Team Lead Production

The Team Lead Production owns the floor execution during assigned operational windows. This role bridges strategic planning and real-time execution, driving a team of operators to hit daily volume targets safely, while protecting Zellerfeld’s strict product quality guidelines and ensuring a safe work environment. As expert for all farm processes and tasks the Team Lead is the go-to-person for the team and regularly actively supports the daily operations in the farm.

• Shopfloor Execution & Management: Oversee end-to-end production operations during the shift, train new hires, managing farm operator positioning, material preparation, washing, drying as well as post-processing queues, shipment and attached processes.

• System Performance Optimization: Maximize daily production system performance by ensuring optimal staffing and overseeing shop floor organization.

• Team Leadership & Resource Scheduling: Manage, mentor, and build the shift schedules for the shopfloor team, ensuring rapid-response coverage according to applied shift-operation. Lead all people-related topics for your team from hiring to functional development and exit.

• Shift Handovers & Data Integrity: Lead structured, rigorous shift handover meetings based on KPIs driving performance. Ensure all operational anomalies are managed in a timely manner and corrective actions are taken.

• First-Line Incident Response: Serve as the primary operational point of contact for non-standards. Determine when to troubleshoot immediately and when to escalate to Maintenance, IT Infrastructure or Engineering or Product Development.

• Quality Control Enforcement: Enforce strict adherence to product verification standards, ensuring zero defective footwear pieces pass into finished goods inventory.

• Advocate Health, Safety & World-class Manufacturing Standards: You thrive in making this a safer place to work through incident reporting and follow-up. Establish & drive world-class manufacturing standards making this an efficient place to be proud of. 

• Technical Hard Skills: Proficient with modern order management systems. Familiarity with manufacturing metrics (e.g. SLA, Uptime).

• Soft Skills & Mindset: Natural authority with an empathetic, clear communication style. High levels of focus, situational awareness, and the ability to rapidly re-prioritize workflows when unexpected bottlenecks occur.

• Experience: preferred is first team lead experience in a fast-paced, shift-based environment or at least strong operations background, known as the go-to-person in your team that is never shy of taking on extra responsibilities

• Language: Strong English communication skills, as you'll be leading an international team.

• Full training from day one — no prior knowledge needed

• A stable, full-time permanent role

• A front-row seat inside one of the most innovative footwear companies in the world

• A flat-hierarchy team where your input is valued

• Real growth opportunities as we scale