Production Team Leader - Uitenhage Port Elizabeth at BENTELER Group

Your Personality

• Grade 12
• Engineering or Production related qualification
• Excellent knowledge of automotive manufacturing processes coupled with minimum of 3 years. relevant experience
• Strong leadership skills with ability to train others.
• Conflict management skills
• Capacity for teamwork, initiative, and sense of order
• Welding experience will be advantageous.
• Robotic experience will be advantageous.

Your Opportunity

• Manages the production process regarding shift related number of items and control of scrap, and the management of spare parts for a great production area.
• Supports line feeding and assists with set ups and minor adjustments of machines as required to ensure that customer quality requirements are met. Participates in coordination of new parts.
• Supports launches in complex facility systems in the Process "Develop & Launch"-process.
• Adjusts and monitors continuously the production flow regarding work safety, quality, quantity, schedule, and costs/economic efficiency.
• Defines priorities in the case of bottle necks and develops alternatives.
• Leads, manages, and develops his team; creates (and announces) the shift schedule to meet expected production levels and equipment efficiency.
• Monitors and ensures the compliance of the work safety guidelines.
• Drives Quality Assurance by introducing and monitoring remedial actions for error avoidance, writing reclamation reports (8D Report), and creating and implementing operating instructions.
• Ensures traceability, performs quality checks, communicates with Quality on relevant issues, releases reworked modules (with key to release station), tag NOK parts, and all scrap is recorded.
• Cooperates with Maintenance on mechanical and electronic breakdowns including manual operations; performs weekly checks to determine the functionality of these stations.
• Drives continuous improvement through implementation of BOSLE principles and tools: conducts “pit stops”, participates in lean checks, develops measure regarding process optimization, e.g., minimizing setup/tooling times, degraded materials and rework.
• Supports in-plant and external projects, e.g., ergonomics committee, teamwork, quality circle/compass, etc.
• Helps to ensure that good communication processes are in place for compliance with appropriate departmental and company systems and procedures.
• Safety, Health, Environment (SHE) – Enforces and follows all SHE procedures, being attentive to unsafe behaviours or conditions and taking the necessary corrective action.
• Follow P.Prod .021 procedure for actions in case of non-conformance.