Production Team Leader

General Overview

Band 06, Team Leader 1, Production Team Leader 1.

This is an entry training level supervisory role. This job is a working level and typically reports into a first-level manager. Provides leadership to employees performing routine work within a single function or work group. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. Receives detailed assignments and follows established processes to meet the goals of the unit. Develops schedules and enforces policies and procedures.

Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the department's operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Provides direction to a unit or group of employees, assigning tasks and checking work at regular intervals. Directs subordinates to achieve assignments using established guidelines, procedures, and policies. Provides input for employee performance reviews and compensation reviews; recommends disciplinary action as necessary.

Interacts directly with subordinates and peer groups; engages in routine exchanges of information; interactions with external contacts, if applicable, would be monitored.

• Receives a daily production schedule from planning; receives material to manufacture, modify or repair products from logistics.
• Co-ordinates these inputs and a variety of resources (materials, personnel, equipment, etc.) to achieve on-time production of quality products within budget guidelines.
• Identifies and resolves bottlenecks in the production process.
• Manages controllable operating expenditure (e.g., scrap, consumables) and identifies limits to production, guiding teams to continuously improve processes.
• Ensures all return to work interviews and first-level disciplinary hearings are conducted in a timely, consistent and professional manner.

• Knowledge of the production process and of the tools and equipment used.
• Ability to coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet production quality and quantity metrics.
• Knowledge of ISO Standards and Company Continuous Improvement Initiatives.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse group of employees to achieve high production levels within tight time deadlines in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with PC applications:
  Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, PowerPoint.

• Duties performed in a manufacturing environment with occasional exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, operating machinery, temperature extremes, etc.
• May require periodic sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• All demands carried out within existing Health and Safety guidelines.

• Four to six years of relevant experience.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Celestica is an E-Verify employer.