Production Manager

**JOB PURPOSE**

Lead to the manufacturing function within budget and output targets to meet manufacturing requirements and standards. Full accountability for ensuring safety, production quality, and that cost and delivery requirements are met. Responsible for developing an enthusiastic, motivated and flexible team by building working relationships ensuring that Health, Safety and Environmental requirements are adhered to.

Manage the team on best practices and establish standard policies and procedures whilst also mentoring and leading teams. Implement and manage continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principles by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes.

**QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE**
- Relevant manufacturing/engineering degree is preferred, or equivalent NQF Level 5 qualifications.
- Extensive plant level experience with significant proven supervisory experience
- Technical understanding
- Understanding Kaizen and Lean manufacturing
- Understanding of manufacturing and procurement/supply chain
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office

**ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Strategy and Development**
- Create and implement best practice manufacturing vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance.
- Identify business improvement opportunities within the organization.

**General and Task Management**
- Responsible for stock take results on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
- Lead by example, ensuring a safe and efficient workplace is maintained at all times.
- Waste Reduction
- Improvements in processes and quality
- SOP Development and review
- KPI on delivery OTIF
- Review of orderbook and amendments on dates
- Resource allocations
- Attend daily production meetings - give feedback on your department’s current progress according to production schedules. Ensure that there is continuous feedback given throughout the day should you not achieve your production targets.
- Ensuring that staff’s KPI’s are monitored, and production targets achieved, take the necessary action if KPI’s are not met within a satisfactory level of performance - Ensure the target productivity level is achieved on a daily basis - should targets not be achieved the necessary corrective action needs to be taken against the effected supervisors and or employees.
- Effectively and efficiently manage the production of the required daily/weekly/monthly targets in
- line with customer specifications, meeting quality and delivery expectations, minimizing costs
- where possible and ensure the required best working practices are maintained at all times.
- Responsible for plant production, financial performance, meeting customer requirements and maintaining the orderly and productive operation of planned activities.
- Update the production plan on a daily basis and ensure proper communication to all relevant parties.
- Communicate and liaise with other departmental managers regarding throughput of stock to ensure production targets are met.
- Ensure that non-conformance is challenged, and counter-measures are agreed and implemented.
- Attend various meetings and action/communicate instructions.
- Produce written reports and make presentations on production requirements/ targets/ costs, etc
- Undertake continuous training and development.
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.
- Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources as required.
- Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department.
- Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors.

**People Management**
- Ensure the delivery of the People Strategy within the area of accountability.
- Manage, coach and develop a high performing manufacturing team that meets agreed objectives, and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements.
- Set department objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports.
- Report on achievement of targets and identify any actions required.
- Manage and lead the team, ensuring adequate staffing levels, recruitment, training, development, appraisal, attendance, disciplinary issues and daily supervision to maximize efficient productivity.
- Provide technical expertise to the team.
- Monitor the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on appropriate systems.
- Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviours expected of them.
- Communicate KPIs from the strategic annual plan so that each employee is aware.
- Develop, implement and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) for each area of responsibility.
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