Team Leader - Plastic/Packaging Manufacturing at Ntice Sourcing Solutions (Pty) Ltd.
NTICE SOURCING SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD.
- R Undisclosed
- Permanent Management position
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Pinetown
- Posted 13 Jul 2026 by NTICE SOURCING SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD.
- Expires in 34 days
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Job 2642224 - Ref 68607
About the position
An industry leader in the packaging/manufacturing sector is seeking a qualified Team Leader based in the Pinetown area.
Tasks & responsibilities:
- Assisting with the day-to-day leadership of the team
- Maintaining efficiencies of 85% or higher
- Ensure the product quality meets and beats expectations
- Ensuring accurate completion of production tally sheets
- Monitoring raw material usage
- Monitoring machine and moulds performance
- Coordinating all on hold products
- Ensuring packing and labelling is efficiently and correctly packed
- Ensuring correct paperwork is displayed at machines and completed correctly
- Liaising with quality inspectors continuously to ensure product standards are correct
- Allocating staff to relevant machine(s) as needed per staffing schedule
- Assisting staff at machines as needed
- Ensuring that adherence to all safety standards is followed
- Ensuring housekeeping is above 90% for the factory and packing areas
- Assisting with Maintenance and Mould changes as required
- Process Optimization and recipe creation for new products
- Ensure all systems and procedures are implemented and maintained.
- Ensuring all moulds are serviced as per annual service schedule
- Ensure all mould consumables are available, and neatly stored with a weekly stock take
- Manage machine critical spares and ensure list is up to date
- Ensure completion of all machine maintenance and ensure relevant checks are completed
- Involved in weekly Production Meeting
Qualifications, Experience & Competencies:
- Matric
- N3 or NQF5 (related technical field)
- At least 3 years' experience as a Shift Setter in Production
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Team management experience
- Blow moulding and injection moulding experience advantageous
- Have a strong ability to communicate with all levels and across departments
- Strong technical/mechanical knowledge
- Computer literacy is advantageous
Only qualified candidates will be shortlisted and contacted.
Desired Skills:
NTICE SOURCING SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD.
About the agency
Ntice Sourcing Solutions is a recruitment solutions provider placing professionals across EMEA within all key business functional areas. These business functional areas include: IT, Engineering /Technical, Accounting & Finance, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Training and Development, Supply Chain/Procurement, Production and Operations.
Our team is made up of experienced specialist recruiters who are extremely knowledgeable within their chosen field. Our consultants have spent years growing their client and candidate networks which allows them to match candidates to clients quickly. We pride ourselves in ensuring we understand the client brief and focus on placing candidates in companies where they thrive and fit the culture of the business.
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