Night-Shift Production Manager: Safety, Quality & Efficiency

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,000,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is recruiting a Production Manager – Night Shift for a Johannesburg-based manufacturing organisation. The role leads night-shift operations, ensures safety, quality, delivery, cost and people targets, and drives continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will have extensive production leadership experience in manufacturing, strong knowledge of planning, scheduling and lean methods, and a proven track record of delivering results while managing teams on night shifts.

Qualifications

• NQF Level 7 qualification in Industrial Engineering or Operations Management.
• 10–15 years' production management experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 5 years' managerial experience.
• Strong knowledge of production planning, scheduling and performance management.
• Demonstrated Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement experience.
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Good understanding of maintenance planning.
• Sound knowledge of Health & Safety requirements within a manufacturing environment.
• Sound understanding of the South African labour framework.
• Competent in Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be comfortable operating in a Night Shift manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee night-shift production operations and ensure daily production targets are achieved.
• Monitor and manage production plans, schedules, workflows and output.
• Ensure SOPs are correctly implemented and consistently followed.
• Set and monitor daily production and performance targets.
• Identify production constraints and implement corrective actions.
• Manage production non-conformances and operational challenges.
• Ensure the availability and replenishment of raw materials.
• Drive optimal utilisation of production capacity, labour and resources.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate waste and improve process capability.
• Drive productivity and efficiency improvement projects.
• Implement visual management systems and operational dashboards.
• Improve labour productivity and material utilisation.
• Identify and implement cost-reduction opportunities.
• Use manufacturing data and KPIs to identify performance improvement opportunities.
• Encourage employees to identify and implement innovative process improvements.

Skills

Production leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Problem-solving

Data analysis

MS Office

Communication

Scheduling

Education

NQF Level 7 qualification in Industrial Engineering or Operations Management

Tools

Syspro

Job description

Boardroom Appointments is recruiting a Production Manager – Night Shift for a Johannesburg-based manufacturing organisation. The role leads night-shift operations, ensures safety, quality, delivery, cost and people targets, and drives continuous improvement.

The successful candidate will have extensive production leadership experience in manufacturing, strong knowledge of planning, scheduling and lean methods, and a proven track record of delivering results while managing teams on night shifts.