Production Team Leader
Location - Fakenham, Norfolk.
Shift Pattern: 06:00 - 14:30 Mon-Fri
Salary - Neg based on experience.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Production Leader to lead and manage a production shift ensuring the production process at our clients non food manufacturing site in Fakenham runs smoothly, supporting the site improvement, vision and business plan.

You will work closely with the Production Manager, and other internal teams, continuously improving the site overall effectiveness, ensuring utilisation of production facilities, people development/engagement and a lean culture.

Customer Focus

Ensure compliance with safety rules and legislation including correct training for staff on plant and machinery in accordance with policy and procedure.
Manage the Production operation to produce quality products which meet the customers packing requirements, are produced efficiently and delivered at the agreed time.
Train, motivate, monitor and coach the production team to ensure Operational Excellence is achieved and Service Excellence is maintained.
Ensure site inductions and workwear are deployed to staff and visitors.
Empower staff to take personal responsibility for ensuring that all necessary actions are taken in response to requests, ensuring that this is done within agreed timescales.

Leadership

Provide supervision and direction to your Production team to ensure Operational Excellence is achieved and maintained.
Coach, motivate and support staff at all times encouraging team work.
Contribute to feedback and debriefing sessions to identify common operational issues and identify opportunities to improve policies processes and procedures.
Communications
Co-operate and communicate with own and other departments and colleagues as appropriate.
Continuous Improvement

Constantly seek out opportunities to improve systems and procedures.
Ensure the continuous improvement of all functional activities through increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and added value of all functional activities.
Cost, Stock and Materials Management
Report statistics on an hourly basis to line manager.
Immediately report any production issues to the management team which may affect the successful completion of delivery schedules.
Manage and control all activities in accordance with the production plan.
Ensure Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) targets are achieved.
Purchase new Plant equipment in collaboration with Production/Operations Manager.
Ensure optimal number of staff are present on shift.
What will make you stand out?
Practical knowledge of LEAN Six Sigma methodologies.
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).
Ability to develop effective working relationships across all levels of management and staff.
Leadership and People Management skills; recruitment, induction.
Highly customer focussed.
Attention to detail.
Excellent ability to execute the organisational plan.
Ability to make decisions.
Flexible and able to react quickly to the needs of the customer
Basic PC literacy.
Ability to deliver quality results under pressure.
Self-motivated.

Benefits package:

Competitive salary based on experience
33 Days Holiday
On-site Parking
Life Assurance
Pension Scheme
Private Medical
Discounted Gym Membership
Employee Assistance Programme

We offer a competitive salary and the opportunity to work for a company that offers many development opportunities, has national structure to facilitate ambition and offer a friendly and supportive working environment.

Please note this client cannot offer VISA sponsorship at this time, only candidates with full Right to Work in the UK and relevant experience will be considered.

Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a proud equal opportunities employer, dedicated and specialist to the engineering and manufacturing industries. We work and support some of the most well-known companies in Norfolk and Suffolk. These vacancies are being advertised on behalf of Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd who are operating as an employment business and employment agency