Job title: Production Team Lead
Reporting to: Operations Supervisor
Location: Lakeland, USA
The Opportunity
The Team Lead oversees daily production and inventory operations across multiple functional areas and shifts including blending, distillation, Treattarome processing, and stock control. This role provides frontline leadership, ensuring team members meet safety, quality, and productivity standards. The Team Lead coordinates workflows, resolves operational issues, and supports continuous improvement initiatives while fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration.
What it’s like to work here
We’ve been making the world taste better since 1886 and sell over 3000 products in more than 90 countries, but we’re only just getting started. We’re on an exciting journey and have ambitious plans to become the indispensable partner of choice for the world’s leading flavor and fragrance houses, beverage and consumer brands.
On joining Treatt, you’ll become one of over 300 international experts, working together to collectively surprise and delight our customers. Nothing is more important to us than the happiness of our people as without them, we’d never succeed.
We think Treatt’s a great place to work, but don’t just take our word for it:
“Everyone wants your feedback and opinion; it feels like a place of study where nurturing and encouragement are the standard. It is very clear the hard work that goes into providing excellence for customers, but it is also very apparent that managers have the same goals for helping us all to progress.” – Anita, Innovation Scientist
“Joining my close and supportive team was the most enjoyable way to gain more skills and increase my knowledge” – Ashley, Distillation Control Team Leader
“Treatt creates an environment to help you be the best you can, with no two days the same and opportunities always available to help you learn and develop. The people and the culture create a fantastic company to be part of” – Rebecca, Commercial Coordinator
What you’ll be doing
The responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:
- Lead and coordinate the activities of Operators across assigned production areas.
- Ensure daily tasks are completed safely, accurately, and on schedule.
- Monitor equipment performance and escalate issues to maintenance or supervision.
- Review and validate production documentation, inventory records, and quality checks.
- Train and mentor team members; support onboarding and cross-training efforts.
- Enforce GMP, safety protocols, and company policies.
- Communicate operational updates and priorities to team and leadership.
- Support audits, inspections, and compliance initiatives.
- Identify process inefficiencies and recommend improvements.
- Serve as the first point of contact for resolving team-level issues and conflicts.
- Ability to work flexible hours to ensure coverage when warranted.
- Coordinate with planning, QC and QA to meet product specifications and timelines.
Education & Training
- High School Diploma or GED required; technical certifications or leadership training preferred.
- 4+ years of experience in production or logistics roles, with demonstrated leadership capability.
- Forklift and Hazardous Materials certifications required.
Skills & Competencies
- Lead, coach, and develop teams to deliver consistent operational results.
- Operate with ownership and accountability in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities.
- Analyze data, apply sound business judgment, and drive timely, effective decisions.
- Communicate complex information clearly and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Solve problems creatively while maintaining strong attention to detail.
- Build trusted partnerships through credibility, professionalism, and service orientation.
- Demonstrate resilience, integrity, and composure under pressure.
- Leverage advanced knowledge of production equipment and inventory systems to optimize performance.
- Utilize JD Edwards (JDE) to manage work orders, inventory transactions, and material planning.
- Use STARS to monitor shop floor production, labor reporting, and output tracking.
- Champion safety, quality, and continuous improvement standards.
We want you to love your work and bring that energy to the job every day, no matter what the task. You’ll be someone who keeps up to date with the latest technologies and is always willing to share their knowledge with colleagues.
Our department is busy. We need someone who can run with the pack but also bring their own personality to their work.
You should be personable, friendly and supportive, acknowledging that you’ll get to work with colleagues from all seniority levels across all departments on a daily basis.
What we’ll do for you
We offer an excellent package which includes a competitive salary; vacation time as well as the opportunity to purchase additional vacation, we also offer a discretionary annual bonus, medical (including family cover), dental and vision coverage, AFLAC, 401k employer matching up to 6%, company-paid short term and long term disability insurance, company-paid life insurance and stock purchase options.
With the encouragement and development you need, we help you to become your ultimate you. Beyond building a successful career, we also support the wishes and ambitions of our staff outside of the office in achieving a health work/life balance - the wellbeing of our staff is paramount to us, which we actively promote and support by regularly delivering a variety of wellbeing initiatives. There will also be opportunities to be actively involved in community and charity projects and to take part in numerous subsidized social events.
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Polite Notice
We politely request that we are not contacted by any recruitment agencies. We have a preferred supplier list and high volumes of speculative calls from agencies negatively impact upon the efficiency of our business. Please help us to maintain the highest levels of customer service by respecting our wishes.