Plant Manager

Boardroom Appointments; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company is seeking a qualified individual to lead all industrial operations, including Production, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, and Operations. The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor's degree in industrial or mechanical engineering and have at least 10 years of experience in manufacturing. Responsibilities include achieving KPIs, ensuring client satisfaction in part delivery, and continuously seeking improvements in safety and productivity. Knowledge in manufacturing analysis methodologies like Kaizen and FMEA is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of manufacturing operational knowledge.
• Experience in the automotive industry is a plus.
• Strong understanding of safety culture is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead all industrial operations including Production, Maintenance, and Quality.
• Achieve defined KPIs within budget constraints.
• Ensure client satisfaction on delivery quality and deadlines.

Skills

Manufacturing operations

Project management

Customer satisfaction focus

Problem-solving

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor degree in industrial or mechanical engineering

MBA or advanced degree

Tools

Manufacturing analysis techniques

Kaizen

FMEA

Job description

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 + yrs. of manufacturing related experience with hands on operational knowledge
• Bachelor degree in industrial or mechanical or production engineering or similar
• MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
• Commercial customer experience is a plus
• Experience in Automotive Industry
• Thorough and solid understanding and hands on experience of manufacturing operations in tooling, stamping, and/or welded assembly environment
• Experience working in an organization that has a well-implemented Safety Culture is a plus. Strong Hygiene & Safety mindset
• Strong focus in customer satisfaction, proactive attitude in problem solving and continuous improvement process.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing concepts, analysis, techniques, principles and practices (kaizen, FMEA, PM Systems, tooling, material flow, pull systems, SPC, etc.)
• Strong aptitude and skill in organizational discipline, project management and analyzing and interpreting various types of data
• Deep knowledge of methodologies such as Plan- Do-Check-Act - PDCA, 8D, 5why´s.

Responsibilities

• Main responsible for all industrial operations, meaning leadership of Production, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering and Operations of business unit
• Responsible to reach, in industrial operations, the KPI´s defined on budget
• Assure 5S good performance in all industrial area
• Assure the O.E.E. (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) targets defined
• Assure client satisfaction on part delivery, in terms of quality and quantity and deadlines defined
• Industrialization of new products assuring cost, time and process capability together with Project Manager
• Check on a daily basis the costumers sales input in order to determine direct and indirect manpower requirements to assure production targets efficiency
• Reviews weekly production schedules to meet customer requirements and internal Budget/forecast targets
• Reviews processing schedules and production orders to determine staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments
• Reviews operations and confers with technical and/or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
• Assigns tasks for develop plans for efficient management of materials, machines, and associates, according to policies, procedures, norms, legal regulations
• Continuously looking for improvements in safety, quality and productivity.
• Assigns tasks for implementing continuous improvements and monitors them based on safety, cost of quality and productivity
• Assure the implementation of HR Plan Director and Health, Safety and Environment Director Plan in all industrial operations
• Defines performance expectations and goals for subordinates and sector areas