Manufacturing Manager - Johannesburg

Requirements:

• • Relevant manufacturing/engineering degree is preferred, or HND, BTec Professional Level 5 Award or equivalent NVQ Level 5 qualifications.
• • Extensive plant level experience with significant proven supervisory experience
• • Technical understanding
• • Understanding of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Kaizen, Lean manufacturing
• • Experience of managing Profit & Loss responsibilities for manufacturing
• • Understanding of manufacturing and procurement/supply chain
• • Understanding of TS16949, IOSH/NEBOSH, ISO 14001
• • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office
• • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems experience
• • Membership of an appropriate industry related professional body would be advantageous

Responsibilities:

• • Strategy and Development
• • Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice manufacturing vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance
• • Identify business improvement opportunities within the organization
• • General and Task Management
• • Effectively and efficiently manage the production of the required daily/weekly/monthly targets in line with customer specifications, meeting quality and delivery expectations, minimising costs where possible and ensure the required best working practices are maintained at all times
• • Responsible for plant production, financial performance, meeting customer requirements and maintaining the orderly and productive operation of planned activities
• • Ensure the target productivity level is achieved on a daily basis
• • Update the production plan on a daily basis
• • Communicate and liaise with other departmental managers regarding throughput of stock to ensure production targets are met
• • Drive process improvements on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by appropriate data analysis
• • Attend various meetings and action/communicate instructions
• • Produce written reports and make presentations
• • Undertake continuous training and development
• • Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
• • Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources as required
• • Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department
• • Ensure that the function operates in accordance with any health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors