Production Manager

REQUIREMENTS

• South African citizen
• At least 5 years experience in Injection Moulding machine setting and optimization
• At least 3 years of supervisory experience
• Previous work experience in the plastics manufacturing environment
• Code 08 driver's licence
• Problem-solving abilities
• Must have expertise in MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint
• Preferably experienced with databases
• Must be able to work unsupervised
• Experience in the compilation of management data reporting
• Filing indexing, etc. must be of a high level

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate the activities required for the production department, monitor, and advise on the performance of the production department and produce data and reports on performance and company production objectives
• Ensure processes and products conform to company and customer requirements
• Ensure the company production objectives and targets (scrap %, etc.) are achieved
• Motivate the quality improvement for products and processes
• Responsible for stopping delivery, production, or development of a product/process if the required procedures and quality standards are not achieved
• Maximise the usage of all process equipment and personnel to supply the customers with quality products and on-time delivery
• Ensure compliance with the quality management system (QMS)
• Ensure the company complies with all Environmental requirements and systems (EMS)
• Responsible for the Health and Safety of the production staff
• Management and methodologies such as continuous improvement
• Maintaining production demands adaptation to customer expectations, and employing a variety of measures to place efficiency at the heart of the organization. These include
  • Coordinating and managing all production staff
  • Weekly meetings with the injection moulding machine setters for problem resolution, information, etc.
  • Promoting quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization
  • Setting production objectives and ensuring that targets are achieved (scrap %, absenteeism %, cycle time standards, etc.)
  • Maintaining awareness of the business context and company profitability, including budgetary control issues
  • Ensuring products are manufactured timorously and meet the customer quality and delivery requirements
  • Managing the setting of all injection moulding machines and any ancillary equipment
  • Scheduling production through the plant utilizing equipment to its best effect
  • Ensuring all raw materials are ordered timeously
  • Ensuring that production work instructions e.g. production process flow charts, setting sheets, inspection instructions, job cards, packaging and transport details are adequate and complied with
  • Maintaining good housekeeping throughout
  • Conducting periodic formal reviews (at least annually) to verify that production activities are performed following the applicable procedures and work instructions
  • Reviewing customer releases and formulating production plans when necessary
  • Identifying processes, tooling, equipment improvements, etc.
  • Identifying the training needs of personnel under supervision
  • Conducting/implementing training when required
  • Assisting the store controller when necessary (e.g. material staging, month-end/annual stocktaking, etc.)
  • Having full control when the General Manager is not available
  • Collating and analysing performance data and charts against defined parameters
  • Ensuring tests and procedures are properly understood, carried out and evaluated and that product modifications comply with requirements
  • Assisting in cross-functional audits in line with the requirements of ISO 9001: 2015 and the internal audit plan
  • Assisting, wherever possible, to ensure that all actions, functions, and processes in the company's business are conducted in a value-added manner
  • Reviewing all non-conforming products together with the quality department and ensuring that effective correction action is taken to prevent recurrence
  • Bringing together the staff of different disciplines and driving the group to plan, formulating and agreeing comprehensive quality procedures
  • Persuading reluctant staff to change their way of working to incorporate quality methods
  • Ensuring that the agreed KPIs are maintained and achieved for yourself and your subordinates
  • Monitoring performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports where required
  • Complying, in line with the management policy document, departmental procedures and practices
• Control of any company expenditure, which may be entrusted to you, in line with the overall company budget
• Comply with any other work-related instruction which is relayed via a superior and which is deemed to be necessary and reasonable
• Monthly and/or meetings with the general manager
• High-pressure, diversity of products, after-hours call-outs for production, etc. issues as and when required
• Some of the work requires working with lead and lead products and some alcohol-based chemicals, cleaning agents and solvents
• Liaise with customers, all department managers, injection moulding machine setters, warehouse personnel and operators when required
• Problem-solving techniques, and assisting with training of the personnel