Production Manager Manufacturing
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Job Location:
Gqeberha - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Duties & Responsibilities
Job Position: Production Manager - Manufacturing
Ref: 5093
Location: PE/Gqeberha
Salary: Negotiable commensurate with qualification and experience
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Diploma and/or Degree in Engineering/Mechanical
- 3 to 5 years related professional experience
- English (fluency in reading writing and speaking)
- High level of leadership and decision making)
- Able to motivate influence and train people
- Ability to interact with Management at all levels
- Excellent verbal interpersonal and written communication
- A good communicator with a proven track record of delivering tangible results through effective management and delegation
- PC literate excellent Microsoft skills
- Role requires good organizational and communication at all levels and planning skills
- The ability to lead and support a cross-functional team to achieve corporate goals and plant KPIs
Key Performance Areas:
- Responsible in managing all production-related activities and management of the allocated production area
- Produce the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost through waste elimination problem solving and continuous improvement
- Ensure that the department is aligned to the strategic vision of the Company
- Progress monitoring and recording to achieve daily/weekly/monthly targets
- Weekly/monthly assessment of achievement of production targets
- Ensure the quality condition of the product fall in line with the said KPIs
- Maintain and enhance a culture of continuous improvement
- Ensure that interventions such as Problem-solving activity are maintained effectively to add value to the department
- Maintain plant costs as per set KPIs
- Managing discipline
- Ensure that training initiatives are in place to improve skills of workforce
- Ensure that there is an effective change-point management system in place to combat the effects of absenteeism and new processes
- Ensure that the department complies with HSE/legal compliance requirements in terms of potential hazards/injuries as well as taking the necessary corrective action for injuries and proactive measure to reduce the risk
- Responsible for developing a high-performance DOS culture throughout the organization
- Leadership required to set an example by promoting and engaging in the following:
- DOS audits
- Managing by facts
- Workshops and other improvement activities
- Coaching and developing others
- Frequent review of the KPI boards in the work area
- Encouraging all team members to participate in continuous improvement activities
Desired Experience & Qualification
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Diploma and/or Degree in Engineering/Mechanical
- 3 to 5 years related professional experience
- English (fluency in reading writing and speaking)
- High level of leadership and decision making)
- Able to motivate influence and train people
- Ability to interact with Management at all levels
- Excellent verbal interpersonal and written communication
- A good communicator with a proven track record of delivering tangible results through effective management and delegation
- PC literate excellent Microsoft skills
- Role requires good organizational and communication at all levels and planning skills
- The ability to lead and support a cross-functional team to achieve corporate goals and plant KPIs
Key Performance Areas:
- Responsible in managing all production-related activities and management of the allocated production area
- Produce the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost through waste elimination problem solving and continuous improvement
- Ensure that the department is aligned to the strategic vision of the Company
- Progress monitoring and recording to achieve daily/weekly/monthly targets
- Weekly/monthly assessment of achievement of production targets
- Ensure the quality condition of the product fall in line with the said KPIs
- Maintain and enhance a culture of continuous improvement
- Ensure that interventions such as Problem-solving activity are maintained effectively to add value to the department
- Maintain plant costs as per set KPIs
- Managing discipline
- Ensure that training initiatives are in place to improve skills of workforce
- Ensure that there is an effective change-point management system in place to combat the effects of absenteeism and new processes
- Ensure that the department complies with HSE/legal compliance requirements in terms of potential hazards/injuries as well as taking the necessary corrective action for injuries and proactive measure to reduce the risk
- Responsible for developing a high-performance DOS culture throughout the organization
- Leadership required to set an example by promoting and engaging in the following:
- DOS audits
- Managing by facts
- Workshops and other improvement activities
- Coaching and developing others
- Frequent review of the KPI boards in the work area
- Encouraging all team members to participate in continuous improvement activities
Package & Remuneration
Negotiable commensurate with qualification and experience
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Continuous Improvement
- ISO 9001
- Lean Six Sigma
- Management Experience
- Manufacturing & Controls
- 5S
- Manufacturing Management
- Kaizen
- Chemistry
- Manufacturing
