Job Specification Position: Production Team Leader Location: Deeside Salary: up to £30,000 DOE + shift allowance Hours: 39 hours per week (SHIFTS) HR GO are recruiting for an experienced Production Team Leader to join our clients fantastic team. You will be supervising, motivating and providing direction to a production team. Job Description This role develops and maintains quality-based production, whilst monitoring individual, team and machine performance, within a safe working environment. Controlling flow of work to meet customer deadlines including the raising, checking and management of production works orders, overseeing the work and output of the production team and responsibility for finished product by monitoring and maintaining quality. * Allocating work and overseeing its execution to production schedule, whilst also improving on standard times * Undertaking operational duties, as required; meeting deadlines as well as covering for staff absence by filling resource shortfalls in all areas * Make certain that cleanliness is maintained within all areas, utilising 5S principles * Maintaining stocks of materials and consumables, implementing the Kanban process, ensuring appropriate storage as required, with cost effective usage whilst also meeting production deadlines * Ensuring all production equipment is maintained and serviced appropriately * Working with the Quality department to guarantee skills matrices are regularly updated and displayed within specific areas * Creating monthly reports, detailing performance against defined key metrics (KPIs) e.g. customer deliveries * Proactively supporting management in the implementation of Company policies and procedures * Deploying staff effectively, whilst ensuring they are performing to agreed standards * Managing staff leave and working arrangements within the Production team; making sure all operational areas of production are adequately resourced and maintained in a professional and tidy manner * Complete probation reviews and arrange regular performance reviews within the team, implementing improvement plans if required Candidate Profile * Ability to communicate directly with customers and suppliers * Relevant experience managing teams * Influencing and dealing with relationships in line with company policies * Continuous improvement methodologies and execution, to reduce cost through process improvement * Knowledge of lean manufacturing (5S, Kaizen, Kanban, problem solving and other quality tools) * Ability to use IT and associated software, inclusive of ERP systems and Microsoft Office. Please call Nicola at HR GO Liverpool on 0151 3474900 or email your CV to nicola@hrgoliverpool.co.uk