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Plant Manager

Abantu Staffing Solutions • Other • Pretoria North, South Africa • 8h ago

Job Purpose:

Independently manage the plant operations in line with the strategic and annual profit plans

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's degree/ related in engineering or manufacturing/production
10+ years’ experience in automotive supply industry at Management level, compulsory
5+ years’ experience as Plant Manager, compulsory
Proven experience in Leading People
Track record in continuous improvement
Problem solving skills
Teamwork approach
Ability to cope with stressful situations
Excellent Financial Management expertise and/or knowledge

Main Responsibilities:

Establishes goals, objectives and guidelines covering all phases of plant operations and staff activities to maintain an efficient, functional, operational and profitable plant
Directs, guides and motivates immediate subordinates in attainment of projected goals and objectives to increase operational efficiency
Establishes and enforces procedures and controls within the plant to attain projected goals and objectives
Supports and promotes Company Philosophies and policies to establish support and organisation within the plant
Makes all decisions and approvals to exercise control over vital elements of the plant organisation and formulates such decisions based upon Company policy and other pertinent data
Plans and forecasts plant requirements with respect to equipment, manning, materials, and facilities to establish budgets for labour and materials and to complete the organisational structure by requesting reports from departmental subordinates and transcribing the information into the required forecasts and/or reports
Initiates and implements new methods and procedures in areas such as scrap control, manufacturing techniques and work force utilization to capitalize upon deployment of the plant facilities and to increase the efficiency of the operations by becoming familiar with related industries through meetings and seminars
Participates heavily in customer relations by both receiving and calling on customer representatives to promote a sound relationship and to act as liaison between them and the plant to solve problems which have or might arise
Recommends acquisition of capital equipment to update present equipment, to increase plant efficiency and to compensate for design and product changes
Recommending changes in organisation classifications, compensations and/or fringe benefits for salaried and plant personnel to provide working conditions equivalent to or better than those in the area
Reviews the job performance of each subordinate so that employee training and development maybe utilized per Company policy

Key Skills and Expertise

Planning, organizing, controlling skills
Critical thinking and innovation
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Decision making/problem solving skills
Conflict handling and dispute resolutions skills
Ability to cope with stressful situations

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