- Implement, manage and support SHEQ initiatives and objectives.
- Budgeting and cost management of products and assist with new product costings models.
- Analyze budgets and continuously control production costs and identify/rectify waste measures.
- Manage all activities within the production process, including maintenance and the workforce.
- Organize workflow to meet specific deadlines and implement production performance measures.
- Report regularly on production performance and timelines.
- Handle logistics, warehousing and stock of raw materials used in production.
- Manage all teams within the production department.
- Create and implement organizational/production changes on an operative level.
- Focus on growing and streamlining production to increase revenue and profitability by implementing necessary changes to products and the production line.
- Liaise with other managers to formulate objectives and understand requirements
- Reports to upper management.
Production Manager Skills
- Excellent communication, numeracy, and computer literacy skills.
- Good people management skills and management of staff.
- Identifying problems and implement preventative strategies to minimize risk.
- Being able to develop good working relationships and trust with various teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills, analytic ability and be very detail oriented.
- Working well with many different departments and external suppliers.
- Always keeping the end-user/customer in mind.
- Being results and deadline driven.
- Experience in reporting on key production metrics.
- Proficient in MS Office and ERP software.
Production Manager Experience & Qualifications
- 10+ years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment.
- Commercial trailer experience will be very advantageous.
- Relevant degree in industrial engineering, production, operations management etc.
- Additional technical qualification will be advantageous.
