Production Manager

Abantu Staffing Solutions; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Abantu Staffing Solutions is seeking a production leadership role to drive performance and coordinate manufacturing operations. You will guide and develop production teams to meet schedules, quality, and cost targets.

The role requires strong safety discipline, teamwork, and a track record in process improvement. This position is based on site, with a focus on delivering regulatory-compliant outputs and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Commitment to safety and housekeeping.
• Honesty, integrity and trust as core behaviours.
• Strong interpersonal communication and motivational skills.
• Ability to motivate and build effective teams.
• Collaborates with others to drive results.
• Focus on achieving targets and holding others accountable.

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate the production teams to achieve performance targets.
• Oversee manufacturing and fabrication processes.
• Ensure body applications are built following specifications, meeting regulatory and customer requirements.
• Achieve the production schedule, quality and cost targets.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with SHE/OHCSA.

Skills

Safety compliance

Integrity

Communication

Team motivation

Collaboration

Results orientation

Change leadership

Strategic agility

People management

Independent work

Problem solving

MS Office

Decision making

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Windows

Job description

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• Demonstrates commitment to safety and housekeeping
• Exhibits ethical behaviours, including honesty, integrity, and trust
• Interpersonal skills: sets an example as a powerful, prolific communicator who motivates and inspires others
• Collaborates with others to drive results
• Ability to motivate and build effective teams
• Focused on results: set goals that stretch the team, and accept responsibility for the performance of the workgroup, holding others accountable for results
• Leading change: champion for continuous improvement and simplification across the organization
• Strategic agility: can direct actions in line with long-term strategic objectives
• People management skills: ability to work cross-functionally and across all levels of the organization
• Ability to work independently and well with teams
• Highest level of technical competence, problem-solving skills, innovation, and initiative
• Computer literacy, knowledge and experience in MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Windows
• Decision-making: analyse complex situations, identify root causes, and make sound decisions

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and motivate the production teams to achieve performance targets
• Managing the manufacturing/ fabrication processes
• Ensuring that body applications are built following specifications, meeting regulatory and customer requirements
• Achieving the production schedule, quality and cost targets
• Implementation of continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensuring compliance with SHE/ OHCSA