Production Manager - KZN - Equity requirement

Responsible and accountable for the production teams with an emphasis on managing the production activities to achieve optimum quality, throughput, equipment utilisation on time delivery and on-cost target in a safe manner.

Production Operations:

Executing the weekly/monthly/annual production plan through understanding of sales forecast and plant performance & ensure availability of production teams to deliver efficient production of same.

Full production accountability, ensuring that production lines adhere to OHS, quality and manufacturing best practices and standards to ensure on time and in full production of customer orders

To ensure efficient utilisation of man power

To ensure proper methods are used during production processes to control losses in terms of material wastage due to non-prime generated, rework, spillage to control costs.

Compile and produce reports

Manage Production related contracts e.g. Waste, Water, Gas Supply

Drive training within the production department

Drive improvement initiatives including, but not limited to:

Plant Utilisation
Plant Efficiency
Throughput
Improvement
Yield Improvements

Product Quality

Ensure prime product, first time as per quality standards set down by quality specifications.

Ensure rejected product / non-conformance is rectified as high priority and that customers are kept informed accordingly.

SHE

Continuously drive and improve safety behaviour of all employees in line with OSH ACT and company rules.

Lead the continuous improvement of site housekeeping & ensure standards are consistently sustained. Implement 5S within the production sections

Support the development of a safe working environment for all sub-ordinates. Including

SOP development.

Drive safety management tasks allocated.

People Management

Create a work environment which is consistently focused on customer driven results, teamwork, personal accountability, continuous improvement and discipline

Talent Identification and succession planning

Performance management of production department

Manpower cost management within budgeted norms.

Training of subordinates

Plan and ensure efficient manning schedules and ensure that line employees are adequately trained in line with business needs.

Ensure team compliance with procedures and statutory requirements.

Budgetary responsibility:

Control variable cost budgets and overtime cost. Including quality related costs e.g. regarding to non-prime, consumption of alloys, paints and chemicals.

Procurement responsibility:

Ensure availability of consumable items and services for proper running of production processes, driving the TCO down

Minimum academic qualifications:

BEng / BSc Mechanical, Metallurgical, Chemical or Industrial Engineering Degree or equivale