Joinery Workshop Team Leader - Johnston Shopfitters
Company Overview
For over 75 years, Johnston Shopfitters have established a reputation for being the market leader in full turnkey retail installations. We provide Retail and Commercial Design Services, Fit-Out and Merchandising solutions to all Retail Sectors.
Job Location - Dublin, D12 P922
The Joinery Workshop Team Leader oversees daily production while championing Lean principles like Kaizen, 5S, and Value Stream Mapping to enhance output, quality, and safety. Key responsibilities include delivering on production requirements, mentoring staff, collaborating with other departments, tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and ensuring adherence to company policies and continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities (this is not an exhaustive list):
- Lead daily joinery operations, ensuring safety,
output, quality and costs management
- Work closely with other departments, such as
sales, customer service, setting out, finished goods warehouse, installations
and logistics, to ensure the on-time and cost-effective delivery of projects.
- Organize the joinery production workflow,
manage resource allocation, and ensure timely execution of production
plans.
- Mentor, train, and motivate the joinery team in
Lean tools and best practices, fostering a high-performing and flexible team
- Drive continuous improvement efforts by
identifying and implementing opportunities to reduce waste and increase
efficiency.
- Champion and implement Lean Manufacturing
principles and tools, such as Kaizen, 5S, and Value Stream Mapping, across the
plant.
- Monitor joinery production KPIs, including
efficiency, downtime, quality metrics, etc. highlighting actions to be taken to
address any deficiencies in performance.
- Support the development and implementation of the
joinery standard operating procedures (SOPs)
- Ensure adherence to company policies, safety
regulations, quality standards, and relevant documentation requirements.
Requirements
Skills
& Qualifications:
- Proven 3 years’ experience in a team lead role preferable
in a joinery manufacturing environment with a minimum 3 years’ experience in lean
manufacturing environment.
- Strong, hands-on knowledge of Lean
Manufacturing tools and methodologies, a deep understanding/experience of Manufacturing
‘FLOW’ is an advantage.
- Excellent leadership, team management, and
interpersonal skills to motivate and develop staff
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills
for effective communication across teams.
- Ability to identify and solve operational
problems proactively and effectively.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced production
environment and adapt to changing production priorities.
- Strong understanding of production processes,
quality control, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Fully competent in Microsoft Office tools and Sharepoint
would be an advantage
Benefits
Along with a competitive package and good working environment, we offer:
- Bike to work scheme
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee assistance program
- On-site parking
- Store discount
- Wellness program