Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!

Responsibilities:

• Guiding and directing a team of individual workers for daily manufacturing duties.
• Leading a team to achieve the production objectives of safety, productivity, yield, and shift efficiency.
• Assisting in the recruitment, training, and evaluation of team members for performance.
• Organizing, planning, and monitoring activities for the team to achieve production goals
• Communicating safety, quality, and management information to the team as well as soliciting ideas and suggestions from the team for improvements.
• Monitoring and controlling equipment to meet required specifications and output.
• Leading and executing problem solving for quality and production issues
• Entering production data into the ERP and manufacturing systems, and producing reports for consumption, shift performance, and yield by shift
• Performs other job duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent; technical degree or certification preferred
• Manufacturing experience with preference in plastics extrusion, fiber manufacturing or paper manufacturing.
• Previous team leadership experience preferred.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow procedures
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills
• Experience entering information into production database as well as ERP system
• Must be able to read a ruler and understand fractions, and demonstrate basic math skills
• Must be able to work well with others and in a diverse workforce environment
• Forklift experience required.

Physical requirements:

• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50pounds
• Prolonged periods of standing
• Ability to sit, stand for the majority of the shift
• Ability to walk, jump, twist, turn, stop, bend, push, pull, squat, crawl, kneel, climb, balance, drive, reach above shoulder, repetitive hand/wrist movement, forearm rotation.
• Manual dexterity to evaluate, install, and modify equipment

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Freudenberg Performance Materials LP (USA)