Team Lead - Distribution
Listed on 2026-01-22
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Manufacturing / Production
Production Manager, Operations Manager
Overview
Total Rewards:
Benefits/Incentive Information If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met.
Requisition : 914576
Position: Full-Time
Shift: 2nd Shift
Total Rewards:
Benefits/Incentive Information If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met.
We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions, iconic brands that consumers love such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol and Oliver Peoples, as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences such as Sunglass Hut, Lens Crafters, and Target Optical, and leading e-commerce platforms.
Our unique business model and relentless pursuit of operational excellence ensures that consumers everywhere have access to products. Balancing speed, efficiency and proximity, the Company manages a global supply chain with cutting-edge technology, based on centralization for frames and on a capillary network for lens finishing and prescription laboratories. In our dynamic environment, fueled by technology and innovation, our people have the space to pioneer new solutions.
Oakley is part of Essilor Luxottica. Building on our legacy of innovative, market-leading optical technology, we manufacture and distribute high performance sunglasses, prescription lenses and frames, goggles, apparel, footwear, and accessories. Every day at Oakley is a chance to grow, go further and achieve more. Join our global community of over 200,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry.
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The Team Lead - Distribution is responsible for assisting the Distribution Center Supervisors in the achievement of business goals such as Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity by providing direction to Logistics associates through the coordination of daily workflow.
Major Duties And Responsibilities- Provides timely and effective feedback to associates based on individual quality performance and productivity standards.
- Actively displays managerial courage by proactively addressing issues and conflicts; takes ownership for the team and their performance.
- Actively manages the team for a continuous workflow spotting constraints prior to them creating a gap in the line; measures variations in flow by tracking standards each hour and makes appropriate course corrections as needed. Seeks guidance when necessary.
- Conducts productive start-up meetings that effectively communicate the daily goals and previous shift performance. Solicits associate feedback on missed opportunities and successes.
- Communicates daily goals to the team.
- Monitors work volume and advises when additional labor hours are needed.
- Demonstrates use of root cause analysis skills – seeks to truly understand the dynamics of the problem, collects the necessary data, develops a solution while involving associates, creates an effective measurement structure to monitor results and makes immediate course corrections, and conducts follow-up inspection to assure adherence.
- Creates a formal pre-shift plan that describes associate line up, ship goals, quality goals, and shift challenges that current set-up will encounter during shift; discusses plan with supervision and seeks guidance where necessary.
- Develops and provides a formal end of shift wrap-up report that includes a list of bullet points describing current condition of facility at shift end, machine calibration, and set-up.
- Follows through with training commitments outlined in weekly training plan: actively participates in weekly training meetings by providing updates on associate progress and makes recommendations on potential training opportunities.
- Works effectively with other departments that support the manufacturing process. Proactively and effectively communicates issues.
- Efficiently manages resources in area of responsibility including…
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