Production Team Leader

Production Team Lader

Salary £36k

Shifts 6:30 - 3:30 or 3:30 to 09:30
Location Magna Park, Lutterworth
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a bright, forward-thinking company who is a multinational logistics, supply chain and manufacturing organisation in their busy and fast paced environment as a Production Team Leader.

The role is to lead, manage, coach, motivate and engage a team of people to coordinate activities to achieve a number of technical and business goals through effective process compliance management, continuous improvement, quality and a focus on self and team development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Accountable for providing weekly daily and monthly performance reports, develop and maintain visual management boards for the team

• Ensure health, safety, environment and housekeeping standards are delivered on an ongoing basis and actively promote individual responsibility for health and safety.
• Create daily / weekly production schedules including hourly resource planning in conjunction with Planning and resource Manager.
• Continually evaluate Tact times for production line cells and identify opportunities to improve Quality and throughput.
• Drive and Monitor value added activities to maximise recoverable product value.
• Ensure all direct activities have a relevant standard operating procedure which are compliant to current client provided work instructions (GSX and Agile)
• Actively pursue the elimination of waste through the application of continuous improvement tools and techniques
• Proactively use problem solving techniques to explore and promote any initiatives that support driving costs down, without affecting quality
• Promote flexibility through skills training and personal development to meet future and current team capability targets.
• Provide accurate and concise End of Day production line analysis / reporting directly to senior
• Monitor team absence and performance, taking action where necessary, ensuring weekly reviews and accurate reporting
• Create and maintain a positive team culture and spirit, encouraging involvement from all team members when sharing group, divisional and team information

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• GCSE or equivalent level of education (including Maths and English)
• Previous experience of managing and leading a team in a fast paced or production environment. 3 years +
• Excellent Communication skills including effective listening
• Good IT skills, inc Microsoft Office, Google suite
• Proven logical thinker with skills in understanding, interpreting and proactively acting upon data
• Proven commitment to self-development and team development
• Proven experience of adapting to and leading programmes of change
• Understanding and implementing H&S standards
• Proven experience of delivering excellent customer service
• People management through HR processes and procedures

Challenge-trg Recruitment (part of the Challenge-trg Group) is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) in all our employment practices to all employees, temporary workers, and applicants for employment without regard to age, gender reassignment, married or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity leave, disability, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Challenge-trg Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy