Onsite Production Team Lead: Daily Planning & KPIs

Cognex Corporation; Cork; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognex Corporation in Cork is seeking a Production Team Lead to coordinate day-to-day production activities for a team of about 15 employees. This hands-on leadership role involves organizing the daily production plan, prioritizing build and shipping, and communicating priorities to the team.

You will monitor order progress, drive on-time delivery, and identify capacity issues to escalate to the Production Supervisor.

Qualifications

• Experience in a production, manufacturing, warehouse, or distribution environment.
• Experience leading, coordinating, or supervising a team.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage changing priorities.
• Comfortable working with production targets, KPIs, and customer delivery deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily production activities for a team of approximately 15 employees.
• Review ERP/SAP information and organize daily build and shipping priorities.
• Communicate the daily production plan and priorities to the team.
• Monitor order progress and help ensure on-time delivery targets are achieved.
• Identify resource or capacity issues that could impact customer deliveries and elevate them to the Production Supervisor.
• Coordinate urgent customer requests and priority must-ship orders.
• Work with other departments to ensure orders are validated, packed, and shipped correctly.
• Track production KPIs and performance metrics.
• Follow up on production issues and interruptions to ensure they are resolved quickly.
• Lead Production updates during daily stand-up meetings.
• Maintain Shop Orders and Pick Lists in line with production requirements.
• Support Continuous Improvement initiatives and identify opportunities to improve processes.
• Maintain high housekeeping, Health & Safety, and 5S standards across the production area.
• Escalate process deviations or performance issues to the Production Supervisor.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Production planning

KPIs

5S

Safety

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Microsoft Word

Job description

Cognex Corporation in Cork is seeking a Production Team Lead to coordinate day-to-day production activities for a team of about 15 employees. This hands-on leadership role involves organizing the daily production plan, prioritizing build and shipping, and communicating priorities to the team.

You will monitor order progress, drive on-time delivery, and identify capacity issues to escalate to the Production Supervisor.