Key Responsibilities:- Carefully and accurately conduct production planning to ensure that the required minimum and target stock levels are maintained at all times
- Evaluate and factor in MRP sales forecasts in production planning for the month ahead
- Create and manage production schedules for on-time products completion
- Partner with Procurement and Dispatch to ensure required stock is on-hand and ready
- Partner with Quality to ensure that quality standards are prioritised and adhered to
- Ensure all OHS and quality standards are met, conduct ad-hoc inspections to ensure adherence to OHS and Quality standards and aim to achieve an incident free operation
- Effectively manage the fault-finding process in cases where a product tests "out-of-specification"
- Continuously monitor production and production equipment, resolve issues and immediately communicate and/or escalate to senior management on all issues impacting production
- Proactively manage the production team by ensuring adequate scheduling of staff and setting daily productivity goals for each production line
- Motivate, support and train production staff to ensure they are equipped and able to produce the required products at the expected quality standard
- Maintain up to date and accurate production records, ensure metrics, reports, and production documentation is available.
- Ensure efficiency during the production process and implement improvements to the production process when required with the approval of the relevant senior manager.
- Continually evaluate production workflow procedures to identify areas where efficiency can be improved without compromising safety or quality
- Analyse budgets and continuously control production costs and identify/rectify waste measures.
Experience and Qualifications:- Education: Relevant degree/diploma (BSc Eng Industrial / Cost and Management Accounting etc).
- Experience: Minimum of 10 years' production management experience, industry experience is advantageous
- Excellent communication, numeracy and computer literacy skills.
- Excellent people management skills and management of staff.
Apply Now
Related Jobs
...
Top Vitae Recruitment Ltd
...
Top Vitae Recruitment Ltd
...
RPO Recruitment
...
...