Team Leader

In brief

**Overview** This role is for an experienced and highly motivated Production Team Leader at Entyce's Isando Coffee & Creamer Factory, part of AVI Limited. Entyce is known for producing some of South Africa’s best-loved drinks and iconic brands such as Five Roses, Freshpak, Trinco, Frisco, Koffiehuis, Hug in a Mug, Ellis Brown, and House of Coffees. The position requires expertise in safety management, people leadership, production planning, and labour cost management within a fast-paced FMCG environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring production efficiency, safety compliance, and overall quality of output while leading a team. The role reports to the Manufacturing Manager and will have approximately 40 direct reports. **What you will do** As a Team Leader, you will: * Ensure production efficiency, safety compliance, and the overall quality of output while leading your team to success. * **Safety, Health, and Environment**: Enforce correct PPE usage and compliance with safety protocols, promote a strong safety culture, ensure each shift has designated SHE reps, first aiders, and fire fighters, conduct emergency evacuation drills, complete near-miss reports, ensure timely resolution of safety and health incidents, lead COVID-19 compliance efforts, conduct weekly toolbox talks, and ensure proper waste segregation and disposal. * **Production Management**: Lead production teams to meet daily shift targets as per SKU specifications, ensure rapid response to equipment breakdowns and labour availability, oversee pre-checks on machines, manage support departments to provide top service, track hourly production output, monitor adherence to the production plan, maintain high product quality standards, and ensure first-time-right production. * **Cost Control**: Optimize labour management, including controlling overtime and absenteeism, lead efforts to reduce waste, participate in troubleshooting, manage start-up times, plan for efficient changeovers ensuring minimal downtime and smooth production transitions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance plant efficiency. * **Quality and Food Safety**: Ensure seamless maintenance handovers, proper storage of safety equipment and chemicals, conduct daily equipment inspections, maintain high hygiene standards during production runs, lead quality checks, empower operators to take ownership of their output, and ensure non-conforming products are addressed and corrected swiftly. * **People Management**: Lead and develop your team with a genuine concern for their growth and well-being, provide ongoing training, coaching, and development using IDP and Skills Matrix frameworks, ensure team members are multi-skilled and well-equipped to meet operational demands, offer recognition, reward, and constructive feedback, hold individuals accountable for their performance, and foster a culture of innovation by encouraging team suggestions and ideas. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * **Experience**: * 4+ years of experience in production within the FMCG industry. * 2-5 years of supervisory experience in a complex manufacturing structure and unionized environment is essential. * **Qualifications & Certifications**: * National Diploma or Degree in Production Management, Operations Management or Industrial Engineering. * **Additional Requirements**: * Proficiency in Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), such as Shopware, Pragma, SAP. * Strong knowledge of the MS Office suite. * Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. **Who should apply** This role is ideal for an experienced and highly motivated Production Team Leader with a background in the FMCG industry. The candidate should possess at least 4 years of production experience and 2-5 years of supervisory experience, specifically within complex manufacturing structures and unionized environments. A relevant National Diploma or Degree in Production Management, Operations Management, or Industrial Engineering is required. The ideal applicant will also demonstrate proficiency in CMMS (e.g., Shopware, Pragma, SAP), strong knowledge of MS Office, and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. They should be passionate about leading and developing teams, ensuring production efficiency, safety, quality, and cost control, and thriving in a fast-paced environment focused on iconic brands and continuous improvement. **Deadline** 16 October 2026 **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/team-leader-avi-limited-4 Source: myjobmag

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