Cutting Room Manager

**Headwear24**, Africa's largest headwear manufacturer, is looking for a highly skilled, organised and dynamic individual to manage the busy Cutting Room in it's rapidly expanding CMT factory in **Hammarsdale**.

**1. Job Purpose**
- To execute the generation of lay plans
- To supervise the process of cutting of headwear and cutting room capacity planning.
- Takes responsibility for hiring of skilled workers and identification of training requirements for staff, as authorised.
- Ensure all safety equipment is in working order and all employees are trained in safety measures.

**2. Key Result Areas**:

- Uses the appropriate resources to achieve the production plan in terms of productivity, quantity and delivery schedule to ensure on-time delivery of quality cut work
- Supervise the Cutting Room staff to produce the best quality headwear and scarves
- Scheduling of deliveries from Cutting Room to the CMT Factory for 100% on time delivery to customers
- Analysis and reporting of Cutting Room production data and troubleshooting.
- Maintenance and housekeeping of all equipment
- **3. Key Duties**:_

**3.1. Production & Planning**
- Track pre-production processes to meet target completion dates.
- Liaise with Head CMT Planner to ensure Production Plan is executed as per directive. Ensure Head CMT Planner is kept updated and informed of all Planning Requirements.
- Prep with team including Supervisors and Mechanic to ensure cut work is delivered timeously for lines that are set up for bulk production.
- Supervise and guide cutting of fabric for samples and bulk production according to production schedule.
- Supervise the laying and marking of fabric and ensure accuracy.
- Prepare detailed production schedule.
- Ensure regular and sustained feed of panels / materials to sewing section.
- Provide input and guidance to sewing section by supplying prior knowledge of fabric / cutting defects.
- Ensure regular and sustained feed of panels / materials to sewing section.
- Provide input and guidance to sewing section by supplying prior knowledge of fabric / cutting defects.
- Ensure adequate materials are available to fulfil the order and liaise with management where issues are identified, such as over-consumption of fabric.
- Oversees the making of patterns and ordering of blades.
- System to organise storage and usage of blades, auditing quality of blades.
- Reporting of damaged blades and identifying root cause of damage.
- Check booking with fusing, embroidery & printing both in-house and outworks to ensure delivery dates are met.
- Attend production meeting daily to ensure lead times are tracked and critical path is managed to meet target delivery date.
- Compile and submit daily/weekly/monthly reports as required by Head CMT Planner.
- Conducts weekly visits to Team Clothing to ensure that mini markers are made for all current and new styles.
- Issues ratings for all new styles in close collaboration with the sampling department.

**3.2 People Management**
- Train and guide cutting room staff for maximum efficiency and minimum cutting losses.
- Manage employee relations issues which may arise, including counselling, discipline and grievance processes within the framework of applicable labour legislation and company policies.
- Report back to Head CMT Planner on Staffing.

**Skills & Competencies**
- Matric / NQF 4 qualification or equivalent
- Cutting machine operation skills (including Hydraulic Clicker Press).
- Knowledge and experience of pattern making process.
- Proficiency in full MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) at least at Intermediate level or higher
- Ability to supervise factory capacity and production scheduling
- Ability to supervise and influence material requirements
- Excellent leadership skills with the ability to drive and motivate performance through effective inter-departmental teamwork.
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Strong listening, presentation and decision-making skills
- Self-starter with ability to work unsupervised and manage own time and activities and those of others.
- Superior organisational ability
- Meticulous with a high level of attention to detail.
- Resilient with a high stress tolerance.

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

**Salary**: R20,000.00 - R25,000.00 per month

**Experience**:

- CMT Cutting Room: 5 years (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Hammarsdale, KwaZulu-Natal (required)