Area Lead

Ready to take the next step from working in operations to owning one?

Own the people, performance, data, and continuous improvement of an end-to-end production area.

If you have 1–5 years of experience in operations, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, or a related field, this could be your opportunity to take on real responsibility for people, performance, and continuous improvement.

As an Area Lead, you’ll be responsible for the end-to-end performance of a production area. You’ll lead the people working within it, make sure training requirements are met and SOPs are followed, understand how your lines are performing, and help identify and solve the problems preventing your area from performing at its best.

This isn’t just about keeping production running. It’s an opportunity to learn how to manage an operation.

What You’ll Own

People & Leadership

• Lead and support the people working within your production area
• Ensure employees are properly trained and training requirements remain current
• Reinforce SOPs and operating standards
• Build accountability while helping people develop and succeed

Performance

• Monitor and report production attainment and efficiency
• Understand performance against standard and explain significant variances
• Use data to identify problems and opportunities within your area
• Help your team understand what good performance looks like and where improvement is needed

Operational Control

• Ensure consumption and production-output information is accurate
• Understand how materials, labor, equipment, and processes affect performance
• Identify issues affecting the reliability and accuracy of operational data
• Work across the operation to solve problems that affect your area

Continuous Improvement

• Lead 5S activities within your area
• Identify and lead continuous-improvement opportunities
• Challenge existing processes and look for better ways of working
• Turn performance information into actions that improve safety, quality, efficiency, and reliability

Who We’re Looking For

• 1–5 years of experience in operations, manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, or a related environment
• Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred, particularly in Supply Chain Management, Business Management, Engineering, Operations, or a related discipline
• Ready to move beyond completing tasks and begin owning results
• Enjoys working with both people and data
• Comfortable asking questions and digging into why performance varies from plan
• Interested in hands-on leadership rather than a purely desk-based position
• Interested in continuous improvement and solving real operational problems
• Wants to build a long-term career in operations, manufacturing, or supply-chain leadership

Where This Role Can Take You

We see this role as more than your next job. It can be an important step toward broader operations leadership. As an Area Lead, you’ll develop experience managing people, performance, processes, data, and continuous improvement across an end-to-end production area.

The experience you build can create a strong foundation for a broader career in operations and supply-chain management and leadership.

Your Opportunity to Lead

You don’t need to have spent your entire career in manufacturing to make an impact here. We’re looking for someone who has built an initial foundation in operations or supply chain and is ready for more responsibility.

If you’re ready to move from contributing to an operation to learning how to lead one, we’d like to hear from you