Team Leader – Engineering

Are you looking to grow and develop as your role rapidly increases the value it brings to the organisation?
A Team Leader is expected to;
Lead and motivate Tier 1 shift team to take accountability to deliver World Class performance in (Safety, Quality, Asset Care, Volume and Losses, controls) and morale.
Drive compliance to Health, Safety and Environment system requirements and reporting at the shop floor in service of zero harm culture
Ensure that Quality, Food Safety and Hygiene Systems requirements in place are met and drive conformance to internal/Diageo and regulatory standards, and adherence to accreditations and certification standards (ISO, KEBs and DNVGL etc)
Own and drive asset care plans for the shift by delivering preventative and autonomous tasks
Implement designed controls tasks in all processes from materials receipt, blending, packaging and account for use on the process through reconciliation to account for and control losses
warehouse
Ensure compliance with KRA/KEBs regulatory requirements in the EGMS system through accounting for all stamps/stickers issued for use in process and controlling losses
Manage reconciliation of materials usage and finished goods during change overs to minimise losses and sign of reconciliations relating to the materials returned
Implement change management in the deployment of MMS
Run weekly assessments for team members through the performance measurement process to drive accountability and ownership with improvement plans for individuals scoring below set targets
Update Teams performances in the UDV League standings and drive performance meetings and conversations with teams
Drive team performance through development and coaching of the work team
Drive compliance to housekeeping, hygiene and 5S to the set standards.
Manage team annual leaves
Actively spend 80% of time on shop floor
Qualifications:

Degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, or Food Science
Advanced formal training or further education or qualified through experienceNEBOSH qualification or willing to complete it within 12 months                          
Relevant  IBD qualification (General Certificate in Spirits/Beer Packaging) or willing to complete within 12 months

Experience:

At least 3 years’ experience in production management.  Ideally in a shift based FMCG manufacturing environment.
Ability to manage people performance, coaching and development of a multi-disciplined team, in a unionised set up
Proactive structured problem evaluation & solving skills learnt through exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, TPM or Manufacturing excellence.
Experience of working in a challenging quality & customer focused FMCG environment.
Basic financial awareness, understanding of business drivers, budgeting processes.
Understanding of driving controls and reconciliation of material inputs and finished goods

Standard business (MS Office) packages.