Production Team Leader in Wellington

Proactive Personnel are recruiting for a Production Team Leader on behalf of our client based in Telford. In this role, the Team Leader is responsible for guiding and managing a group of associates to achieve specific goals, ensuring effective communication, and providing support to team members. This includes supporting shift management in achieving G&Os, and the day-to-day operation of specific sections, machines or stages to achieve business objectives. Hours: Mon-Fri Double Days | 7:00am – 3:00pm & 3:00pm – 11:00pm Salary: £32,985.00 per annum DOE Duties include but are not limited to: • Responsible for supervising, training, and supporting associates within their section. • Effectively communicating information to relevant stakeholders and associates, championing continuous improvement and compliance within the team. • Leadership style stemming from a ‘lead-by example’ approach regarding matters of Health and Safety, operational procedures and company policies. This includes motivating associates, addressing performance issues, and interpersonal conflicts to aid team cohesion. • Ownership and ability to escalating issues outside their responsibly aptly when required. • Assist associates to achieve their cycle time in relation to production targets and any changes to the schedule are communicated effectively throughout the shift. • Support new associates and ensure adequate job training is provided. • Ensure team briefings happen every shift covering all issues including Health & Safety, Environment, Quality, 5s/TPM, absence and targets. • To understand and communicate the ‘Quality First’ philosophy, ensuring quality standards are achieved in terms of Right First Time (RFT). • Ensure that non-conformance is challenged. • Effectively carrying out operational requests and tasks relating to business areas goals. Maintaining and enforcing operational standards within their section to ensure the daily operation runs smoothly and efficiently. • Responsible for the ordering of parts to achieve daily build plan and ensuring that minimum and maximum stock levels are maintained. • Ensure your team understand production schedule expectations. • Effectively deploy the team to achieve schedule and production targets daily. • Ensure production monitoring boards (e.g. hourly boards/output control boards) are kept up to date throughout the shift. Ideal Candidate: • Experience of manufacturing and responsiveness to customer needs. • Basic understanding of relevant company policies and procedures. • An accredited Level 3 qualification in Leadership and Management. • Good written and verbal communication skills. • Good level of numerical and analytical ability. • Computer literate. • Experience of Lean Management Techniques/Kaizen. • Motivate, involve and engage Associates to deliver departmental objectives. • Encourages teamwork and leads by example. • Understanding of business KPI’s, finance and budgetary control. Interested? Apply today