TEAM LEADER
PERMANENT POSITION
Telford
Double days Monday to Friday
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Annual salary from £33,000.00 up to £35,400.00 (inclusive of shift allowance)
We are looking for an experienced Team Leader, preferably from the automotive sector, to join a well-known and successful 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.
* Understand and communicate the Quality First philosophy.
* Effectively carry out operational requests and tasks relating to business areas goals.
* Maintain and enforce operational standards within their section to ensure the daily operation runs smoothly and efficiently.
* Order parts to achieve daily build plan and maintain minimum and maximum stock levels.
* Ensure the team understands production schedule expectations and deploy the team to achieve schedule and production targets daily.
* Maintain production monitoring boards.
* Ensure an effective end‑of‑shift handover, covering issues, actions and resolutions, and leave the area in a production‑ready condition for the next shift.
* Champion, maintain and audit 5S.
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
* Completed IOSH Managing Safely qualification.
* Previous experience within an automotive environment.
* Experience of troubleshooting 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.
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