Team Leader Production

Harrison Spinks; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrison Spinks, a family business focused on quality and innovation, is seeking a Day Shift Team Leader for their Mattress Department. The successful candidate will oversee production operations, ensuring targets for quality and safety are met while leading a team of operatives. Opportunities for training and development are provided, along with a range of employee benefits, promoting a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Incremental holiday allowance based on service

Additional wellbeing day

Training & development opportunities

Contributory pension scheme

Colleague Discount

Life Assurance

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and flexible, promoting teamwork.
• Ability to self-manage time, with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to think clearly under pressure with excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate daily operations within the Mattress Department.
• Monitor production processes to ensure productivity and quality.
• Motivate and coach production operatives.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Time Management

Teamwork

Job description

Harrison Spinks is a family business with a focus on quality, innovation, and sustainability. We're not your average business, but if you're willing to work hard, get stuck in and have some fun along the way, then we'd love to welcome you to our team.

We are seeking a Team Leader on the Day shift within the Mattress Department based at our manufacturing site in Beeston, Leeds.

Reporting to the Production Manager, the Team Leader will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the daily operations within the mattress department, ensuring quality, safety, and productivity targets are met, as well as supervising production operatives.

Hours: Monday to Thursday, 6am - 4pm (39 hours)

Key Responsibilities

1. Maintain accurate records of production output, monitor progress and ensure production targets are met.
2. Ensure downtime is kept to a minimum and authorized.
3. Ensure stock levels remain adequate.
4. Monitor production processes and adjust workforce and workflow as needed.
5. Lead and coordinate a team of production operatives within the mattress department and ensure all are logged onto the Production Performance Management System (PPMS).
6. Liaise and work with other departments and management to overcome operational issues.
7. Implement performance improvement techniques to ensure employees work to set standards for production outputs.
8. Motivate, coach, and train operators to improve performance.
9. Ensure adherence to quality procedures throughout production.
10. Monitor and review absences, timekeeping, and performance issues with HR.
11. Conduct thorough return-to-work interviews to identify issues and seek HR support when necessary.
12. Adhere to health and safety procedures and PPE requirements.
13. Work with H&S team to conduct risk assessments and promote safe working practices.
14. Maintain housekeeping standards throughout the shift.
15. Collaborate with management to implement productivity and efficiency improvements.
16. Gather, review, and analyze production, quality, and waste data, preparing reports for management.

Key Skills & Experience

Enthusiastic and flexible to react to internal and external requests, promotes teamwork, and maintains a positive culture.

Ability to self-manage time effectively, with impeccable timekeeping and attention to detail.

Ability to think clearly under pressure, with excellent communication skills and strong leadership qualities.

Essential Attributes

• Hungry - committed to doing a job well and going above and beyond when required.
• Smart - asks good questions, listens actively, and stays engaged.
• Humility - shares credit, emphasizes team success, and values collective achievement.

What We Offer In Return

• Incremental holiday allowance based on service.
• Additional wellbeing day — a day dedicated to you.
• Training & development opportunities.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Colleague Discount.
• Life Assurance.
• Wellbeing initiatives.