Production Team Leader

Description

• Maintain and develop safe working conditions and practices for the production environment.
• Lead daily morning meetings to keep the team informed of production activities.
• Implement best practice and continuous improvement activities in a Production environment, utilising the relevant Lean and 6S tools and working practices.
• Communicate and liaise with other departmental team leaders.
• Create and execute daily, weekly and monthly production schedules.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems to ensure they are not repeated.
• Contribute to the implementation of the business unit vision, strategy, policies & processes to aid and improve operational performance.
• Supervise and evaluate performance of Production personnel against required skill sets and targets.
• Train and coach Production personnel to create an enthusiastic and flexible work force.
• Monitor, communicate, and improve productivity rates, standards and quality control activities.
• Monitor production performance to resolve issues.
• Coordinate and control all the steps and workflow in the production process plan to make sure products are delivered on time and within the budget targets set.

Requirements

• Able to plan, effectively allocate resources and monitor outputs, standard and outcomes to achieve goals and continuously improve productivity, efficiency and quality.
• It’s vital that you’re comfortable working in a fast-paced, sometimes high-pressured environment as you will be prioritising requirements and balancing multiple workstreams to get things done, whilst also working with several different internal/external clients.
• Ability to act proactively / be forward thinking whilst maintaining a methodical, attention to detail approach.
• Six Sigma qualification (Green Belt is preferred).
• Ability to communicate effectively and to choose a communication strategy that is appropriate for the audience, situation and context to achieve objectives and maintain strong working relationships.
• Good understanding and experience of COSHH, IOSH, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and relevant regulations and legislation.
• Experience of successfully managing a team, being able to demonstrate leadership skills and the ability to develop, coach, motivate and engage a team.
• Relevant manufacturing/engineering degree and/or equivalent NVQ Level 5 qualifications in a subject appropriate to the role is preferred.
• Compliant accurate record keeping is important to this role.
• Ability to identify problems, consider relevant information and apply good judgement to make timely decisions.
• A leader with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to listen and offer sound feedback.
• Proven background in supervising a production department, maximising quality, productivity and profitability and support driving sales and growth.
• Ability to be able to lead and mentor others to ensure all are working to the same high standard, with a proven track record of raising the standards within a team and delivering results.
• Computer literate. Be proficient in MS Office suite and able to analyse data on Microsoft Packages such as Project / excel / word / PowerPoint.
• Strong understanding of technical and business process requirements including Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Kaizen and lean manufacturing.
• Good understanding and demonstratable experience of using ERP systems and software.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance