Team Leader

Team Leader
Pay Rate: 32,000pa
Shifts: Rotating weekly: 06:00 - 14:00 / 14:00 - 22:00 Monday to Friday
Hyde, SK14 3BR

Gi Group, a specialist recruitment agency in food manufacturing, is proud to offer an exciting opportunity for a Team Leader at a thriving production site in Hyde, Manchester.

As a team leader you will lead a team in achieving their required metrics for the area with a key focus on team member safety, product quality and process optimisation, providing daily support and coaching to all team members.

Team Leader role will involve:
Build a culture of safety within the area of responsibility.
Ensure that all activities have formal risk assessments and corrective actions have been completed as a priority.
Ensure that all team members have the appropriate training to do their required tasks in a safe manner.
Complete all safety checks at the appropriate frequencies, and ensure the environment is as safe as possible for all team members to work in.
Work cross functionally and build relationships to maximise performance.
Ensure that each team member understands their role in delivering our business goals.
Build strong relationships with each team member.
Minimise absenteeism and organise unplanned cover when required taking the necessary steps to minimise cost.
Involve the team in priority problem solving activities and promote a culture of learning and development.
Communicate regularly and ensure goals and manufacturing targets are clear through team forums
Reward both successes and ideal behaviours. Address any performance issues promptly and discretely.
Collect and analyse data to underpin decisions and the allocation of resource within the production stream.
Improve key metrics for the production stream and drive 3C problem solving activity.
Standarise through the use of 5S, Work Element Sheets, Standard Operating Procedures and other standards required to run the area effectively. Conduct layered confirmation to confirm standard work.
Use visual management to communicate to the team performance issues and what you are doing about correcting them.
Deliver value; hourly, daily, and weekly maintaining attainment to plan and trigger the escalation process for any deviation in safety, quality or throughput.
Ensure that start-ups and changeovers are documented, planned, and executed efficiently to minimise cost.
Ensure that shift handovers documented and communicated effectively.
Optimise labour, minimise waste and maximise OEE for the team
Complete all documentation for safety, quality, operations, environmental an asset management as required by our systems and by our customers.

Skills & Knowledge:
Proficient written, numerical, and verbal skills.
Fluency of English language (Oral and Written).
Ability to record, interpret and analyse key process data.
Experience in a manufacturing operation.
Problem solving and troubleshooting.
Team management experience.
Proficient with MS Office tools.
Understanding of lean tools and formal problem solving.
Detailed understanding of the processes in the area of responsibility.

Benefits:
Onsite support from Gi Group
Free car parking onsite
Pension scheme
Subsidised modern canteen
33 days of holiday, once you have been with the business for 12 weeks

Apply now and take the next step in your career with a business that invests in you.

Should you require any support or assistance, please contact your local Gi Group office.

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited are proud founding members of Menopause in business, pledge members for Neurodiversity in business, Disability committed members, Silver status pledge members for the Armed Forces Covenant, and Bronze trail blazers for Racial Equality matters.

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited, Grafton Professional Staffing Limited, Encore Personnel Services, Gi Group Ireland Limited and Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. Gi Group Ireland Limited are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this role.

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