Team Lead Production

Zellerfeld; Hamburg; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Zellerfeld is a pioneering footwear company using 3D printing to create fully customizable shoes. The Team Lead Production role anchors floor execution across shifts, guiding operators to meet daily volume targets while upholding strict quality standards and a safe work environment.

You will act as the go-to person for all floor processes, actively supporting daily operations and coordinating with Maintenance, IT, Engineering, and Product Development to resolve issues and optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Experience as a team lead or go-to person in a fast-paced, shift-based environment.
• Strong English communication, as leading an international team.
• Familiarity with production floor operations and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end production operations during the shift, train new hires, manage operator positioning and material flow.
• Maximize daily production system performance by staffing and shop floor organization.
• Lead shift schedules, mentor the team, and drive development and exit processes.

Skills

Order management systems

Manufacturing metrics

Leadership

Communication

Job description

Zellerfeld is revolutionising the footwear industry with the world’s first 3D-printing technology for fully customizable shoes. Our goal is simple: printed shoes on every foot. We’re a passionate team of engineers, designers, and innovators, questioning the status quo and disrupting traditional manufacturing processes. Backed by founders, influencers, and celebrities who believe in our vision, we’re committed to making a lasting, positive impact—not just on the footwear industry, but on the world.

Your Mission

The Team Lead Production owns the floor execution during assigned operational windows. This role bridges strategic planning and real-time execution, driving a team of operators to hit daily volume targets safely, while protecting Zellerfeld’s strict product quality guidelines and ensuring a safe work environment. As expert for all farm processes and tasks the Team Lead is the go-to-person for the team and regularly actively supports the daily operations in the farm.

What you'll do

• Shopfloor Execution & Management: Oversee end-to-end production operations during the shift, train new hires, managing farm operator positioning, material preparation, washing, drying as well as post-processing queues, shipment and attached processes.
• System Performance Optimization: Maximize daily production system performance by ensuring optimal staffing and overseeing shop floor organization.
• Team Leadership & Resource Scheduling: Manage, mentor, and build the shift schedules for the shopfloor team, ensuring rapid-response coverage according to applied shift-operation. Lead all people-related topics for your team from hiring to functional development and exit.
• Shift Handovers & Data Integrity: Lead structured, rigorous shift handover meetings based on KPIs driving performance. Ensure all operational anomalies are managed in a timely manner and corrective actions are taken.
• First-Line Incident Response: Serve as the primary operational point of contact for non-standards. Determine when to troubleshoot immediately and when to escape to Maintenance, IT Infrastructure or Engineering or Product Development.
• Quality Control Enforcement: Enforce strict adherence to product verification standards, ensuring zero defective footwear pieces pass into finished goods inventory.
• Advocate Health, Safety & World-class Manufacturing Standards: You thrive in making this a safer place to work through incident reporting and follow-up. Establish & drive world-class manufacturing standards making this an efficient place to be proud of.

Your profile

• Technical Hard Skills: Proficient with modern order management systems. Familiarity with manufacturing metrics (e.g. SLA, Uptime).
• Soft Skills & Mindset: Natural authority with an empathetic, clear communication style. High levels of focus, situational awareness, and the ability to rapidly re-prioritize workflows when unexpected bottlenecks occur.
• Experience: preferred is first team lead experience in a fast-paced, shift-based environment or at least strong operations background, known as the go-to-person in your team that is never shy of taking on extra responsibilities
• Language: Strong English communication skills, as you'll be leading an international team.