Senior Production Lead

Location: Suzhou Pilot Free Trade Zone, JS, CN Job Category: Operations Shift: Shift 1 Full Time / Part Time: Full-Time Job Level: Individual Contributor Approximate Travel: 0% Job Description: Summary:

This role assists and provides direction to the team to ensure achievement of daily safety, quality, productivity and inventory goals. This person must be a role model for safe behavior and must ensure team members are following safe work practices and wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE).

Essential Functions:

• Facilitate start of shift meetings and assign tasks throughout shift.
• Troubleshoot and solve problems on the production floor including but not limited to:
  • Monitor and track quality issues and escalate to supervisor when necessary.
  • Provide constructive feedback to associates regarding operational errors.
  • Utilize effective conflict resolution skills to resolve production and/or personnel issues.
• Monitor and adjust labor utilization as necessary; coordinate efforts and resource allocation with other team leads/supervisors.
• Ensure quality management system training records are accurate; ensure controlled copies of work instructions are accurate and up to date.
• Facilitate cross-training throughout assigned department; conduct cross-training when needed.
• Participate in interviewing/selection of contract employees; prepare initial drafts of contract employee performance reviews.
• Monitor and track mechanical downtime, daily metrics, order processing and material availability.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent. May consider equivalent work experience in lieu of education
• 6+ years manufacturing experience
• Proficient quality management and enterprise resource planning systems experience
• Must be capable of training, certifying and performing all positions within the department

Additional Qualification Details: No additional requirement needed

Who We Are and What We Are All About:

Rogers Corporation makes tomorrows innovations possible. Help build a cleaner, safer and more connected world with a career at Rogers, where we make tomorrow’s innovations possible. We rely on a talented workforce to develop our cutting edge, market-leading material technologies. Our global team develops innovative specialty materials and components that enable technology in a wide array of high-growth markets. Our customers expect high performance and reliability, so we are always looking for people who can improve processes, get results and represent a best-in-class organization. People are at the heart of all our operations, and we encourage our employees to act with integrity, creativity and excellence to help drive results worldwide.

Why Work for Rogers:

It is our commitment to get “Results, but Results the Right Way.” Rogers offers an exceptional work environment and a value-driven culture modeled by leadership. Employees have access to developmental opportunities as well as top-notch benefits and incentive programs. Come join a winning team!

Rogers Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, as well as other protected groups.

About Rogers Corporation:

At Rogers Corporation (NYSE:ROG), were changing how the world uses technology. We are a global leader in materials technology and manufacturing, producing engineered materials to power, protect and connect our world. With nearly 200 years of materials science and engineering experience, Rogers delivers high-performance solutions that enable global Advanced Electronics Solutions and Elastomeric Material Solutions, as well as other technologies where reliability is critical. Rogers enables the world’s leading innovators to achieve greater performance, speed to market and reliability through our renowned technical solutions support, problem-solving and application engineering capabilities. Rogers delivers market-leading solutions for energy-efficient motor drives, vehicle electrification and alternative energy, sealing, vibration management, and impact protection in mobile devices, transportation interiors, industrial equipment and performance apparel, wireless infrastructure and automotive safety and radar systems. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona (USA), Rogers operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, China, Germany, Belgium, Hungary and South Korea, with joint ventures and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.rogerscorp.com.