Manufacturing Team Leader
Posted 4 days ago by Ethero Strategic Staffing
£35,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Telford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Manufacturing Team Leader position in Telford is a permanent role focused on guiding and managing a team within the automotive sector. The successful candidate will be responsible for supervising associates, ensuring effective communication, and achieving production targets. This role requires a lead-by-example leadership style and a commitment to operational excellence. The position offers an annual salary of £35,000, inclusive of shift allowance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supervising, training, and supporting associates within their section.
- Leading by example to motivate and engage team members.
- Assisting associates in achieving cycle time related to production targets.
- Providing adequate on-the-job training for new associates.
- Communicating the Quality First philosophy effectively.
- Carrying out operational requests and tasks to meet business goals.
- Maintaining operational standards for smooth daily operations.
- Ordering parts to meet daily build plans and managing stock levels.
- Ensuring team understanding of production schedule expectations.
- Deploying the team effectively to achieve daily production targets.
- Ensuring effective end-of-shift handovers and maintaining production readiness.
- Championing, maintaining, and auditing 5S practices.
Key Skills:
- Experience in manufacturing and responsiveness to customer needs.
- Basic understanding of relevant company policies and procedures.
- Accredited Level 3 qualification in Leadership and Management.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong numerical and analytical ability.
- Computer literate.
- Experience with Lean Management Techniques/Kaizen.
- Ability to motivate and engage associates to meet departmental objectives.
- Understanding of business KPIs, finance, and budgetary control.
Salary (Rate): £35,000.00 yearly
City: Telford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
TEAM LEADER PERMANENT POSITION Telford Double days Monday to Friday 1500 - 2300 Annual salary from 35,000.00 (inclusive of shift allowance) We are looking for an experienced Team Leader, preferably from automotive sector, to join a well-known and successfully manufacturer based in Telford. As a Team Leader you would be responsible for guiding and managing a group of associates to achieve specific goals, ensuring effective communication, and providing support to team members.
Key Responsibilities & Duties
- Responsible for supervising, training, and supporting associates within their section,
- Leadership style stemming from a lead-by example' approach,
- Assist associates to achieve their cycle time in relation to production targets,
- Support new associates and ensure adequate on the job training is provided,
- To understand and communicate the Quality First' philosophy,
- Effectively carrying out operational requests and tasks relating to business areas goals,
- Maintaining and enforcing operational standards within their section to ensure the daily operation runs smoothly and efficiently,
- Responsible for the ordering of parts to achieve daily build plan and ensuring that minimum and maximum stock levels are maintained.
- Ensure your team understand production schedule expectations.
- Effectively deploy the team to achieve schedule and production targets on a daily basis.
- Ensure production monitoring boards,
- Ensure an effective end of shift handover, covering issues, actions and resolutions, and that the area(s) are left in a production ready condition for the next shift.
- Ensure that 5s is championed, maintained and audited.
Essential Requirements To Be Considered For The Role
- Experience of manufacturing and responsiveness to customer needs.
- Basic understanding of relevant company policies and procedures.
- An accredited Level 3 qualification in Leadership and Management.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Good level of numerical and analytical ability.
- Computer literate.
- Experience of Lean Management Techniques/Kaizen.
- Motivate, involve and engage Associates to deliver departmental objectives.
- Encourages team working and leads by example.
- Understanding of business KPI's, finance and budgetary control.
Desirable Skills, Experience Or Qualifications
- Have completed IOSH Managing Safely qualification
- Previous experience within an automotive environment
- Experience of trouble shooting and problem solving.
- An understanding of Japanese manufacturing process and thinking way.
- Training on specific manufacturing processes will be provided.
This role is UK based and does NOT have sponsorship opportunity. To apply for this exciting position please call Anita on or apply on line. xlqdzyr If you have not received feedback in 14 days please deem your application as unsuccessful.