Assembler - Lead

Hayward Holdings Inc. (NYSE "HAYW") is the largest manufacturer of residential swimming pool equipment in the world, with a significant presence in the commercial pool market that is continuously growing. Hayward designs, manufactures, and markets a full line of residential and commercial pool and spa equipment including pumps, filters, heating, cleaners, salt chlorinators, automation, lighting, safety, flow control and energy solutions at our company owned facilities. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Hayward also has facilities in Tennessee, Arizona, and Rhode Island as well as Canada, Spain, France, Australia, and China. 

Position Overview:  Responsible for coordination, prioritizing and enabling daily production activities.  Manage daily/weekly output based on material/capacity availability, and proactively identify and resolve potential bottlenecks.  Assist Production Supervisor in ensuring execution of production plan to meet customer requirements.  Assist with meeting incentive metrics goals (safety, on-time delivery, efficiency, and productivity).

Major Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate daily production activities to meet safety, quality, output and on-time delivery targets
• Identify material/capacity constraints and resolve issues, including chasing material shortages, expediting and prioritizing functions (receiving, inspection, mfg. engineering, etc.) and escalating issues
• Ensure that safe work practices are in use at all times
• Ensure that ERP transactions are completed to reflect physical material movement
• Achieve cycle count accuracy goals
• Ensure production activities are completed in accordance with design and process documentation
• Lead daily production meetings and assist with creating and publishing daily/weekly/monthly metrics
• Assist with training and coaching of production workforce
• Use data and continuous improvement tools to resolve internal and external corrective actions and drive process improvement

Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Inventory Management software (Mapics experience a plus)
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of lean practices and continuous improvement tools
• Demonstrate the ability to lead by example and to provide guidance and mentoring to peers and to promote team work

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma/GED
• 3 – 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment required with demonstrated project leadership responsibilities

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, stand and walk.  The employee will frequently be required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.