Manufacturing Team Leader
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What you'll do
- Lead a shift-based production team to achieve targets across safety, quality, performance, waste and engagement
- Run effective daily direction-setting meetings, using data and visual boards to review performance, set priorities and follow up actions
- Apply your mechanical aptitude to support equipment changeovers, basic troubleshooting and loss elimination alongside Maintenance
- Drive zero harm and food safety behaviours, ensuring standards and procedures are followed at all times
- Use continuous improvement tools (e.g. root cause analysis, standard work, centrelining) to identify and remove losses
- Build capability in your team through coaching, feedback, skills development and clear expectations
- Partner with Quality, Maintenance, Planning and other functions to deliver the production plan.
What they're looking for
- Experience in a manufacturing/operations leadership role (food, FMCG or similar high-speed environment ideal)
- Strong people leadership skills – able to engage, coach and hold others accountable
- Proven mechanical aptitude and confidence working with production equipment and processes
- Experience leading toolbox/directional meetings and using data to drive decisions
- A strong commitment to safety, food safety and quality
- Continuous improvement mindset and comfort working in a fast-paced, shift-based environment
Nice to have
- Experience in food, FMCG or similar high-speed environment
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Full description from employer
COMPANY OVERVIEW
We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.

ABOUT THE ROLE
Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will:
Lead a shift-based production team to achieve targets across safety, quality, performance, waste and engagement
Run effective daily direction-setting meetings, using data and visual boards to review performance, set priorities and follow up actions
Apply your mechanical aptitude to support equipment changeovers, basic troubleshooting and loss elimination alongside Maintenance
Drive zero harm and food safety behaviours, ensuring standards and procedures are followed at all times
Use continuous improvement tools (e.g. root cause analysis, standard work, centrelining) to identify and remove losses
Build capability in your team through coaching, feedback, skills development and clear expectations
Partner with Quality, Maintenance, Planning and other functions to deliver the production plan.
ABOUT YOU
Experience in a manufacturing/operations leadership role (food, FMCG or similar high-speed environment ideal)
Strong people leadership skills – able to engage, coach and hold others accountable
Proven mechanical aptitude and confidence working with production equipment and processes
Experience leading toolbox/directional meetings and using data to drive decisions
A strong commitment to safety, food safety and quality
Continuous improvement mindset and comfort working in a fast-paced, shift-based environment

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.
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