Production Manager
GQEBERHA (Port Elizabeth – Eastern Cape)
Our client in the manufacturing industry requires an experienced Production Manager in the operations team, reporting directly to the Business Operations Manager .
Key Result Areas
- Monthly Production batch and equipment scheduling.
- Develop, communicate, and ensure production KPI`s are met and captured monthly, with investigations for targets not met.
- Ensure weekly and monthly schedule adherence is completed monthly, with the relevant comments, track performance and implement improvements for both WB & SB.
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems (e.g. non-conformances)
- Improve quality and reduce occurrences of reject batches – Track YoY performance for all KPIs and production metrics.
- Track rejection batches in Solvent Borne, Waterborne and ECoat calculate percentage of production volume.
- Track the WB uptime and make decisions, recommendations and ensure team implement the improvement actions.
- Ensure Monthly work away tracking and reduce work-away value on a continuous basis.
- Monitor capacity and report under and over issues to management, prevent idle mill through effective communication and collaboration with planning.
- Ensure packaging issuing and daily stock management process.
- Manage the raw material ordering and staging process for the clearcoat plant.
- Manage raw material sampling for testing of new stock and recertification, plus printing labels for stock on-site and off-site warehouse.
- Manage the utilization of the Warehouse Controller between the warehouse, production, and production administration, as and when required.
- Manage Team development (increase expertise and skills) (IDP)
- Manage team performance and ensure cross-training takes place.
- Identify and develop succession plan for direct and indirect reports.
- Manage cost centre budget expenses monthly.
- Improve Production dwell times through continuous improvement projects – WB.
- Track and Improve yield losses of batches in the WB and SB, EC sections.
- Manage and update Production HIRA, Aspects and Impacts register, Contingency Plan, Control Plan, FMEA.
- Perform yearly contingency testing
- Ensure that health and safety regulations are adhered to in functional areas of control.
- Manage and support SHEQ initiatives and objectives. (e.g. Monthly site environmental KPI and SHE meetings, plus objectives and projects
- Monitor and review monthly maintenance objectives and targets, Planned Maintenance Schedule, Critical Spares List.
- Ensure monthly and annual Plant services are completed timeously and control costs
Educational Qualifications
- ND Operations Management/Advanced Diploma or equivalent
- 5 – 10 years’ experience production management within the automotive manufacturing
- Valid drivers’ licence
- High intermediate level of computer literacy (ERP & Excel essential)