Team Leader Production

What will you be doing?

The production of corrugated cardboard and its processing into packaging is a very specific process. The start of this process begins with our corrugated cardboard machine, where cardboard sheets are produced. These sheets are then processed into boxes in the Processing department by cutting, folding, printing, and die-cutting them. And all of this, of course, according to specific designs, qualities, and sizes that are unique to each customer.

As a Production Team Leader for the Corrugated Cardboard Machine (GKM), you ensure the best team performance and act as the point of contact for the team. The main goal is to achieve the maximum machine output according to the schedule together with your team of 15 employees. Safety, quality, and expertise are the driving pillars. You are responsible for various parts of the production process, which consists of multiple components within 2 corrugated cardboard machines. Additionally, you remain alert to opportunities to optimize the process and provide improvement proposals to ensure we produce the best packaging. The Corrugated Cardboard Machine department operates in a 3-shift system.

Other tasks within your responsibilities include:

• Safety is our top priority, always ensuring the physical and mental safety of the production team;
• Ensuring qualitative and quantitative operational availability and deployment of the production team;
• Responsible for performance appraisals and performance reviews, conducting recruitment and selection interviews, and managing absenteeism;
• Coaching, motivating, and supervising employees;
• Ensuring compliance with occupational health, safety, environmental, and quality management systems, as well as other company and safety regulations;
• Monitoring the quality of produced products according to specifications and quality assurance procedures;
• Taking responsibility for thorough handling and analysis of production complaints, taking preventive measures, and providing appropriate information and instructions to employees;
• Monitoring, steering, and reporting on agreed KPIs, including safety, quality, yield, efficiency, waste, and absenteeism;
• Ensuring the correct technical availability of machines and associated equipment and installations;
• Making improvement proposals for the production process in terms of safety, quality, productivity, and labor efficiency;
• Ensuring proper shift handover.

What are we looking for?

You enjoy working under healthy operational pressure in an ambitious organization. You are energized by ensuring a flawless production process and achieving objectives. You possess leadership skills and a hands-on mentality. Additionally, you have:

• Demonstrable education in a technical field;
• Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in a production environment;
• Strong communication skills and the ability to motivate your team;
• Good knowledge of the MS Office package (Word, Excel);
• Proficiency in both Dutch and English languages;
• You are a team player with a great deal of enthusiasm;
• You are flexible regarding working hours;
• Experience with reporting based on OEE.

What do we offer you?

• Fixed-term contract with the prospect of a permanent employment;
• A competitive salary with pension scheme and travel allowance;
• We are a rapidly growing company, so there is also room for you to grow.

De Jong Verpakking by Stora Enso:

In a world of packaging and sustainability, two leading forces come together: Stora Enso and De Jong Verpakking. Stora Enso, a global player in the bioeconomy and a market leader in renewable products across various sectors, acquired De Jong Verpakking at the beginning of 2023. Stora Enso, which is also one of the largest private forest owners in the world, embraces the belief that what is currently made from fossil materials can be realized tomorrow with the help of trees.

De Jong Verpakking seamlessly aligns with this vision of sustainability and progress. Within the Packaging Solutions division, De Jong Verpakking has built a reputation as a specialist in corrugated cardboard packaging for various sectors, including Fresh Produce, Industry, Horticulture, and Egg & Export. With over 700 employees and well-equipped production facilities, including a new high-tech production site, De Jong Verpakking is the largest and most advanced manufacturing site in Europe.

The range of products offered by De Jong Verpakking is diverse and includes display boxes, American folding boxes, and cardboard trays. These boxes and trays are delivered flat or assembled to both resellers and end customers in the Benelux, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, De Jong Verpakking provides storage space and erecting machines with accompanying maintenance.

With Stora Enso's leading position in renewable products and sustainability, and with De Jong Verpakking now being part of their team, they join forces to shape the future of packaging together.

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Where will you work?

You will be working within one of the most innovative and growing organizations in the corrugated cardboard industry in Europe. Every day, we produce 2.5 million packages with a large team that we deliver in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, France, and Ireland. You will be working in a highly ambitious organization that is rapidly expanding.

The atmosphere in our (family) company is informal, open, respectful, and entrepreneurial towards the market. We are big, powerful, but not bureaucratic or cumbersome. This means there is plenty of room for individual initiative, ideas, and input from our people.