Team Leader, Post Production

Team Leader, Post Production 

Starlim North America is a global leader in the manufacturing of silicone parts specializing in custom Liquid Silicone Rubber moulding for health care and automotive industries. 

Located in London since 2004, our Austrian mother company has been expanding world-wide since 1974.  Our proprietary, fully automated, world-class technologies and high quality products, combined with creative, continuous improvement and lean manufacturing technologies allow us to deliver high quality products.

Key focus:

To ensure all production processes are followed with high flexibility in reference to the market requirements.

 We require a Production Team Leader who will:

• Be responsible for increasing employee retention and professional competence of all employees
• Operational and administrative production management with focus on post-production
• Have professional personnel management and development
• Be the initial contact for the Production Manager, Shift Leaders and other Team Leaders
• Coordinate material flow and storage management on the shop floor
• Participate in the Shop Floor meetings at the Team Leader level
• Coordinate employee meetings at the Shift Leader level
• Management of operations protocols, KPI's and reports for the production area
• Provide initial and on-going training and evaluation to assigned personnel related to job duties and performance expectations
• Participate in the process and workflow development
• Actively collaborate in projects and continuous improvement processes (CIP)    
• Monitor the workload (machine allocation list) and the capacity utilization within production and post-production            
• Manage vacation and absence for OPR team members
• Troubleshoot production related processes
• Manage employee performances in the production area
• Drive accountability within the department to promote maximum team performance
• Accompany EDID examinations
• Manage 5S audits in the post-production area
• Actively collaborate in route cause analyzing activities               
• Have flexibility to work outside of your normal work hours as needed to support team members and/or area objectives                               
• Other duties as assigned by the Production Manager     
• Responsible for communicating safety procedures to employees 
• Communicates effectively through all levels of the organization
•  Preparation for internal and external audits       
• Conduct any work activities according to established work instructions and follow procedures and practices of Starlim North America Corporation                        
• Support Environmental, Health & Safety initiatives throughout the facility, ensuring safety, housekeeping and quality standards are maintained                            

 Do you have?

• College diploma in Operations Management or a production related field
• Minimum of 3 years' supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment                    
• Silicone Injection Molding manufacturing experience preferred                 
• Material management experience          

Successful candidate will also have:

• The ability to operate Engel injection Molding Machines
• Be able to distinguish between colours
• Attention to details and be highly organized   
• Good social skills; willingness to learn, adaptive personality, flexible
• Basic working knowledge of an ERP system
• Strong English proficiency, both written and verbal       
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office suite and the ability to learn new computer skills quickly    
• The ability to work independently, conceptualize project and manage priorities                  
• Sound judgment, critical thinking skills and the ability to make difficult, time sensitive decisions 
• Strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal communication skills                
• Good conflict management skills
• Strong team building skills with a focus on productivity
• Fosters positive working relationships
• Responds proactively to performance concerns, discipline, employee complaints and other employee relations matters
• Root Cause Analysis training
• Strong Leadership skills; decision making, stress management, delegating, change management and problem solving skills    
• Good organizational & time management skills
• Must be able to work nights and weekends if required
• Professional attitude with customers, employees, and management                                       
• Positively motivate and engage others and take disciplinary action when necessary                                          

If you have the required qualifications please apply here with your resume and cover letter.

Starlim is an equal employment opportunity employer and offer a competitive salary and benefit package. Candidates must be legally employable in Canada to be considered for employment.

Starlim North America is committed to providing accommodations. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs. We thank all applicants for their interest, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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