Job Description

REQUIREMENTS:

• Tertiary qualification in Production Management or any similar qualification
• 5 years of experience in a similar position with at least 3years in managing a team
• Knowledge within the Hardware or Retail sector would be advantageous.
• Knowledge of IQ Retail System would be advantageous.

RESPONSIBILITIES:Planning:

• Liaise with Operations Manager re current projections vs. actual sales.
• Review/ adjust monthly Planning Schedule & Weekly Plans.
• Conduct weekly Production Meeting at Conversion & Daily Production meeting Extrusion, identify and action optimum programme to execute planned requirements.
• Discover trends in market demand vs. stock, on hand (Finished, WIP, Raw and Packaging), identify potential shortfalls, recommend remedial action.
• Review plant availability (condition, planned maintenance, schedule, etc).

Organizing (Shift Initiation):

• Review throughput requirement for shift.
• Ensure all production inputs and resources are in place (Staff, machines, materials, dies, weighing scales).

Controlling (Production):

• Plant & People declared safe to operate at start-up.
• Monitor production flow ito. Plant performance, compliance with safety and health standards, quality, and best-practice requirements.
• Identify deviations from required standards and their causes, initiate corrective action.
• Monitor production flow ito. Plant performance, compliance with safety and health standards, quality, and best-practice requirements.
• Identify deviations from required standards and their causes, initiate corrective action.
• Ensure optimum Control Room & Operator liaison - discover and address gaps.
• Monitor material batches, discover/ address nonconformances.
• Identify and mitigate potential hazards.
• Ensure physical security of negotiable items (products, etc).
• Oversee Process changes according to varying operating conditions - oversee manual interventions - log such changes and recommend changes.

Documentation:

• Produce reports on variable elements related to production e.g. daily/weekly production, maintenance, safety.
• Input production data into system (BOM).
• Produce statutory records as required.
• Ensure availability of documents.
• Procuring of Local Buyouts.

Leadership:

• Select and appoint team members.
• Enable delivery capacity of team members through training, communication and setting clear performance standards.
• Implement a performance-enabling environment through working conditions, feedback on actual delivery, support, recognition and reward, fostering teamwork, fairness and other best-practice leadership processes.
• Discover sources of workplace conflict and resolve proactively.

SKILLS:

• Microsoft Package
• Other Software Packages
• IT Skills
• Numeracy
• Business Acumen
• Relationship Building

Tower Group