Team Leader Manufacturing

**Responsibilities**:
Location Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon TaffGB

Job ID JR-032829

Imagine a world where you could detect health issues sooner to treat them more effectively, where food and water are always safe, even in remote corners of the earth. And where scientific and medical research are enhanced to solve the greatest challenges of our times. At PerkinElmer, we imagine this world every day. Then, we innovate and collaborate to make it happen everywhere. Our dedicated team of about 14,000 employees worldwide, pioneers’ scientific technologies for better detection, imaging, and informatics to help our customers work to create healthier families, improve the quality of life, and sustain the well-being and longevity of people globally. If you are seeking a meaningful, impactful, and stimulating career, look no further.

Purpose:
The Manufacturing Team Leader will be one of several at the facility that reports to the Site’s Manufacturing Leader. This is a key role that has overall responsibility of their teams Health and Safety, wellbeing and adherence to the company’s quality compliance directives. You will be required to take the lead for people development, timely outputs, metric targets, quality deliverables and internal and external customer satisfaction whilst achieving the agreed departments output plan. The role will involve strong collaboration across other functions.

The product lines manufactured are FTIR, UV/Vis Spectroscopy, Thermal Analysis, Life Science Screening and technologies, Optical replication technologies, High Content Screening, accessories, automation, detection and software.

Priorities and Objectives:
Specifically, the Team Leader will:

- Monitor team performance, quality, housekeeping, H&S regulations, TPM and adherence to procedures.
- Deal with personnel issues including performance / absence, disciplinary procedures, appraisals, organise training and completing appropriate documentation.
- Hold daily, weekly, and monthly meetings with the team to communicate progress, concerns and company objectives.
- Plan the running of the area from people, production quantities, deliveries etc with complete focus on customer satisfaction.
- Be innovative and bring innovative ideas to table.
- Work in collaboration with engineers to solve problems, run experiments, verify changes
- Can drive change through the involvement, engagement and empowerment of people to deliver year on year improvements that add value to our products (CI/VE).
- Strong people manager, who has the ability manage multiple priorities effectively, sometimes having to make autonomous decisions with a proven track record of driving continual performance improvements in a department. Past technical leadership would be advantageous.
- Delivery of KPI targets as well as delivery of Good Manufacturing Practices - can articulate performance by presenting metrics to leadership
- understands the bigger picture.
- A working knowledge of modern manufacturing techniques and good commercial awareness are essential requirements - we’re looking for change agents.
- Responsible for Product quality, liaise with QM dept for part / process errors

Qualifications:

- Will ideally be of higher education and have a track record in the Manufacturing sector.
- HNC/HND or similar degree preferred.

Essential skills and Experience:
Manufacturing Operations time served experience of managing a team.
- Lean Manufacturing, Project Management.
- Ability to travel within the UK and Globally when required
- Strong technical acumen - the ability to look at the product or the capital equipment from a technical viewpoint and offer solutions and improvements.
- MRP/ERP systems knowledge.

Why you should apply:

- An opportunity to work for a business at the forefront of innovative technology within an environment of continuous improvement.
- Opportunity for career progression within a growing function.
- Competitive salary (DOE) and wider health and wellbeing package.
- Contractual working hours 37.5 per week - Monday to Friday 7:30am - 3:30pm