Team Leader - Level IV - SHOP

We are looking for a talented Team Leader - Level IV - SHOP to join our team specializing in Manufacturing for our Cummins Inc. facility in Plainfield, IN .

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Forge Strategic Partnerships: Build strong cross-functional relationships that accelerate shared goals and strengthen collaboration across teams.
• Communicate with Precision: Tailor messages to diverse audiences, ensuring clarity, alignment, and consistent understanding at every level.
• Elevate Decision Quality: Apply sound judgment and timely analysis to drive choices that keep operations moving forward with confidence.
• Deliver Consistent Results: Maintain high performance even in challenging conditions, ensuring commitments are met and organizational priorities advance.
• Champion Accountability: Set clear expectations, follow through on commitments, and foster a culture where ownership and reliability are the norm.
• Model Integrity and Trust: Demonstrate honesty, transparency, and authenticity to earn the confidence of colleagues, partners, and stakeholders.
• Navigate Complexity Effectively: Break down complicated information, identify patterns, and provide practical solutions that simplify decision-making.
• Strengthen a Safe, Inclusive Workplace: Promote proactive health and safety behaviors while valuing diverse perspectives to enhance team performance and well-being.

• Operational Mastery & Analytical Rigor: You need the ability to investigate inventory discrepancies, analyze root causes, implement corrective actions, and maintain accurate reporting across all material records and cycle count activities.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Communication: Success requires strong partnership skills to work effectively with IT, Finance, Quality, EHS, and operations teams-ensuring system integrity, audit readiness, safety compliance, and clear communication of process changes.
• Leadership, Coaching & Team Development: You must be able to motivate, train, and guide team members; allocate manpower effectively; promote standardized work; encourage continuous improvement ideas; and foster a cohesive, accountable team environment.
• Safety, Quality & Continuous Improvement Mindset: You need a deep commitment to proactive safety behaviors, equipment knowledge, quality standards, and structured problem-solving (8D, audits, lean tools) to drive ongoing improvements in throughput, waste reduction, and process reliability.

• Skilled in identifying, investigating, and implementing record-accuracy improvements to support operational excellence and meet performance targets.
• Experienced in leading root-cause investigations for critical material discrepancies and initiating corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Strong cross-functional collaborator, regularly partnering with IT to review system changes impacting inventory accuracy and with Finance to support audit requirements.
• Adept at generating timely, accurate reporting on record accuracy, error trends, and inventory performance metrics.
• Proven ability to foster a collaborative, team-oriented environment by coaching and supporting team members in shared responsibilities.
• Committed to operating with high ethical standards and full adherence to company policies, safety guidelines, and compliance requirements.
• Provides direction and oversight for cycle-count processes, cycle-count teams, and offsite inventory operations.
• Demonstrated interpersonal strengths in motivating, coaching, problem-solving, evaluating, and training team members.
• Conducts daily safety walks, PPE checks, and equipment reviews to ensure a safe and compliant work environment.
• Thorough understanding of operational equipment and associated safety risks within assigned areas.
• Ensures timely reporting of close calls and incidents to EHS leadership and communicates safety concerns to the team.
• Partners with Quality to develop and update work instructions, ensuring changes are communicated and implemented effectively.
• Skilled in performing root-cause analysis (8D, internal audits, lean methodologies) to address safety, quality, and production issues.
• Leads continuous-improvement initiatives to eliminate waste, enhance productivity, and improve processes; communicates progress and results to the team.
• Encourages team participation in safety, quality, and productivity improvements and provides updates on the status of their suggestions.
• Knowledgeable in measuring and maintaining quality standards related to team processes.
• Allocates manpower based on operational needs and team skill sets; provides coverage for absenteeism as needed.
• Performs equipment, forklift, machine, and tooling checks at shift start-up and reports abnormalities promptly.
• Identifies and supports throughput-improvement opportunities, maximizing value-added cycle time.
• Ensures fair and balanced job rotation among team members to support engagement and skill development.
• Flexible and willing to perform additional duties as assigned to support team and business needs.