Production Manager

2 weeks ago

Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa The Legends Agency Full time
Job Title: Production Manager

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Production Manager to join our team at The Legends Agency. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the production process, coordinating all production activities and operations, and ensuring that the manufacturing process runs efficiently, meets quality standards, and customer deadlines.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Implement production schedules to meet customer demands
  • Coordinate production activities with other departments
  • Allocate resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials, to maximize efficiency and productivity
  • Monitor production processes and workflow, adjusting schedules and resources as necessary to address bottlenecks and delays
  • Analyze production processes to identify areas for improvement and cost reduction while optimizing efficiency and productivity
  • Conduct root cause analysis of production issues and implement corrective action
  • Implement inventory control measures to minimize waste
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and safety protocols
  • Maintain accurate production records and documentation

Personnel Management:

  • Ensure that subordinates record and report quality problems immediately
  • Manage subordinates in line with company policies, procedures, and industry collective agreement
  • Responsible for leading, motivating, training, and controlling allocated persons
  • Monitor and direct workflow of subordinates
  • Hold regular performance reviews to discuss performance against objectives, counseling employees where performance is not in line with standards
  • Motivate team to develop with a focus on ongoing improvement, implementing good ideas, giving credit where due, supporting, counseling, and disciplining where necessary
  • Foster a positive and collaborative work environment that encourages teamwork and continuous improvement
  • Promote a culture of workplace safety
  • Practical hands-on passing on of skills (show and do)
  • Guide team to ensure that members deliver output and performance in line with company quality standards
  • Communicate and confirm values and goals and clarify roles on an ongoing basis
  • Proactively communicate consequences of misconduct to team members
  • Conduct discipline and counseling where necessary, staying within the limits of orderly actions in terms of the disciplinary code

Health and Safety:

  • Ensure organizational health and safety standards and safe working practices are maintained
  • Work safely and report on safety hazards or issues
  • Report any accidents, incidents, and near misses

Food (Product) Safety:

  • Food safety standards are site-specific, and at these sites, employees should:
  • Apply the site's food safety principles and standards
  • Report any food safety hazards or issues to the supervisor/manager
  • Comply with and maintain all GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) in relation to the company's FSMS (Food Safety Management System)

Quality:

  • Apply the company's quality principles and standards
  • Maintain Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

Reporting and Administration:

  • All reports and administration related to the position

General:

  • Ensure team knows what to do and where to find information if you are not available
  • Inform yourself about and apply the company's principles and standards
  • Set an example, be a role model for your team and others in the way you work and behave

Self-Development and Growth:

  • Realistic assessment of own strengths and development areas and undertake actions to address weaknesses
  • The employee accepts that he/she may be required to carry out any other tasks as required by management based on operational requirements

Job Evaluation Criteria:

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Secondary Education: Grade 12
  • Tertiary Education: NQF 6 Production Management/Operations Management
  • Experience: Minimum 5 years experience in a Production Manager role in the manufacturing industry

Competencies:

  • Knowledge
    • Have knowledge and understanding of:
    • Plastic Manufacturing
    • Competence in Microsoft Office products and software programs, particularly Excel
  • Skills
    • People Management
    • Leadership skills
    • Organizational and planning skills
    • Administration
    • Problem-solving
    • Good verbal and written communication
    • Attention to detail
    • Sound decision-making
    • Ability to work under pressure
    • High level of emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
    • Emotional Resilience
  • Other Special Requirements
    • Diversity Management
    • Conflict Management Skills

Decision Making:

  • Able to make good business-aligned decisions while maintaining quality control standards, practices, and procedures in line with defined and communicated authority and as per instructions

Accountability:

  • Responsible for all activities linked to the position as defined
  • Ensures that the structure for escalation of responsibility is effective

Communication:

  • Report on appropriate forums issues requiring action/action from other departments/instances of major downtime
  • Ensure transparent, responsive, and open communication between colleagues

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