Location
Coventry | United Kingdom
Job description
Technical Team Leader
We are recruiting for a Technical Team Leader role at the Unipart Logistics, Magna Park South ( LE17 4WJ ). At Unipart you will be working within a fast paced repair centre environment based in the Lestershire. Unipart has a strong reputation in repair, with OEM accreditations and on-site genuine parts to ensure quality, high speed repair. All of our Repair and Refurbishment Solutions are accredited under ISO 9001 and 14001.
OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB
To lead, manage, coach, motivate and engage a team of people to coordinate activities to achieve a number of technical and business goals through effective process compliance management, continuous improvement, quality and a focus on self and team development.
As a Technical Team Leader we would love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you'd be able to perform well in this role!
Essential:
- GCSE or equivalent level of education (including Maths and English)
- Previous experience of managing and leading a team in a fast paced or production environment. 3 years +
- Excellent Communication skills including effective listening
- Good IT skills, inc Microsoft Office, Google suite
- Proven logical thinker with skills in understanding, interpreting and proactively acting upon data
- Proven commitment to self-development and team development
- Proven experience of adapting to and leading programmes of change
- Understanding and implementing H&S standards
- Proven experience of delivering excellent customer service
- People management through HR processes and procedures
Desirable:
- NVQ of relevance to role
- GSX, WMS and SAP experience
- Knowledge of production line management tools / techniques, MTM / MOST or similar.
- First Line Manager training qualifications
- Knowledge of contract/ area / processes within UL
- Working experience of the Unipart Way or similar lean/CI techniques
COMPETENCIES REQUIRED
- Integrity and Work Ethics
- Impact and Influence
- Interactive Communication
- Problem Solving and Continuous Improvement
- Creativity and Innovation
- Decision Making
- Team Working and Collaboration
- Managing Performance
- Customer Focus
- Leading and Directing
- Planning and Managing Resources
- Developing Self and Others
- Organisational Awareness
- Leading and Managing Change
Details:
- Salary : up to £36,000
- Address: Buckingham Way off, MPS8, Beaufort Blvd, Lutterworth LE17 4WJ
Role of a Technical Team Leader:
- Accountable for providing weekly daily and monthly performance reports, develop and maintain visual management boards for the team
- Ensure health, safety, environment and housekeeping standards are delivered on an ongoing basis and actively promote individual responsibility for health and safety.
- Create daily / weekly production schedules including hourly resource planning in conjunction with Planning and resource Manager.
- Continually evaluate Tact times for production line cells and identify opportunities to improve Quality and throughput.
- Drive and Monitor value added activities to maximise recoverable product value.
- Ensure all direct activities have a relevant standard operating procedure which are compliant to current client provided work instructions (GSX and Agile)
- Actively pursue the elimination of waste through the application of continuous improvement tools and techniques
- Understanding of production process tools ideally Method Time Measurement (MTM) or similar methodology
- Proactively use problem solving techniques to explore and promote any initiatives that support driving costs down, without affecting quality
- Promote flexibility through skills training and personal development to meet future and current team capability targets.
- Provide accurate and concise End of Day production line analysis / reporting directly to senior Management team.
- Provide analysis of Technical exceptions in process, both internally and direct to client, when required.
- Monitor team absence and performance, taking action where necessary, ensuring weekly reviews and accurate reporting
- Create and maintain a positive team culture and spirit, encouraging involvement from all team members when sharing group, divisional and team information
- Work with appropriate parties to provide solutions to team issues taking account of the appropriate policies and ethical practice
- Manage customer interfaces and expectations to ensure excellent customer service is received
Benefits of working with us as a Technical Team Leader:
- 33 days holiday
- Pension Scheme
- Bonus
- Life assurance
- Employee assistance programme
- Wellbeing support
- Flexible benefits scheme
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£36k per annum
