Team Leader: Production

Job Description
The Team Leader: Production is responsible to lead and develop the team to manufacture world class products as per line specific quality benchmark standards in order to, meet customer requirements and meet business needs.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Operational Management

• Manage the capturing of accurate information on shift/daily performance.
• Manage raw materials and consumption.
• Manage resource loading and temps via TEMS
• Adhere to RACM standards and processes
• Manage team development and development plans
• Understand and apply escalation procedures.
• Support SCMAT plan for Line and understanding of requirements
• Maintain role ownership at all times.
• Engage with planning and support departments on changes during shift.
• Engage with warehouse on production requirements.
• Maintain flexibility to production changes and ensuring resources available when required.

People Management

• Develop and monitor team goals.
• Delegate and monitored work activities.
• Support and coach team members.
• Communicate manufacturing information to relevant stakeholders.
• Manage team relationships.
• Maintain a safe work area.
• Support and implement change interventions.
• Manage personal development and performance.
• Solve situational problems.

Skills, Experience & Education

Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.
• Minimum of 3-years technical and leadership experience in a FMCG environment.
• Knowledge of bottling principles and procedures.
• Knowledge of SHE policies and procedures.

Competencies

Good Communication:

• The ability to express oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others and tailors the content of speech to the level and experience of the audience.

Problem Solving:

• Use rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

Planning:

• The ability to apply planning skills in order to, schedule activities and prioritise resources in the achievement of an objective.

Customer orientation

• Be dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Conflict Management

• Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise. 

Directing Others

• Is good at establishing clear directions; sets stretching objectives; distributes the workload appropriately; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results; brings out the best in people; is a clear communicator.

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