Teamleader Production

Are you a team leader with a passion for production and process optimization? In this role, you will lead a team of 20 employees within the Automotive Business Unit and ensure that projects run smoothly – from production to delivery to the customer. You will keep everything under control, monitor the planning, and work with your team to achieve an efficient and successful end result.

What do we expect?

• HBO level of thinking and working;
• Relevant work experience in machine building, preferably in a leadership role;
• Good communication skills, able to effectively convey information and listen to and motivate the team;
• Good command of the English language;
• A quality-conscious and hands-on attitude;

What do we offer:

• A diverse, challenging and dynamic position within a high-tech environment;
• A people-oriented role in which you can use and further develop your leadership and coaching skills;
• Excellent secondary benefits (including 40 holidays, flexible working hours, good pension scheme and profit sharing);
• Plenty of opportunities for continued development and access to our own AWL Academy with >50 training programmes and participation in our vitality programme ‘Boost Your Life’.

As a Production Team Leader, you will lead a multidisciplinary team consisting of project coordinators, mechanics, adjusters, and robot welders. You will build and develop the team, ensuring the right skills and competencies are present. Additionally, you will guide the team members so they can excel in their work.

Your tasks include:

• Preparing the necessary planning. You ensure that the work content/work stock is up to par and oversee the scaling up and down of external capacity;
• Controlling material supply and planning;
• Ensuring optimal team occupancy and training plan;
• Ensuring optimal workplace setup;
• Supporting the Operational Planner in solving personnel planning issues;
• Proactively thinking about the development and continuity of the department, and advising management;
• Identifying (potential) deviations and ensuring follow-up actions;
• Having a proactive attitude towards initiating and implementing improvements.

This will be your day

7:30With a cup of coffee in hand, you start the day at one of the machines where you and the team discuss the planning and priorities. Once everything is up and running, you head to your desk to check emails and review your schedule. If there are any topics that need attention, you tackle them with the right colleagues. After a quick meeting with the supply chain engineer about an upcoming project, you learn that some parts will arrive later than expected. Together with the project coordinators, you adjust the planning to stay on track.10:00You sit down for a 1-on-1 with a team member. You discuss how things are going, their performance, and their personal development goals. Afterwards, you take a walk through the production area to check on the progress of other projects and ensure everything is running smoothly.13:00You went to lunch with your colleague. Either you sat together in the restaurant or took a short walk with some colleagues. After lunch, it's time to prepare for a new project kickoff meeting. During the meeting with the project team, you go through the project scope, timeline, risks, and opportunities, making sure everything is clear for a strong start.15:00With the coordinator’s input in hand, you sit down to arrange the capacity planning for the new project and any changes to the current schedule. If you run into challenges, no problem — the other team leaders are just a call away. You go over your open topics and find solutions together.16:15Before wrapping up your day, you give a quick call to your team member who’s working on-site at a customer location to see how things are going. With most tasks checked off and the team running smoothly, you close your laptop and head home.

Your tasks:

30%Planning20%Projects20%Supervision of team members30%Process optimization & documentation and side tasks

AWL stands out for its commitment to being a good employer, with ‘caring for others’ at its core. Learning from one another and collaborating on innovative high-tech solutions are central to our approach. Colleagues are engaged, and there is ample opportunity for personal and professional development. This creates a dynamic environment where opportunities and ideas are embraced. We believe in our people! Down-to-earth and straightforward, at AWL you work in an international setting with passionate professionals. With offices in the Netherlands (HQ), Czech Republic, China, Mexico, the United States, and the United Kingdom, we work hard and together with over 700 colleagues to deliver global productivity for our customers.