Team Lead Wheel-Assembly

About the role

We invite you to join one of the largest bicycle manufacturers in the world, Pon.Bike, and become a Team Leader for the Final Assembly Line at Pon.Bike Lithuania. You will report to the Head of the Assembly Department.

Join us, use your experience and together create a brand new Pon.Bike Lithuania bicycle factory in Kėdainiai. A strong organizational culture awaits you, where knowledge and efforts are valued, and happy employees are considered the key to success.

• Your responsibilities:

  • Help your department and team achieve set goals (lead the Wheel Assembly Team).

  • Participate in employee selection and ensure the required number of employees.

  • Collaborate with other team leaders in the department to create a work schedule for your team and ensure that the right people are deployed to achieve goals.

  • Distribute tasks to employees and ensure their rotation, be familiar with work instructions and quality standards.

  • Inform the Head of the Collection Unit about the results, quality, scope, distribution and any deviations; take action to prevent deviations, as well as discuss the results of the unit, opportunities to improve processes and ways to solve problems.

  • Implement and ensure the highest standards of health and safety at work, report accidents or unsafe situations and resolve them (if possible).

  • Ensure effective internal communication with the team and consult on work issues, creating a friendly work environment in which employees would like to help each other.

  • Ensure that agreed maintenance work is carried out and conditions are created for structural maintenance work.

  • Set a good example: take the initiative in streamlining processes, encourage your team to make suggestions for improvements, and implement them together.

  • Perform other tasks assigned by the immediate supervisor.

  This work requires:

  • higher or vocational education;

  • at least 1 year of experience in a manufacturing company as a shift manager, team leader or similar position (management experience on an assembly line is a great advantage);

  • experience working with a production management program (SAP is a big advantage);

  • LEAN knowledge (advantage);

  • ability to take responsibility for oneself and one's team;

  • good planning and organizational skills, ability to set priorities and ensure tasks are completed on time;

  • good communication skills when working in a team;

  • results orientation and motivation to work;

  • Fluent in Lithuanian and English (spoken and written).

  We offer you:

  Attractive working conditions:

  • annually reviewed salary – 2800–2900 (gross);

  • annual bonuses;

  • friendly work schedule (Monday–Friday, no night shifts);

  • additional health insurance and its benefits;

  • reimbursement of fuel costs when coming to work from other cities;

  • free delicious coffee and fresh fruit;

  • hot lunch at a better price in our cafe.

  • A professional, modern work environment: an experienced management team focused on employee success, training in Lithuania and Germany, and LEAN-based daily work methods.

  • Space to learn and grow in a strong international company that employs more than 16 thousand people worldwide.

  • The opportunity to become part of Pon.Bike, one of the largest bicycle manufacturers in the world, and celebrate the results achieved together. This is in line with our values, which we base our future success on: The pursuit of results and It should be fun.

  • A people-centered and relationship-based organizational culture where everyone is important and heard. This reflects our other two values: Trust and Care and Responsibility.

  • A transparent reward system with clear indicators on how to earn more and advance your career.

  • A cozy and comfortable working environment in a brand new factory, where the well-being, health and safety of employees is prioritized.