Production Team Lead

About the role

We are seeking a proactive Production Team Lead to manage our Mauritius operations, supporting international projects for a leading Swiss multinational in the food & beverage sector. This role offers exposure to European projects and the chance to drive production excellence in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.

Key responsibilities

• Lead day‑to‑day production operations, ensuring high‑quality output that meets client expectations, SLAs and deadlines.
• Drive team performance across quality, productivity and operational KPIs, providing coaching and development to supervisors, team leaders, artists and coordinators.
• Plan and allocate resources effectively, collaborate with Client Services and Commercial teams to anticipate workload fluctuations and ensure appropriate staffing.
• Oversee artwork production processes, maintaining standards in prepress, colour separation, trapping, image resolution and barcode accuracy.
• Promote adoption of systems, tools and automation technologies, lead continuous‑improvement initiatives and manage root‑cause analysis for corrective actions.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years of experience in production, operations or a similar environment, including team leadership.
• University degree or equivalent; background in Business Management, Art & Design or Printing Technology is a plus.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder‑management skills with a problem‑solving mindset.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple priorities and maintain attention to detail.

Required skills

• Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop (preferred).