Production Team Leader

Staff Unlimited Recruitment; Kariega; On-site; ZAR 360,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Staff Unlimited Recruitment is seeking a production-focused professional to coordinate processes, manage staffing, and drive improvements on the shop floor. You will monitor performance, work with maintenance and logistics, and support new product launches to meet deadlines, quality and cost targets.

The role emphasizes shift-based organization, training participation, and achieving operational targets to uphold service standards in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate production processes ensuring deadlines, quality, and cost specifications
• Participate in personnel planning and deployment
• Monitor and benchmark key production figures and initiate countermeasures
• Interface with maintenance and logistics for problem solving
• Participate in process improvements and CIP activities
• Identify and document quality deviations and initiate follow-up actions
• Propose masterdata changes and support new product launches
• Organize and control work processes during shift changes
• Participate in employee qualification and training
• Work to achieve operational targets and service standards

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate production processes ensuring deadlines, quality, and cost specifications

• Participate in personnel planning and deployment

• Monitor and benchmark key production figures and initiate countermeasures

• Interface with maintenance and logistics for problem solving

• Participate in process improvements and CIP activities

• Identify and document quality deviations and initiate follow-up actions

• Propose masterdata changes and support new product launches

• Organize and control work processes during shift changes

• Participate in employee qualification and training

• Work to achieve operational targets and service standards