Molding Team Lead Associate - (6am-6pm)

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Your Role At Clorox:

The Clorox Company is seeking a qualified candidate for a Lead Associate to the Molding department, are you a hands-on leader passionate about driving operational excellence, safety, and team development? As a Crew Lead, you’ll play a critical role in coordinating daily production activities, ensuring safety compliance, and leading your team to meet performance goals. You’ll be the frontline leader responsible for managing changeovers, troubleshooting issues, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This is a dynamic role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and is committed to delivering high-quality results.

Starting Hourly rate: $39.47 with a shift differential.

In This Role, You Will:

Team Leadership & Communication

• Lead daily floor meetings to share shift updates, safety alerts, quality issues, and production priorities. 
• Ensure effective shift exchange and accurate communication of line performance data. 

• Coordinate Line Activities

• Coordinate Safety walk-throughs to eliminate the presence of Slip, Trip or Fall  

• Hazards.

• Ensure Workplace Organization is optimized 
• Ensure members adhere to Safety Training Protocols and Programs 
• Ensure CILs are assigned, completed and performed at appropriate times 
• Reinforce purpose is to “Drive out loss” 
• Ensure team is finding and documenting abnormalities 
• Ensure operators remain in their zones to prevent unnecessary downtime  
• Ensure Quality Checks per requirement. 
• Ensure When up Do and Down do activities assigned. 
• Coordination of Downtime activities  
• Ensure operator PMs are complete base on PM Plan (GL7) 
• Participate in project trials when available GL7

Coordinate Changeover Preparation

• Coordinate with Process 2 hours prior to c/o to confirm product. 
• Coordinate with Palletizer Operator 2 hours prior to c/o to confirm. 
• Coordinate with Molding 1 hr. prior to c/o, walk to dock and verify correct empty ware is at dock door. 
• Call Molding 2 hours prior to c/o to confirm. 
• Coordinate with Shift Coordinator when C/O is complete if going to a Canadian Product
• Support use of standard work documentation 

• Changeover Checklist

• Track C/O Performance

• Identify losses if c/o target time is not met 
• Communicate “why” c/o took longer to Shift Coordinator 
• Communicate to operator’s c/o time was not met and why- 45 minutes prior to c/o, print out all c/o documents needed (C/o JIB, JA, TS Guides). During c/o, verify non-qualified operators are using standard work documentation.
• 30 minutes prior to c/o, assign operators unit ops to c/o. Once an operator completes their zone, identify zone where they can help complete c/o 
• Lead Standard Work Processes 
• Centerline checks for major unit ops 
• Call for Assistance – Escalation Plan 

• Minor Stop Tracking

• Ensure LEDs tagging is correct 
• CIL – Find and Fix abnormalities 
• Update line board items 
• Ensure work notifications are entered in the system and tracked 

• Quality Notifications

• Quality Holds

• Quality Testing

• Housekeeping

• Audits Performed

• Shiftily follow-up and overall WPO  
• Initiate RFI Process when needed 
• Review weekly Crewing and Production schedule with BULs to ensure line is capable  
• Ensure environmental standards are being upheld 
• Shift exchange meeting ownership 
• Line Performance (understand real time data) 
• Ownership and reporting out in 9am meetings (GL7) 
• Man, Material, Method and Machine documentation (GL7) 
• SAP Order confirmation (GL7) 

Decision Making

• Downtime Mitigation (Gl7)

• Determine best time to make repair, i.e. during c/o, maintenance day 
• Has been trained on use of TS Guide and scenario-based problems 
• Ensure TS guides are used and updated in a timely manner 
• Train zone operators on the use of TS guides 

• Coach Zone Operator

• Ensure calls for assistance are made promptly 
• Understands when to make production recommendations based on quality or  
• supply inputs that affect production. 
• Coordinates and tracks Skill Block Training development. 
• Ensures trainee is attaining specific skill blocks and Group Level Certifications.  
• Leads Training initiatives for Crewmembers to ensure they are capable of  
• maintaining zone without assistance. 
• Participates in performance evaluations with team and trainee.  
• Ensures Trainee checklist is completed.  
• Give performance feedback to BUL and underperforming operators. 
• Trainer ensures trainee is following road map that identifies skill block progression  
• by week and is meeting adherence to schedule. 
• Review line training Matrix to identify and minimize gaps. (G7) 

• Inter-Personal Skill Development

• Owning staffing breaks and coverage for crew 
• Ensure ER issues are brought up to plant leadership 
• Own Communication of plant activities, targets and events to their team 
• Managing Conflict, Coaching Others/Providing Feedback, Building Trust,  

• Communicating And Listening

What We Look For:

• High School diploma or GED  

• Resume Required

• Ability to properly tag events in LEDs  
• Prior Leadership experience is highly preferred  
• Prior Manufacturing Experience required 
• Skills and knowledge will be determined by means of hands-on demonstration and a formal interview
• Be willing to work overtime as needed. Workdays and schedule may change periodically according to business needs 
• Strong commitment to the plant non-negotiables 
• Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills 
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills to respond appropriately to salary and hourly personnel 
• Demonstrate ability to organize work area to 5S standards 
• Must have or develop a high level of understanding of Progressive Maintenance 
• Ability to travel as required for training and development Must be capable of working all zone on a production line and/or knowledge of Theory of Operations 

• Proficient In Sap

• Ability to perform routine maintenance 
• Knowledge of Continuous Improvement Tools and process 
• Internal applicants- a minimum of Group level 4 or prior years of performance leadership, please note: Minimum progression for this role is Group 7. Group 6 that apply for this position will have 12 months from the date they transition to the position to certify/qualify at that level in the Packaging department. 

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Benefits We Offer To Help You Be Well And Thrive:

• Competitive Compensation

• Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international
• Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being
• Flexible work environment, depending on your role
• Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing
• Half-day Fridays, depending on your location

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