Production Team Leader

Role Summary

• We are looking to strengthen our team with an additional Production Team Leader for the manufacturing organization.
• For questions, please contact the recruiting manager Jörgen Lundström (+46 738674453)

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the manufacturing team.
• To meet customer demands and requirements by quality, cost, stock level and delivery improvement.
• Be responsive to customer, business and partners in the company.
• Energize employees and encourage employee involvement to drive change and workforce engagement.
• Develop the production team with lean manufacturing tools and methodologies in driving process improvements.
• In leadership develop, coach and counsel the individual of the teams.
• Set goals and objectives for the teams from departments goals and the sites SII process
• Be responsible for department goals in quality, cost, schedule, compliance and safety (EHS).
• Track, monitor and execute on production financials (E.g. C&B, WIP, Stock)
• Identify and drive productivity projects to meet SII operating plan commitments and business objectives
• Evaluation, salary revision and discussion on employee progress
• Responsibility for quality and deliveries

Qualifications/Requirements

• Education in production, business, operations management, engineering, finance, other related field or significant experience.
• Previous leadership experience in a manufacturing/services/operations environment
• Fluent in Swedish and English
• Proven capability to drive and accelerate change across an organization
• Must be comfortable working in an environment of on-going change management continuous improvement of business processes and to drive the on-going delivery of results for the organization.
• Excellent team facilitation skills and business acumen competencies.
• Excellent communication, team building and energizing skills.

Desired Characteristics

• Clear thinker, external focus with inclusive leader capabilities and strong employee advocacy skills.
• LEAN manufacturing experience comfortable with tools and methods.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Understanding or experience from Lifesciences customers, needs and applications