About this role
Can you keep a production line running smoothly while also leading a team effectively? As a Production Team Leader at EMPWR in Leerdam, you will manage a team of 10 to 17 colleagues on a modern nutritional bar production line. You will be responsible for overseeing production planning, quality, and safety, while ensuring that your team can work efficiently and in a positive working environment. What are you going to do? In this role, you are the link between production, planning, quality, and the technical department. Is production running behind schedule? Has a malfunction occurred? Or does a production line need to be changed over? You keep a clear overview, respond quickly, and ensure the production process continues as smoothly as possible. As a Production Team Leader, you are responsible for achieving the production targets on your line. You will lead and support colleagues, monitor progress, and ensure that all work is carried out in accordance with quality, food safety, and safety standards. Your responsibilities: - Leading and supporting a team of 10 to 17 employees - Ensuring production targets are achieved on your production line - Monitoring quality, food safety, and a clean working environment - Setting up and cleaning production lines in accordance with food safety and operational requirements - Recording material consumption, labor hours, and production results, including in SAP - Taking quick action in response to deviations, breakdowns, or delays - Coordinating with planning, the technical department, and quality control - Contributing ideas for improvements in safety, efficiency, and quality standards What do we offer? - Hourly salary: €19.88 - €22.69 - 8% holiday allowance and accrual of 25 vacation days (full-time basis) - Travel allowance of €0.25 per kilometer - Opportunity for a permanent contract with EMPWR after several months of good performance - A challenging and varied role within a fast-growing organization - Career developm