Flex

Lead

Flex$70K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate's Degree or equivalent experience preferred
  • 8 years of related experience required
  • Advanced skills for on-the-job training and guidance
  • Expertise in manufacturing line skills
  • Ability to read complex instructions and solve practical problems

Responsibilities

  • Provide ongoing feedback on individual performance
  • Initiate process development and cost improvement projects
  • Coordinate resource requirements for the department
  • Assist in budget planning and manage expenses
  • Communicate daily plans and address production issues
  • Highlight and resolve material shortages
  • Monitor bottlenecks and report downtime

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Full Job Description
Job Posting Start Date 06-08-2026 Job Posting End Date 09-05-2026

Job Summary

Principle Accountabilities:
  • Provide ongoing feedback on performance of individuals through both formal and informal evaluations.
  • Initiate and participate in process development and cost improvement projects.
  • Coordinate people resource requirements for the department.
  • Assist in department budget planning and manage department expenses.
  • Communicate daily plan and any production or customer service issues
  • Highlight material shortages, interface with Expediter/Purchasing on any part shortages
  • Recognize and monitor bottlenecks.
  • Report and alert resources concerning downtime.
  • Interface with Test Support/Maintenance on equipment problems.
  • Track time for NPI/Pre-production/re-work.
  • Communicate with opposite shift to ensure communication flow.
  • Update department communication boards.
  • Follow quality indicators. Stop and alert if predefined indicators are below target.
  • Primary contact for response to situations where scrap is occurring in any process step.


Education / Experience

Typically requires an Associate's Degree, vocational or technical training, or equivalent experience. Typically requires 8 years of related experience.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Demonstrates advanced skills which may be used to conduct on-the-job training and/or lead/guide other employees.Serves as an expert/consultant in manufacturing line skills with other employees. Demonstrates broad knowledge of manufacturing line techniques and may improve processes. Applies new technologies/ techniques. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees, and supervisors of the organization. Demonstrates broad knowledge of manufacturing line techniques and may improve processes. Applies new technologies/ techniques.

Ability to read, comprehend and interpret complex instructions. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in various forms.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Decision Making / Discretion.

Scope / Impact

Proactively assists supervisor in reaching goals/targets of the department.

Decision Making / Discretion

May make decisions or recommendations for team. Decisions may affect other teams.

Supervision / Leadership

Receives little to no instruction. Requires little to no supervision. May provide guidance to other nonexempt personnel. Determines methods and procedures on new assignments.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to work that requires repetitive motion, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock and occasionally works in job assignments that may require overtime and 2nd or 3rd shift job assignments as required. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to handle small components. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Job Category
Operations

Is Sponsorship Available?
No

About Flex

Flex Ltd. is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, behind only Pegatron for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex has manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
Learn more about Flex
Size
172,648 employees
Market Cap
$9.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$421 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+1.8%
Revenue
$23.3 billion
NASDAQ

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