Production Manager Ladysmith

Production Manager

Ladysmith

Job Purpose: To plan, organize, and control production to ensure goods are produced efficiently, on time, within budget, and to the required standard.

To help achieve the company's sales turnover and profit targets by on-time delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure jobs are manufactured correctly, cost-effectively and delivered on time in accordance with draft specifications and quality requirements.
• Communicate with all relevant people/departments and coordinate all relevant inputs (people, machinery, and processes) to ensure production output and on-time delivery targets are met.
• Ensure production departments have sufficient time to manufacture and deliver on time according to the customer's request.
• Plan, schedule, and review workload to ensure production output and on-time delivery targets are achieved cost-effectively.
• Manage customer order requirements.
• Pre-plan production and deploy a daily prioritised work schedule to the shop floor with appropriate time deadline targets.
• Set, monitor and review workload schedule in line with Plant efficiencies.
• Adjust the production schedule as required and communicate any change to delivery date with customer.
• Monitor and review manufacturing operations to ensure correct quality standards.
• Ensure all production-related activity is time and cost-efficient.
• Identify plant and equipment that has to be maintained and repaired by Maintenance and Tooling Dept.
• Ensure rejected product/non-conformance is rectified as high priority and that customers are kept informed accordingly.
• Ensure the shop floor has the necessary manpower, competence, skill, knowledge, plant and tooling required to achieve production targets.
• Establish goals and objectives for self and team and implement accordingly to improve job performance.
• Be aware of and promote manufacturing best practice and performance standards.
• Develop and monitor performance/productivity standards.
• Identify individual training needs.
• Monitor, review and address staff underperformance, maintaining appropriate records in accordance with company procedures.
• Conduct and record annual performance appraisals.
• Liaise with Human Resources Manager to address any recruitment, performance, disciplinary and grievance needs.
• Ensure that the stocks in and out are well organized and adequately resourced to sufficiently support production and the goals of the business.
• Ensure that incoming product is processed and managed appropriately according to company procedure.
• Ensure that materials are ready and available for production, and follow up on any outstanding items until they are received.
• Ensure that sub-contract processes are received back and that suppliers are chased if late.
• Ensure that finished products are well-packaged, labelled and delivered according to the agreed delivery date.
• Ensure that manufacturing and inventory systems/processes run efficiently and effectively.
• Contribute towards the achievement of the company's strategic and operational targets and overall business aims.
• Achieve the company's on-time delivery target.
• Ensure that all associated operational and manufacturing costs are according to the prevailing annual budget/forecast of the year.
• Ensure that non-value-added activities are reduced in all manufacturing processes by using lean tools and techniques.
• Manage change to meet business requirements.
• Implement manufacturing improvement processes and systems to reduce inventory, increase throughput and minimize costs.
• Constantly promote and maintain awareness and compliance of H&S in accordance with best practice and legal requirements.

Qualifications and Experience:

• National Diploma in Production Management or higher diploma/degree.
• Minimum 3-5 years process experience in the manufacturing industry.
• ISO working knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of raw materials and moulding equipment.
• Strong computer skills to document and communicate processes that can be easily followed by internal team members.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Proven technical and communication skills with demonstrated experience in working in a team environment to solve problems.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modelling, leadership techniques, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with interruptions, using proven project management skills to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong problem-solving skills & "design for manufacture" skills.
• Strong ability to deal with and efficiently process paperwork.
• Excellent personal organization and business administration skills in accordance with modern best practice methods.
• Energetic, dynamic, positive, enthusiastic, and possesses the ability to think laterally and act through reasoned decision-making.
• Able to get things done and make things happen to achieve the aims of production and business.
• Ability to work productively, efficiently, and effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail.
• Ability to implement and manage change in the business.
• Ability to learn, improve, and adapt.
• Strong computer skills and competency in all MS Office applications with the ability to adapt skills on any computer system connected with operations.
• Ability to influence and lead.