Production Manager

IntelliStaff; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 650,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

IntelliStaff in Industria Johannesburg seeks a Production Manager in the Corrugated Carton Manufacturing and Packaging sector to oversee the entire production process and packing operations, ensuring efficiency, quality, and timely delivery.

The role requires strong leadership, proven ability to manage production schedules, and a track record in improving throughput while maintaining safety and quality standards. This on-site position offers growth within a dynamic packaging environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in production management for corrugated carton manufacturing.
• Ability to meet client specifications (quantities, dimensions, ply, delivery).
• Knowledge of health and safety standards.
• Proven ability to manage performance and productivity.
• Experience with staff supervision and performance reviews.
• Ability to work under high pressure.

Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritize the production of high-quality packaging consistently through improvement and innovation.
• Ensure delivery of sustainable cost effective, fit for purpose, packaging.
• Improve speed of service delivery avoiding production errors or loss.
• Ensure production lines run smoothly with minimum downtime.
• Ensure client specifications are met in all aspects related to quantities, dimensions, ply and delivery.
• Ensure company standards related to Health and Safety, Housekeeping and other relevant SOPs are met.
• Ensuring that the manufacturing schedules are met.
• Corrugated Carton Manufacturing industry.
• Day to day supervision of factory staff.
• Conducting periodical performance reviews.
• Communicating with management regarding staff related issues and resolving grievances.
• Dispute resolution.
• Ensuring that employees wear appropriate PPE and use safe working practices.
• Maintaining Timekeeping records and Leave Management.
• Identifying abuse of sick leave and absenteeism and escalating disciplinary measures to management.
• Identifying poor performance and implementing procedures to increase employee productivity.

Skills

Strong leadership

Production forecasts

Customer relations

Team leadership

High pressure tolerance

Corrugated manufacturing knowledge

Education

Tertiary production management education

Job description

Location: Industria Johannesburg

Job Summary

As a Production Manager in the Corrugated Carton Manufacturing and Packaging sector, the role involves overseeing the entire production process and managing packing operations to ensure efficiency, quality, and timely delivery within the company

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and prioritize the production of high-quality packaging consistently through improvement and innovation.


• Ensure delivery of sustainable cost effective, fit for purpose, packaging


• Improve speed of service delivery avoiding production errors or loss.


• Ensure production lines run smoothly with minimum downtime.


• Ensure client specifications are met in all aspects related to quantities, dimensions, ply and delivery


• Ensure company standards related to Health and Safety, Housekeeping and other relevant standard operating procedures are met.


• Ensuring that the manufacturing schedules are met.


• Corrugated Carton Manufacturing industry

Staff Management

• Day to day supervision of factory staff.


• Conducting periodical performance reviews.


• Communicating with management regarding staff related issues and resolving grievances.


• Dispute resolution.


• Ensuring that employees wear appropriate PPE and use safe working practices.


• Maintaining Timekeeping records and Leave Management


• Identifying abuse of sick leave and absenteeism and escalating disciplinary measures to management


• Identifying poor performance and implementing procedures to increase employee productivity.

Competencies/ Skills

• Competent team manager with good leadership skills


• Able to work with production forecasts


• Excellent at building customer relations.


• Team player who can lead a diverse team.


• Ability to work in a high pressure environment.


• Understanding corrugated manufacturing processes is a Must.

Desirable

• Tertiary education related to production management would be advantageous