Job Description

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Group Lead Warehouse, 1st Shift at our Emerald Road facility in Greenwood, SC.

The rate for this position is $23.77 per hour. The core hours are 6:00 am until 2:30 pm.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

The Warehouse Group Leader is responsible for planning, coordinating, and leading warehouse operations to ensure customer requirements and order fulfillment targets are achieved safely, efficiently, and in accordance with lean manufacturing principles. This role drives team performance through effective labor planning, process control, continuous improvement, and adherence to standardized work while maintaining focus on safety, quality, delivery, cost, and inventory objectives. Working under the guidance of the Materials Manager, the Group Leader exercises independent judgment, monitors operational performance, conducts root-cause problem solving, facilitates shift-to-shift communication, and fosters a culture of accountability, employee development, and continuous improvement.

Lead and direct a team of material handlers to safely meet customer requirements and order fulfillment targets while ensuring compliance with quality standards, lean manufacturing principles, and established standardized work processes.
Analyze daily and weekly operational performance data to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Inventory (SQDCI) goals; identify productivity improvement opportunities; and lead continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational excellence.
Manage daily workforce planning and shift execution by monitoring attendance, adjusting labor resources, conducting team start-up meetings, ensuring operational readiness, and supporting production activities as needed to maintain workflow and customer commitments.
Oversee shift operations by conducting floor walks, standardized work audits, and process observations; ensuring adherence to standard work practices; monitoring activities throughout the shift; and coordinating effective shift-to-shift communication and handoffs.
Review production performance, investigate missed targets and operational issues, conduct root-cause analysis, implement corrective and preventive actions, and verify completion of team assignments and execution of standardized work.
Promote a culture of safety by leading initiatives focused on achieving zero recordable incidents, conducting routine safety audits and training, and implementing preventive measures to reduce workplace risks.
Provide leadership, coaching, training, and development for team members, ensuring employees are qualified, cross-trained, and capable of performing all applicable functions within the value stream.
Lead change initiatives, set direction for process improvements, foster team engagement and accountability, and recognize and celebrate individual and team accomplishments that contribute to operational success.
Effective communication skills orally and written skills; ability to influence others to achieve specific goals.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

High School Diploma or G.E.D.
2 to 5 years of manufacturing experience
Proficient in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Eaton does not provide employment-based immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This includes, but is not limited to, CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, F‑1 to H‑1B cap registration, O‑1, E‑3, TN status, or I‑485 job portability.
No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of the work location will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in a lean manufacturing environment.
Prior leadership experience.
Proficient with SAP

All positions may require participation in video and in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. All candidates will be evaluated based on job-related competencies, and all candidates’ privacy rights and data security will be protected in accordance with applicable laws.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

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We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

About Eaton

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.

Eaton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Eaton is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Industry

Manufacturing & Production

Company Size

10,000+ employees

Headquarters

Dublin, IE

Year Founded

Unknown

Website

eaton.com

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