Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a feedback link between Area or Team Leader and team members to share daily results and improvement needs and/or ideas.
• Coordinate shop floor activities and document necessary information.
• Drive corrective action to improve quality, productivity & reliability.
• Provides input for resources & planning purposes.
• Expedites work flow.
• Prioritizes work distribution (sequencing released product)
• Communicates between departments concerning material and quality shortages.
• Identify work flow interruptions.
• Proactively communicates business issues and opportunities.
• Create and sustain a productive and positive working environment by developing people and maximizing flexibility.
• Motivates team to succeed.
• Actively works to create the environment to be an employer of choice.
• Share best practices.
• Participates in leveraging available resources across the organization to manage cost structure.
• Able to balance customer and company needs.
• Ensure compliance to 5S practices.
• Monitor IPK's and flexing activities required to meet business needs.
• Conduct daily debriefs (as applicable).
• Inspect parts to compliance to Quality standards and to material specification (as needed).
• Provide team status updates to Department Mgrs as needed.
• Participate in focus factory activities as needed or requested.
• Support and adhere to our Quality Management System.
• Follow all safety and environmental guidelines.
• Identify and measure local performance measurements and necessary action in support of our Business Plan .
• Support the Vision & Guiding Principles and Corporate Goals of Kimball International.
• Supports our Environmental Management System (EMS)

Technical Skills Needed to Perform This Role:

• Passed the color hue test (as applicable to role)
• Problem Solving / Quality Tools
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Conflict Resolution
• Data Collection and Analysis