
Make Team Lead- N1
Decatur, ALFull-timePosted 1w agoStill listed today
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The Team Leader leads an operating shift and is responsible for continuous improvement, training, and collective team performance. The role coordinates staffing and shift plans, tracks team scorecards, develops team members, and supports safe, high-quality, productive operations. It also works across departments to maintain operational flow and uses problem-solving tools to address issues and eliminate root causes.
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Job Description The Team Leader role is the leader of an operating shift responsible for the continuous improvement, training, and collective performance. Team performance is measured by the team scorecard and overall team skill development. This role will not be an automatic Tier 4 Role, but will allow the Selected Technician the Leadership Path to work Towards a Tier 4 in the Decatur Tier Progression System. Team Meetings/ Staffing Is responsible for the team’s total collective performance in all aspects (Safety, Quality & Productivity) Develop and implement a shift plan ready prior to the start of the team meeting that meets team commitments. Deploy resources in a flow to the work manner to deliver the business need. Effectively uses team meeting time. Focusing on resourcing all the team’s commitments with team owners leading their ownership area. Leads EOS and DDS meetings. Measures/Tracks/Reviews your team performance (scorecards with gap analysis). (Monthly/Weekly as Required). Ensures all line positions are covered and that adequate expertise is maintained at all times. This includes vacation planning, overtime, etc. Team positions should be rotated to accommodate training needs, result ownership, and meet career plan objectives. Flow resources to broader work to drive out key losses the team is working on. Ownership of team skill matrix based on needs of the team (training, etc). Ensures skill maintenance expectations are met. (Future State) Ensures trigger list is followed for HSE, Q, Org, and Production. Maintains Right-to-Run standards across Packing. Maintains operational standards (CILs, CNTL, Sanitation, QA checks, and defect elimination). Ownership of Time & Attendance Management in Workday (Daily Time Verification, Time-Off Entry, Absence Management, etc.) Team Development/Teamwork Completes work plans/1:1s with team members & coaches functional owners (SFL’s, QFL’s, etc.) on scorecard completion/delivery. Ensures each team member has a training plan and that all barriers are eliminated to complete training, in order to deliver high performing and flexible self-sufficient teams. Provides Feedback relative to all counter-productive interpersonal and operational behavior. Leads principle-based decision making processes to achieve win-win outcomes. Facilitates conflict resolution. Interfaces effectively with Make, Pack and Ship to deliver effective flow of Feed to Ship as the customer. Supports cross-functional communication with Logistics, QA, and HR, to meet various demands within the shift. Provides balanced feedback (positive & improvement) based on observations. Develops team on safe, high quality, and productive operations and ensures team continuously improves. Has a corporate level understanding of QMS. Manages team masterplans, 90 day plans, and team scorecards. (Future State) Collaborates with OC Leader to manage skill matrix. (Future State) Works with OC Pillar Leader to plan and execute team building events. Reinforce Accountability Model to provide feedback and grow team effectiveness. Problem Solving Proactively works with team and leadership to mitigate operational problems before they occur. Champions the use of SQMS tools to solve problems to root cause (why-why, AM, Breakdown Elimination, FI) as needed. Provides improvement feedback in Production Planning/Scheduling Process. Works with Process and Packing Technology Leaders to eliminate interdepartmental losses. (Future State) Selection Criteria (required): Strong leadership Strong Collaboration & Communication Maintained absenteeism rate < 3 absences in the last 12 months (3 Points or Less) Not active in Progressive Discipline Process (Written Warning or Above) In current department for 12 months Must not have work restrictions that prevent employee from performing essential functions of posting department
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How this job compares
Set against the 6,799 open Team Lead jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Alabama median$92–139K/yr22 salary ranges
- US median$20–24/hr1,313 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 145 open Team Lead jobs in Alabama and 6,799 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Team Lead postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (3,400 postings).
- Education
- 1,248 of the 6,799 open Team Lead jobs (18%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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