Production Team Leader

The Kraft Heinz Company; Halford CP; Vor Ort; GBP 38.000 - 52.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Kraft Heinz Company in Telford is seeking a Production Team Leader to drive a high-performing shift in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. You will lead safety, quality and throughput KPIs while ensuring smooth handovers, compliant operations and effective team communication.

You'll coach teams, support continuous improvement and work cross-functionally with Quality, Engineering and Planning to resolve issues and optimise production flow across the site.

Qualifikationen

• Strong leadership capabilities for a production team
• Understanding of food manufacturing, GMP and quality standards
• Excellent communication, handovers and team briefings
• Ability to make effective decisions in a fast-paced setting
• High attention to safety, quality and documentation

Aufgaben

• Lead the production team during shifts to meet output, quality, safety and efficiency targets.
• Ensure adherence to site safety rules, food safety standards and GMP requirements.
• Organise labour effectively to meet production needs.
• Monitor line performance, downtime, waste and quality issues, escalate as needed.
• Support start-ups, changeovers and line checks for compliant operation.
• Coach and develop team members to build capability and engagement.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Food manufacturing

GMP

Communication

Decision making under pressure

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Organisation

Teamwork

Jobbeschreibung

Description

About the role:

We're looking for a Production Team Leader to lead a high-performing team in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering key operational KPIs across Safety, Quality, and Tonnage, while ensuring smooth day-to-day production flow, strong shift handovers, and clear team communication.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will coordinate people, processes, and systems to keep operations running safely, efficiently, and to a high standard. You will also play an important role in driving continuous improvement, supporting team capability, and maintaining compliance across the production area.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the production team during shift to achieve planned output, quality, safety and efficiency targets.
• Ensure all colleagues follow site safety rules, food safety standards, GMP requirements, standard operating procedures and hygiene expectations.
• Organise labour effectively across the production area, ensuring the right people are in the right place to meet production requirements.
• Monitor line performance, downtime, waste, quality concerns and other key measures, escalating issues where required.
• Support production start-ups, shutdowns, changeovers, sanitations and line checks to ensure effective and compliant operation.
• Coach, guide and support team members to build capability, ownership and engagement.
• Complete shift handovers clearly and accurately, ensuring all relevant information is communicated to the next shift and wider leadership team.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement by identifying losses, supporting root cause analysis and encouraging practical improvement ideas.
• Work closely with Quality, Engineering, Planning, EHS and other support functions to resolve operational issues and maintain production flow.
• Ensure production documentation, checks and records are completed accurately, on time and in line with site requirements.
• Support investigations into safety, quality, process or people-related incidents, ensuring corrective actions are followed through.
• Act as a role model for Kraft Heinz values, demonstrating ownership, accountability, integrity and respect in all interactions.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate, direct and support a production team.
• Good understanding of food manufacturing, production processes, GMP and quality standards.
• Excellent communication skills, including confident handovers, escalation and team briefings.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and make effective decisions under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly in relation to safety, quality, documentation and compliance.
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to identify issues, support root cause analysis and drive corrective actions.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and manage changing production requirements.
• Positive, professional and approachable manner with a focus on teamwork and continuous improvement.

Location(s)

Telford