tools, systems, and standard processes to meet inbound and outbound performance metrics.

Education, Licenses, Certifications: 
•    High school diploma or certificate of completion of secondary education or equivalent experience to the extent such experience meets applicable regulations. 
•    College, University or equivalent degree in Business, Engineering or related field preferred. 
•    This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations. 

Experience: 
•    Requires significant relevant work experience or specialized skills obtained through education, training or on-the-job experience in a related field such as logistics, warehousing and third party logistics provider management.

Overview:

The person chosen for this specialist role is expected to lead by example in the following areas:

• Must be a self-motivated individual with a passion for continuous improvement and an employee involvement culture.
• Set high expectations for themselves and the teams.
• Hold themselves and team members accountable for superior results using developmental techniques to motivate and continually support the team and their performance.
• Maintain best practice Safety and Housekeeping standards with continuous emphasis on 5S.
• Development of the team to communicate and work with all levels of the organization.
• Identify, support and assist production technician and Team Leader in implementation of continuous improvement projects.

The Material Working Leader will assist the team to provide immediate problem resolution and moving work process flow.   The Material Working Leader will be a primary interface between the team, team leader and facilitator in other departments and levels of the organization.

Authority - Directs activities of:

• Interacts and provides team coordination for production technicians
• Interfaces between team leaders and department management, including
  • Manufacturing, Industrial and Product Engineering
  • Maintenance & Facilities Engineering
  • IT             
  • Other Support Groups
  • Quality Engineering
  • Materials Logistics
  • Finance

Responsibilities - Essential functions:

Working Leader (supports the production technician directly). Responsible for:

• Process start-up and control
• Meet production goals
• Respond to line stops by team members
• Confirm quality – routine checks
• Cover absenteeism, line fill-in - duties include filling in on line when teammates are out and working on autonomous maintenance tasks with the team
• Training and cross-training
• Work orders for quick maintenance
• Ensure standardized work is followed
• Facilitate small group activities
• On-going continuous improvement projects
• Ensure parts/materials are supplied to process–coordinate with Material handlers
• Support team in building quality in product
• Update/improve Standard Work standard
• Continuous improvement activities
• Provide production support on company projects as required.
• Plan and recover from assembly line and test equipment system failures.
• Comply with all Meritor written environmental (ISO 14001) and quality (TS 16949) policies.
• All other job tasks as required by leadership.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated leadership & communication skills in a manufacturing environment.
• Other pertinent skill requirements:  Demonstrated problem solving, continuous improvement disciplines, computer literacy and familiarity with SPC techniques.
• Working Knowledge of all work stations in designated area is preferred.
• Excellent job performance required.

Physical Demands (if applicable):

Must be able to access all areas of the facility and meet other physical requirements of the position and work scheduled overtime requirements.