The Production Coordinator ensures effective coordination among Production, Maintenance, Quality Assurance (QA), Warehouse, and other relevant departments to minimize downtime, optimize manpower and equipment utilization, and maintain safe and efficient plant operations.
Overview:
To coordinate and monitor daily feedmill production activities to ensure that production targets, product quality, operational efficiency, and delivery commitments are achieved. The Production Coordinator ensures effective coordination among Production, Maintenance, Quality Assurance (QA), Warehouse, and other relevant departments to minimize downtime, optimize manpower and equipment utilization, and maintain safe and efficient plant operations.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Production Planning and Execution
- Coordinate daily production schedules based on approved plans and volume commitments.
- Monitor production output per shift and ensure compliance with production targets.
- Ensure the availability of raw materials, packaging materials, manpower, and equipment.
2. Production Monitoring and Reporting
- Monitor production performance, throughput, line utilization, and downtime.
- Prepare daily production reports, including output, downtime, rejection, and operational issues.
- Identify production bottlenecks and recommend corrective actions.
3. Equipment and Maintenance Coordination
- Coordinate with Maintenance regarding equipment breakdowns and preventive maintenance.
- Monitor recurring mechanical and electrical problems affecting production.
- Ensure timely reporting and follow-up of equipment abnormalities.
4. Quality Assurance and GMP Compliance
- Ensure production follows approved formulations, work instructions, and quality standards.
- Coordinate with QA regarding product quality issues, rejected products, and process deviations.
- Maintain proper housekeeping and compliance with GMP requirements.
5. Manpower Management
- Assign and monitor personnel based on production requirements.
- Ensure proper shift turnover, attendance monitoring, and task assignments.
- Identify training needs and develop operator competencies.
6. Raw Materials and Finished Goods Coordination
- Coordinate with Warehouse and Purchasing regarding raw material availability.
- Monitor finished goods inventory and coordinate product transfers to prevent warehouse congestion.
- Immediately escalation material shortages and limited storage capacity that may affect production continuity.
7. Safety and Continuous Improvement
- Ensure compliance with plant safety procedures and proper equipment operation.
- Participate in root cause analysis of production losses, downtime, and quality issues.
- Implement corrective and preventive actions to improve productivity and operational efficiency.