Production Superintendent

**Name of Function**: Production Superintendent

**Superior** Production Manager***

**Mission of Function Context**: The Production superintendent is responsible for creating and maintaining a world class production environment and managing production output to meet sales demand at an optimum quality level. The mission is to create a lean environment

**Areas of Responsibility / Tasks**

**Lean Manufacturing**
- Manage Lean Projects in Production
- Analyse Data, identify waste elimination and initiate Spark Projects
- Complete Cost and Productivity savings analysis for production
- Drive Waste elimination projects
- Drive One Piece Flow initiatives and processes
- Design and ensure facility is designed for lean systems for material flow
- Conduct Time and line design studies, analyse and provide input into projects
- Drive OEE improvement projects
- Ensure best industry lean principles applied to production
- Collaborate and work with the Lean Manager on project planning and execution
- Manage Takt time, Cycle Times, Production TAT systems
- Engage and collaborate with all stakeholders on lean improvement projects within production

**CSDS Management**
- Planning and engaging with Supply Chain, Commercial and Sales teams
- XML file updates
- Execution of CSDS process
- Improvement and Optimisation of the CSDS process
- Ensure Daily Management of CSDS’s and update based on OMS and OOH requirements
- Ensure attention to detail on Updates and metrics in place for tracking open/closed CSDS’s

**Recodes Process Management**
- Planning and execution of recodes required for meter processing
- Coordination and engaging with commercial and Sales Teams on Recodes requirements
- People and Process Management of the Recodes Department
- Optimisation and improvement of the Recodes Systems and Process
- KPI and performance management of the Recodes Department
- **Repairs Management**
- Manage the repairs department
- Ensure People Management of the Repairs Department
- KPI and performance management of the department
- Ensure process optimisation for the department
- Daily Repair Rate and Failure Rate Management
- Detailed Reporting and Analysis
- Set, track and drive production targets and productivity measures
- Actively monitor FTPY and Pass Rates. Recommend and monitor improvements

**HR**:

- Daily management of the production staff and night shift management structure when standing in
- Optimal staff planning including contractors and night shift requirements to meet production demand
- Coordinate learning and development requirements
- Manage staffing and union related issues in consultation with the HR
- Monitor and manage production discipline

Personnel performance management

**Production Management**
- Stand in for Production Manager
- Weekend Duty Requirements
- Daily production management to maximise output, minimise line stops and optimise labour utilisation
- Manage and maintain batch scheduler
- Analysis of variances e.g. WIP; production orders; line stops; time and attendance etc. Formulate and implement actions for improvement
- Ensure alignment of peripheral business tools with SAP (e.g. Batch Scheduler)
- Continually strive to improve productivity and quality output
- Responsible for management of production related concessions and deviations
- Actively track and ensure proper control of production reworks
- Maintain the production facility in optimum working condition according to ISO and 5-S principles
- Benchmarking of world class indicators and value stream mapping for continuous improvement
- Management of the Supermarket System
- Ensure People management linked to the Supermarket Process
- Ensure Material Recon’s and SAP recons completed for the Supermarket process
- Ensure Process Optimization of the Supermarket Process

**Production Engineering Management**
- Linking all the xml files with parameter id
- Creation of PDU files
- Creation of laser Artwork files
- SQL knowledge needed to accomplish some of the above tasks
- KPI management of above tasks

**Team Involvement**
- Inventory management forum
- Red tag committee - evaluation of reject material
- Production planning team
- Supply Chain Teams
- Production Engineering Teams
- Repairs and Recodes/PPMS teams

**Skills**:

- Strong planning skills
- Assertiveness
- Industrial Engineering Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Problem Solving
- Critical and Dynamic Thinking
- Ability to identify and reduce waste in processes
- Advanced MS Office skills esp. Excel
- Able to drive constructive changes and continuous improvement initiatives
- Strategic thinking skills.
- Ability to plan, organize, lead, project manage and control
- Excellent communicator
- Organised and systematic
- Facilitation
- Business acumen
- General Management skills and attributes especially regarding people interaction and approachability

**Methodologies / Technologies / Professional Knowledge**

**Level Business relevance Future trend**

**Basic Advanced Expert high med