Production Supervisor

**Job Description** ABOUT YOUR ROLE**:
SCOPE AND GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE.

The incumbent is responsible to oversee all reporting staff whilst ensuring that the Operational, Health and Safety & Quality requirements and continuous improvement standards are adhered to. The incumbent’s job purpose is not limited to the abovementioned. People Leadership: Providing functional leadership in relation to Slitting Operators, Material handlers, Operations clerks, dispatch operation as well as assistant operators to upgrade talent in technical excellence and process improvement.

**YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE**:
**OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS**:
**DISPATCH FUNCTIONS**
- ** Ensure that daily delivery targets are met**
- ** Ensure correct labeling and packaging of the finished product**
- ** Ensure that the correct procedure for handling deliveries is adhered to in respect of**:

- ** The necessary quality checks have been done on selected consignments**
- ** The correct documentation is issued**
- ** On time deliveries**
- ** Ensure Transport Management System is consistently followed**
- ** Reconciliation of system versus actual deliveries daily**
- ** Customer claims and collections completed according to Salesforce procedure**

**STOCK CONTROL**
- ** Manage consumables for daily consumption**
- ** Ensure that the correct procedure for handling raw materials is adhered to in respect of**:

- ** Consumption**
- ** Return to rack location**
- ** Monitor and control master roll and slit stock by**:

- ** Accurate cycle counts on an at least monthly basis**
- ** Investigations done on inventory deviations, and the necessary supporting corrective action in terms of adjustments and investigations completed.**
- ** Effectively control scrap**:

- ** Implement a plan to re-evaluate products in hold and defect locations continuously**
- ** Ensure scrap product is correctly and responsibly disposed off when necessary**
- ** Managing drivers and vehicles**
- ** Ensuring vehicle licensing, driver's licenses and PDP renewals are in order**
- ** Ensure that all vehicles are serviced as per vehicle specification**
- ** Ensure that all vehicles are cleaned weekly**
- ** Ensure daily inspections on delivery vehicles and forklifts. Report any deviations on the condition of the vehicles or equipment and action any repairs**

**PRODUCTIVITY**:

- ** Ensure that daily production targets are met**
- ** Ensure that slitter utilization is maximized**
- ** Ensure that manpower is optimally deployed**
- ** Continuously search for opportunities to increase productivity in conjunction with the Automated Recording System for Finishing System**

**QUALITY ASSURANCE**:

- ** Ensuring product quality standards are upheld**
- ** Corrective action in respect of discrepancies or non conformances**
- ** Coordinate with the Dispatch Supervisor to oversee the final product quality**
- ** Investigate customer complaints or product concerns and rectify the issues effectively**

**ELS**:

- ** Actively identifying continuous improvement opportunities and implementations thereof.**
- ** Proactively identifying and implementing manufacturing operational expenses reductions.**
- ** Continuous focus on 5S.**

**EHS**:

- ** Zero tolerance approach on basic PPE compliance**
- ** Ensure that all Company Safety policies are adhered to at all times**
- ** Constant Focus on reporting and corrective action on near misses, unsafe acts/conditions and behaviors**
- ** Ongoing focus on safety improvements**

**KEY COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR ROLE**:

- ** Aligning Performance for Success**
- ** Building Partnership**
- ** Coaching**
- ** Customer Focus**
- ** Decision-Making**
- ** Facilitating change**
- ** Initiating Action**
- ** Managing conflict**
- ** Planning and Organizing**

**WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU**:

- ** Through knowledge and understanding of operations procedures and processes.**
- ** Leadership skills**
- ** Computer Literacy
- Microsoft office suite (Excel - Essential)**
- ** Warehouse Inventory Managements system experience (E.g. MFGPro/ Nautilus/ Manhattan/ SAP)**
- ** Excellent Communication skills-written and verbal**
- ** Ability to think proactively**
- ** Reliable, dependable and responsible**
- ** Report writing skills**
- ** Numerical skills**
- ** Management skills**
- ** Medically fit**
- ** Accuracy**
- ** Efficiency**
- ** Identification of staff development needs**

**Qualifications** Formal Qualifications**:

- Grade 12
- Operations/Engineering/Production Management qualification

**Pre-Requisite Experience**:

- 3-5 years’ experience within the manufacturing industry
- Minimum 3 years’ experience leading teams at Supervisory level
- Knowledge and understanding of ELS and continuous improvement initiatives an advantage

**Additional Information**

AVERY DENNISON IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER