The Supervisor is responsible to oversee all reporting staff whilst ensuring that the Operational, Health and Safety & Quality requirements and continuous improvement standards are adhered to.
Formal Qualifications:
- Grade12
- Operations/Engineering/Production Management qualification
- Pre-Requisite Experience:
- 3-5years’ experience within the manufacturing industry
- Minimum 3 years’ experience leading teams at Supervisory level
- Knowledge and understanding of ELS and continuous improvement initiatives an advantage
Responsibilities:
- Providing functional leadership in relation to Slitting Operators, Material handlers, Operations clerks, dispatch operation as well as assistant operators to upgrade talent in technical excellence and process improvement.
Operational Functions:
Dispatch Functions:
- Ensure that daily delivery targets are met
- Ensure correct labeling and packaging of the finished product
- Ensure that the correct procedure for handling deliveries is adhered to in respect of:
- The necessary quality checks have been done on selected consignments
- The correct documentation is issued
- Ontime deliveries
- Ensure Transport Management System is consistently followed
- Reconciliation of system versus actual deliveries daily
- Customer claims and collections completed according to Salesforce procedure
Stock Control:
- Manage consumables for daily consumption
- Ensure that the correct procedure for handling raw materials is adhered to in respect of:
- Consumption
- Return to rack location
- Monitor and control master roll and slit stock by:
- Accurate cycle counts on an at least monthly basis
- Investigations done on inventory deviations, and the necessary supporting corrective action in terms of adjustments and investigations completed.
- Effectively control scrap:
- Implement a plan to re-evaluate products in hold and defect locations continuously
- Ensure scrap product is correctly and responsibly disposed off when necessary
- Managing drivers and vehicles:
- Ensuring vehicle licensing, driver's licenses and PDP renewals are in order
- Ensure that all vehicles are serviced as per vehicle specification
- Ensure that all vehicles are cleaned weekly
- Ensure daily inspections on delivery vehicles and forklifts. Report any deviations on the condition of the vehicles or equipment and action any repairs
Productivity:
- Ensure that daily production targets are met
- Ensure that slitter utilization is maximized
- Ensure that manpower is optimally deployed
- Continuously search for opportunities to increase productivity in conjunction with the Automated Recording System for Finishing System
Quality Assurances:
- Ensuring product quality standards are upheld
- Corrective action in respect of discrepancies or non conformances
- Coordinate with the Dispatch Supervisor to oversee the final product quality
- Investigate customer complaints or product concerns and rectify the issues effectively
ELS:
- Actively identifying continuous improvement opportunities and implementations thereof.
- Proactively identifying and implementing manufacturing operational expenses reductions.
- Continuous focus on 5S.
EHS:
- Zero tolerance approach on basic PPE compliance
- Ensure that all Company Safety policies are adhered to at all times
- Constant Focus on reporting and corrective action on near misses, unsafe acts/conditions and behaviors
- Ongoing focus on safety improvements
Key Competencies:
- Building Partnership
- Coaching
- Customer Focus
- Facilitating change
- Initiating Action
- Managing conflict
- Through knowledge and understanding of operations procedures and processes.
- Leadership skills
- Computer Literacy- Microsoft office suite (Excel– Essential)
- Warehouse Inventory Managements system experience (E.g. MFGPro/ Nautilus/ Manhattan/ SAP)
- Excellent Communication skills-written and verbal
- Report writing skills
- Numerical skills
- Management skills
- Medically fit
- Accuracy
- Efficiency
- Identification of staff development needs
Please consider your application unsuccessful if you have not received a response within two weeks of applying.
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