Production Team Leader

at  Gripple

At Gripple Ltd, an employee-owned and B Corp™ certified company and MX Awards Manufacturer of the Year 2022, we design, manufacture, and sell innovative, patented products for the construction, agriculture, solar and infrastructure markets.
We are now looking to appoint a Production Team Leader well versed in lean manufacturing concepts with strong communication skills to lead a team of production operators at our manufacturing site.
If you can monitor and drive performance through the motivation and development of your team, and you have experience of ensuring a consistently high quality of products, along with on-time deliveries, then this opportunity might be right for you.

Reporting to a senior team leader, you will have responsibility for safe, efficient, and high-quality manufacturing processes, ensuring all products are made in line with company and customer requirements.

You will lead and motivate a team of production operatives in line with company values, providing support to achieve 85% OEE on all processes, and high levels of customer service to achieve a delivery target of 99% and above. This will include responsibility for clear communication up and down the supply chain and with internal customers, manning levels, order planning and stock levels for the production cell. Additional tasks and responsibilities will include:

• first stage labour management
• first level people development and performance management
• identifying and developing initiatives to progressively improve the processes within the department in line with the businesses five-year plan
• maintaining and developing visual management boards
• ownership of department KPIs such as H&S, 5s, OEE and labour
• monitoring stock movements and ensuring stock accuracy
• hosting daily production meetings
• preparing for and delivering effective weekly team meetings
• first line quality assurance including the management of non-conformances
• idea generation and implementing cost savings for the production line