Packaging Team Leader at Apple and Pears Limited

The key purpose of this role is to maintain a safe and healthy working environment.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Comply with safety, health and environmental procedures and legislation
• Maintain safety and housekeeping standards Optimize Production Performance & Processes
• Manage shift in accordance with VPO tools and principles
• Manage shift to achieve production plan within the allowed costs
• Co-ordinate scheduled maintenance and autonomous operations
• Monitor and co-ordinate production processes to within budget
• Interpret and implement the production plan for shift
• Build and foster relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Administrative Duties
• Ensure application of admin systems and procedures
• Administer conditions of employment for team members
• Contribute to self and team development
• Prepare and control budgets
• Initiate and Facilitate Team Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Apply problem solving and decision making techniques and principles.
• Facilitate team problem solving Manage Human Resources
• Develop employees
• Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate.
• Manage and apply people policies and practices.
• Optimize Team Performance
• Facilitate effective team dynamics
• Implement performance management and OPR processes
• To lead the shift based team/s in the execution of the production plan to the required performance criteria (QCDSM)
• Shift Team Leader, Packaging

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• Experience in managing and running a high speed packaging line
• Ability to make decisions
• Team-player as well as an effective leader
• Attention to detail, Computer literate
• Bias for action/comfortable with initiating action
• Analytical and systematic thinking ability, to enable effective problem solving
• Sound communication skills(verbal, written, presentation)
• Ability to manage people as well as ability to drive performance through the VPO tools
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high pressure environment

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc/HND or equivalent in a relevant Course
• Experience in a packaging process environment
• Minimum 2 years in FMCG environment