Production Team Leader I Pinetown

5 days ago

Pinetown, South Africa Pro Talent Full time

**FMCG only**

**Summary of job**:
Reports directly to the Production Manager. Responsible for planning, controlling and leading production within specific production areas, conducting auditing, quality control and control of packaging and raw materials. Responsible for the requisitioning, printing, and control of labels as and when required. Providing a printing service using the Label Matrix System to all relevant production departments.

**Key performance areas**:

- Team Leading - communicating effectively and encouraging communication with the team, as well as managing the performance of individual team members.
- Planning shift production to meet weekly production plan, and ensuring all required materials are available before starting production.
- Ensures GMP conditions are maintained, with a particular focus on the areas and employees under his direct control.
- Recording, investigating, and reporting all material and labour variances to the Production Manager Facilitator, and developing methods to reduce waste on an ongoing basis.
- Responsible for the overall quality of all manufactured products.

**Key functions/main tasks**:

- Material Control

Responsible for the ordering and receiving of material/components as per the daily production plan.

Controlling of material usage variances, i.e., input vs output.

Returning of all unused material to R M Stores for credit.

Responsible for stock-take at period end.
- Communicate effectively with shift production teams on all issues, and liaise regularly with the planning and quality department managers. Manage team performance on an ongoing basis.
- Evaluating weekly production plan and ensuring that sufficient raw materials are ordered to enable shift production volumes to meet the planned demand.
- Plan all end-of-run changeovers to make the most efficient use of machinery and resources.
- Perform in-process quality checks at defined frequencies, ensuring that the product surpasses the minimum required quality levels. Report all deviances from acceptable standards immediately, and take appropriate action to quarantine suspect stock and rectify the problems.
- Ensure that all personnel under direct control, as well as all other persons entering the factory area, maintain GMP conditions.
- Maintain attendance records for all personnel, and enforce attendance and timekeeping standards.
- Record and report all problems experienced on the production line. Lead investigations into problem-solving, and follow through until problems are resolved.
- Continuously monitor and evaluate employee performance. Manage poor performance and initiate additional training and/or counseling as required.
- Record and investigate all materials and labour variances daily. Develop methods to reduce all wastage within areas under direct control.
- Authorizes the release of the finished product for shipping, i.e., signing off shipping tickets.
- Issues IPRS/ PMCC to the production line.
- Ensures that a stock of blank labels and ribbon is always available to fulfill relevant printing requirements.
- Ensures that the Barcode Verifier is calibrated as per the relevant work instruction.
- Ensures that the master sample file is kept up to date concerning new labels that are designed.
- Ensures that the completed requisitions are timeously sent to Raw Material Stores for data capture.
- Maintains and keeps a safe and neat working environment.
- Plans the day’s tasks such that label requisitions are timeously completed.

**People contact**:

- External

Nil
- Internal

Production Manager - Frequent contact.

Other management - occasional contact.

**Requirements - skills, education, experience, and specific competencies**:

- Diploma or Degree in Production/Operations Management or Industrial Engineering.
- 3 years Manufacturing/ Production line experience in a Team leader capacity would be recommended.
- Works either a 45-hour week in a forty-hour environment on a day shift basis or works on a defined shift system. May be required to work overtime as required by the company.

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