Operations Manager

3 months ago

Olifantsfontein, South Africa HRInsync Full time

**Operations Manager**

**Company**

A leader in outdoor global lighting market whose mission is to provide cost-effective lighting solutions for safe, comfortable, and sustainable environments.

**Purpose**

Supervise and control all the activities of the plant (HS&E, Quality, Production, Engineering, Order handling, Internal logistics, Production Planning, Maintenance, etc) to maintain optimal cost levels and effectively meet customer requirements, and ownership over the Budget and the P&L of the plant.

**Responsibilities**
- Scheduling and coordinating workflows based on the requirements defined in AX and their administration
- Ensures compliance with work discipline and safety regulations
- Planning, organizing, directing and running optimum day-to-day operations to exceed customers’ expectations
- Control compliance with applicable technology and quality assurance standards and the quality of
- manufacturing processes
- Increasing production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards
- Responsibility for production output, product quality and on-time shipping
- Active involvement and support to the implementation of group policies and procedures, securing full compliance
- Be responsible for the HS&E, production output, product quality and on-time shipment;
- Allocate resources effectively and utilize assets to produce optimal results;
- Implement strategies, in alignment with the Group, and provide clear sense of direction and focus;
- Active participation on the daily planning meeting, analyzing the problems (tooling, materials, BOM’s, personnel, etc) and actively seeking for solutions
- Coordinate with all departments to fulfill the SLA and to obtain customer satisfaction
- Monitor local operations and trigger corrective actions
- Escalate problems and potential solutions to GM or other related group functions when needed;
- Lead the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives, such as 5S, and other Lean tools in his area of responsibility;
- Support in the investigation of claims and definition of corrective actions;
- Support in addressing employee issues or grievances and participation in collective bargaining agreements;
- Coach, guide and develop his local team;
- Provide support of the creation and the maintenance of Bill of Material and Routings;
- Definition of the needs in production equipment and tooling in conjunction with production manager and engineering team;
- Support of new products industrialization

Position Scope:

- Direct Reports: 34 people
- Indirect Reports: 140 people
- Project Management: Yes
- % of Project Management: 20 - 30 %
- Operations Turnover: R500 - R600 mil

**Requirements**:

- More than 7-10 years of experience in Production Management of complex production environments and with large teams
- University degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Languages: English + local language;
- Computer skills in ERP, Outlook, Excel, Word, etc;
- Proven managerial experience and good organizational and communication skills;
- Knowledge of business management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation and human resources);
- Strong team building, decision making and people management skills;
- Ability to create accountability and to lead by example;
- Familiar with H&SE regulations and industry standards and technical expertise;
- Adaptability to changes and resilience;
- Good mechanical/structural engineering knowledge;
- Good electrical engineering knowledge including wiring code knowledge.

**Other requirements**
- Lean Manufacturing;
- Six Sigma is a plus; and Other problem solving or continuous improvement methodologies.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: R90,000.00 - R95,000.00 per month

**Education**:

- Bachelors (required)

**Experience**:

- Production Management of complex production environments: 7 years (required)

**Language**:

- English and at least 1 African language (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Olifantsfontein, Gauteng (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Olifantsfontein, Gauteng: Relocate before starting work (required)

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