Production Team Leader

Job Title: Production Team Leader

Function: Supply Chain - Make

Location: BUL Factory – Jeddah

Reports to: Production Assistant Manager

Terms & Conditions: Full time – Based in Jeddah Factory – Shift Working Pattern / 6 Days per Week

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

SCOPE

Production Team Leader focus on manufacturing performance. He/she will make sure that the production target attainment will be achieved. Responsible for driving current and future manufacturing performance in the areas of Safety, Productivity, Cost, Quality, Delivery and Morale with a Continuous Improvement framework. This includes managing the shift crew and manufacturing activities as well as working individually and on teams to identify areas of opportunity to cause beneficial change.

JOB PURPOSE

Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are interested to put industrial performance to the next level,then this role is just for you!

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Utilize appropriate safety and environmental procedures for people, processes, materials, products, and equipment to ensure a safe working environment for the whole team. Full knowledge of hazards in the workplace

• Quality - Apply core knowledge of Quality skills; Quality Measurement, Prioritization, Improvement, assessment, and Certification etc to sustain Quality standards in the factory operation.

• Receive from Supply planning the production plan and organize with them the production schedule.

• Based on the production schedule, organize the manpower accordingly with the standard to achieve the targeted cost.

• Make sure that the production lines keep the expected OLE.
  - You will assist in the identification of critical control points on the equipment and that they are able to be inspected according to QM procedures, whilst ensuring that these requirements are included in the maintenance schedules.
  - Make sure that the production attainment will be achieved also meeting the expected production cost by reducing costs due to waste and minimize impact to health, safety and the environment through working to eliminate waste and through the correct management of waste and hazardous materials.
  - Coach, develop and motivate others by identifying regular maintenance tasks that can generally be done by others.
  - Make sure that the equipment will be maintained in basic condition by implementing the standard of Autonomous Maintenance
  - Make sure that the startup operations, change over and cleaning accordingly with GMP to be executed following the appropriate company standard.
  - Cooperate with maintenance team, to organize the schedule for the planned maintenance.
  - Participate in conducting trial and industrial tests of new types of packaging materials, raw materials and finished products.
  - Make proposals on the organization of workplaces to reduce labor costs and improve sanitation and hygiene.
  - Participate in projects to upgrade existing equipment, as well as purchase new ones.
  - Organize the training of production operators and the certification of their skill level, develop and support production team to create and update WCM activity boards.
  - Make sure that put in place the defined actions to eliminate all detected process deviations.
  - Advise and support, in cooperation with WCM coordinator, production staff on the application of WCM techniques.
  - Participate in conducting internal meetings aimed at developing measures to prevent and eliminate non-conformities and reduce losses.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications :

• Degree in either an Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical or Chemical) discipline or a strong technical background with 2+ years of experience managing teams.

• English and Urdu language skills are a must.

• Practical experience of applying preventative maintenance and autonomous maintenance strategies within a manufacturing or general engineering.

• Candidates must be able to analyze factory and technical processes to identify opportunities for performance improvement. Strong coaching skills are a pre-requisite; enquiring, supportive, challenging.

• Experience of operating with semi-autonomous or autonomous teams.

• Master’s degree in engineering or related discipline is a plus.

• Relevant production experience will be preferred.

Leadership

• You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

• As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

• · Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  o PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
  o PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
  o CONSUMER LOVE : Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  o PURPOSE & SERVICE : Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  o AGILITY : Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

A Unilever é uma organização comprometida com equidade, inclusão e diversidade para impulsionar nossos resultados de negócios e criar um futuro melhor, a cada dia, para nossos diversos funcionários, consumidores globais, parceiros e comunidades. Acreditamos que uma força de trabalho diversificada nos permite igualar nossas ambições de crescimento e impulsionar a inclusão em todo o negócio. Na Unilever estamos interessados em cada indivíduo trazendo seu "Eu como um todo" para o trabalho e isso inclui você! Assim, se você precisar de algum suporte ou requisitos de acesso, nós o encorajamos a nos aconselhar no momento de sua inscrição para que possamos apoiá-lo através de sua jornada de recrutamento.