Production Team Leader

Service Service; Horsham St. Faith; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Production Team Leader

A world leading manufacturing business based in Norwich that is recognised for its dedication to providing quality products to the engineering and manufacturing sectors, has a fantastic opportunity for a Despatch Operator to join them at a very exciting time. This business is continuously developing its products and is hugely respected across the world.

To manage the day-to-day operations of assigned production cells using the internal system, with responsibility for producing product to defined quality standards at the minimum feasible cost.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Responsible for adherence to all processes within assigned areas, including contributing to the development and implementation of new processes and to the continual improvement of existing processes.
2. Train and facilitate the training of team members to defined standard process.
3. Responsible for performance management of defined team.
4. Assure that proper records and reports are established and maintained.
5. Use the system process to manage team performance, drive improvement, focus and prioritize production support activities.
6. Responsible for ensuring adherence and development of the Kanban/material handling processes.

Core Competencies:

1. Timely decision making.
2. Sound judgement of difficult situations.
3. Production Planning/Scheduling.
4. Team communication.
5. PC Literacy including Microsoft Office.
6. Prior Lean Production experience is a bonus.