About the position
Background:
- Excellent career opportunity for a Production Manager within a leading manufacturing company
Minimum Requirements:
- Grade 12 / Matric and a tertiary qualification in a Production Discipline
- Post matric qualification in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, advantageous
- Proficient on MS Office, particularly on MS Outlook, Word, and advance Excel
- Syspro knowledge advantageous
- Minimum 7 years' relevant working experience on middle management level within a manufacturing environment
- An in-depth knowledge and understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles
Responsibilities:
- Execute production plan to meet manufacturing deliverables as well as Customer requirements
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures & ensure that compliance requirements are met
- Lead, manage, and motivate staff in the manufacturing business unit
- Performance management
- Identify training needs and initiate, mentor, monitor and manage relevant programs
- Manage employee relationships to match company ethos
- Understand BCEA, LRA, Bargaining Council main agreement, as well as legal compliance requirements, policies, and procedures
- Understand and manage all IR related interventions within operations
- T&A system management and approvals
- Manage and facilitate internal company training initiatives through the upskilling and multiskilling of staff
- Ensure the preventative maintenance and repairs scheduled of assets in production departments are adhered to
- Work with Maintenance Manager to do major planned maintenance schedules
- Assist and provide input into the preparation of the manufacturing business unit expense budget
- Plan, formulate, organize, control, and direct personnel and production activities, by removing process waste
- Follow up, escalate, and take necessary action if production outputs are not meeting expectations
- Propose any amendments to improve processes
- Ensure that production information and data is recorded timeously
- Champion all Lean improvement projects
- Manage and control waste with the aim to improve raw material yield
- Ensure delivery of quality products within standard requirements
- Maintain and enforce quality procedures in the manufacturing plant and ensure quality control checks are completed
- Conversant with OHSA, Company Emergency Plan, Environment, Safety, Drug and Alcohol policies, as well as all other related policies
- Ensure that the manufacturing personnel work safely in accordance with safe work procedures
- Oversee and ensure that high safety standards are always maintained. Involved in H&S site governance
TO APPLY:
- Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
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Desired Skills:
- Lean Manufacturing Principles
- Budgets
- Quality control
- Production Manager
- Degree
- Mecahnical
- Industrial
