Job Category
Production
Salary
€2.800,- to €3.800,-
Education
MBO
Hours
40 hours
Job Requirements
- 1–2 years of leadership experience in a production environment
- Strong communication skills in both Dutch and English
- Experience with Lean and 5S;
- BHV certificate is a plus
- Willingness to work in a two-shift system
- Able to work safely and compliant with all company regulations
Soft Skills
- Strong leadership & coaching ability – You know how to guide a diverse team, give clear direction, and help employees grow in their role.
- Decisive and proactive mindset – You take initiative, make well-founded decisions quickly, and keep production running smoothly, even under pressure.
- Excellent communicator – You communicate clearly at all levels and ensure your team knows exactly what is expected.
- Result & quality focused – You keep an eye on performance, quality, and safety standards, and you act immediately when deviations arise.
- Flexible and stress-resistant – You remain calm during busy or demanding moments and adapt easily to changing priorities.
Job description
As a Shift Leader Production, you play a key role in the daily operation of our production environment. You are responsible for leading, coaching, and developing a team of 10–20 employees, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production. You maintain optimal staff planning, support continuous improvement, and embody HQ Pack’s values in everything you do.
Your responsibilities include:
- Leading, coaching, and developing your team to ensure clear instruction, strong performance, and continuous growth.
- Monitoring and steering production output, quality, and safety, taking action when standards or processes deviate.
- Driving a positive culture and compliance, ensuring desired behaviour, teamwork, and adherence to company rules and 5S/Operational Excellence.
- Coordinating daily operations through shift handovers, team meetings, planning, and close cooperation with fellow Shift Leaders, Team Leaders, and internal departments.
- Managing personnel and processes, including staffing, onboarding, evaluations, administrative tasks, improvement initiatives, and resolving disruptions.
Your team
You will lead a dynamic team of production employees, working closely with other Shift Leaders and reporting directly to the Team Leader. You ensure that your team performs at its best by creating a safe, structured, and motivating working environment. Together, you contribute to smooth production processes and continuous improvement across the department.
Your benefits
Working at HQ Pack means being part of a strongly growing worldwide operating organization called HQ Group. Despite its strong international character and over 800 colleagues in the Netherlands, the organization is characterized by its informal character and short communication lines. Within our organization, you will get the opportunity to further develop yourself both personally and professionally. We attach great value to a collegial and pleasant working atmosphere. Naturally, we will provide you with the resources you need to perform this job well. We have our own employment conditions package and offer, collective pension, Bicycle plan, travel allowance and the possibility for 5 extra days off.
About HQ Group
HQ Group belongs to the worldwide top in the field of High-Tech packaging and tooling. We develop, clean, produce and manage the logistic flow of packaging for high-quality industrial products. Very fragile, valuable parts get the protection they need during transport all over the world. Our strength lies in the total solution. We do not only develop client-specific packaging materials, but take care of the entire process.
Procedure
Apply
Selection
Job Interview
Reference check
2nd Job Interview
Contract offer
Onboarding