Production Manager (Manufacturing)

Responsibilities

• Drawing up production schedules, ensuring that production is cost effective.
• Evaluate the production process and make changes to improve quality efficiencies and speed of production.
• Proper allocation of human resources and material resources needed, in line with the budget, placing orders where necessary.
• Ensure & maintain high overall equipment efficiency (OEE).
• Ensure and maintain high mechanical and quality yield.
• Daily production monitoring and reporting.
• Monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control programs.
• Working with Managers to implement the company's policies and goals.
• Ensuring that health and safety guidelines are followed.
• Supervising and motivating a team of workers.
• Reviewing the performance of subordinates.
• Maintain customer lead times.
• Maintain stock levels for consumables and spares.

Academic Qualifications

• Electrical or Mechanical Engineering Degree or Diploma.
• Other relevant engineering qualifications will be considered based on experience in manufacturing.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years Production Management.
• Industrial Relations experience essential.
• Computer experience in MS Office suite and e-mail.
• Must have sound people management experience.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Good communication skills.
• Organizing, planning, decision making, and problem-solving skills essential.
• Process Control: the ability to follow through on the Production process.
• Leadership skills and the ability to take decisions and conduct risk analysis.
• Must have knowledge of the OHS Act requirements.
• Knowledge of Production costing essential.
• Business acumen.
• Financial, Budgeting, and Stock Management beneficial.

Desired Skills

• Mechanical degree.
• Electrical Engineering.
• Press tools.
• Automotive.
• Manufacturing.

Desired Work Experience

• 5 to 10 years.