Production Manager

SUMMARY:

POSITION INFO:
Production Manager - Midrand Plant

Responsibilities:

• Management and supervision of the full production process, ensuring cost effectiveness
• Management and supervision of the production workforce (direct and indirect)
• Identify training needs required in liaison with HR
• Organization of the production resources
• Monitor the production processes and schedule adjustment as needed
• Monitor standards and quality-control programs implementation
• Realization of plant targets in terms of safety, quality, service level and efficiency, in liaison with other plant departments (i.e., HSE, quality, logistics, industrial engineering, maintenance, human resources, controlling)
• Organization of repair and routine maintenance of production equipment
• Leadership, supervision and motivation of production workforce

• Engineering Degree with relevant experience of 3-5 years in a similar role within manufacturing, or a similar industry
• Distinctiveness in people management, team working and coaching/motivation
• Production management toolkit like daily production meetings, production reporting, problem solving, skill matrix management, 5S, autonomous maintenance, etc.
• Good knowledge and experience of safety and environment concepts applied to production processes
• Good understanding of cost and performance accounting
• Basics of world class manufacturing (or other continuous improvement approaches)
• Knowledge of core production processes like metal stamping, welding, enameling, painting, polyurethane injection, assembly and automation
• Basic knowledge of time & method studies methodologies