Plant Manager

Plant Manager required for a reputable automotive manufacturing company based in Pretoria.

Requirements:

• Minimum Engineering or Manufacturing / Production related degree.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in automotive supply industry at Management level, compulsory.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as Plant Manager, compulsory.
• Proven experience in Leading People.
• Track record in continuous improvement.
• Ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Teamwork approach.
• Excellent Financial Management expertise and/or knowledge.
• Critical thinking and innovation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Conflict handling and dispute resolution skills.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the operations within the plant.
• Establish goals, objectives, and guidelines covering all phases of plant operations and staff activities to maintain an efficient, functional, operational, and profitable plant.
• Direct, guide, and motivate immediate subordinates in the attainment of projected goals and objectives to increase operational efficiency.
• Establish and enforce procedures and controls within the plant to attain projected goals and objectives.
• Support and promote Company Philosophies and policies to establish support and organization within the plant.
• Make all decisions and approvals to exercise control over vital elements of the plant organization and formulate such decisions based upon Company policy and other pertinent data.
• Plan and forecast plant requirements with respect to equipment, manning, materials, and facilities to establish budgets for labor and materials.
• Initiate and implement new methods and procedures in areas such as scrap control, manufacturing techniques, and workforce utilization to capitalize upon deployment of the plant facilities and increase the efficiency of operations.
• Participate heavily in customer relations by both receiving and calling on customer representatives to promote a sound relationship and act as liaison between them and the plant to solve problems which have or might arise.
• Recommend acquisition of capital equipment to update present equipment, increase plant efficiency, and compensate for design and product changes.
• Recommend changes in organization classifications, compensations, and/or fringe benefits for salaried and plant personnel to provide working conditions equivalent to or better than those in the area.
• Review the job performance of each subordinate to utilize employee training and development per Company policy.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days, please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.