Sewing Team Leader

Summary

Walker Cole International is supporting a leading medical device manufacturer, in their search for two experienced Team Leaders to join their THV Manufacturing team in West Yorkshire, as a result of continued business growth and expansion.

The successful candidates will provide day-to-day leadership to the THV Sewing Team, ensuring delivery of manufacturing targets while maintaining the highest standards of quality, compliance, employee engagement and safety.

Your Responsibilities as Team Leader, Sewing

• Lead, mentor and develop production technicians to approved work instructions and GMP standards.
• Manage and coordinate daily production activities to ensure schedules and operational targets are achieved.
• Conduct regular 1:1 meetings, coaching, performance management, return-to-work meetings and team development activities.
• Handle employee relations matters in line with company policies and procedures.
• Support employee engagement initiatives and foster a positive, collaborative team culture.
• Monitor and maintain production schedules in collaboration with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Materials Management, Shipping/Receiving and R&D teams.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives using Lean manufacturing principles to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
• Maintain accurate ERP system data for work-in-progress and production inventory.
• Track, analyse and report team KPIs and support improvement plans with the Area Manager.
• Ensure compliance with all Quality Management System (QMS), GMP and Health & Safety requirements.
• Support new product introduction activities alongside ongoing manufacturing operations, and contribute to production planning and resource management.
• Maintain a safe, clean and compliant manufacturing environment, and support additional duties as reasonably requested by management.

Your Background as Team Leader, Sewing

• Minimum of three years' experience managing or leading a team within a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated experience handling employee relations matters.
• Proven ability to coach, mentor, motivate and develop high-performing teams.
• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to build positive working relationships and foster employee engagement.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining high attention to detail.
• Hands-on approach with a proactive mindset and strong problem-solving capability.
• Previous experience working within a GMP-regulated environment, ideally within the medical device, pharmaceutical or life sciences industry, with a strong understanding of ISO and cGMP regulated manufacturing operations.
• Experience using ERP systems and production planning tools is advantageous; medical device implant manufacturing experience is preferred.
• GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths and English; ILM Level 3/5, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent leadership qualification advantageous.

Team Leader | Sewing | Production | Manufacturing | Medical Devices | GMP | ISO 13485 | Lean Manufacturing | People Leadership | Employee Relations | Continuous Improvement | ERP

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