People skills · Ensure their team's compliance with H&S and quality standards · Performing gap analysis on team skills and develop training matrix & development plans to ensure full cross skills are in place. · Communicate job expectations and coach employees · Communicate well with other departments and management daily on targets, plans and specific jobs going through the factory. · Assist manager in recruitment. Production skills · Effective contribution to the achievement of the company business plan by focussing on key KPI targets, driving accountability and consistently challenging and involving the team to achieve results. · Monitoring Production performance, ensuring Production are hitting agreed hourly targets. · Achieve top levels of customer satisfaction through excellence in receiving, identifying, dispatching and assuring the quality of goods, filling in for absenteeism if necessary. · Control overtime and agency costs ensuring costs are justified in advance and remain within agreed budget levels. · Identify areas of improvement and execute change to/or adjust existing work procedures and practices. · Continuously looking for ways to improve efficiencies. · Ensuring company are working to required quality and housekeeping standards. · Ensure preventative maintenance is kept up to date. · Familiarity with 5 “S” and similar lean tools. Skills and Experience required · Must have excellent communication skills and be computer literate · Must have leadership and interpersonal skills · Must have hands-on commitment to getting the job done · Must have MS Office, Email and daily reporting experience · Previous experience in a manufacturing / production environment in a role such as Production Team Leader / Shift Team Leader / Shift Supervisor / Production Manager / Line Leader · Experience with Continuous Improvement tools would be beneficial. · First aid experience would be beneficial but not essential. Shift Second Shift (United Kingdom)