Production Manager Manufacturing Pinetown

The Wright Recruitment; Pinetown; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wright Recruitment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is recruiting a Production Manager to drive efficiency and quality across SMT, Final Assembly, and LAB teams. You will plan productions, monitor performance, and implement improvements with a focus on safety and cost control.

You will collaborate with HR, maintenance, and procurement to ensure targets are met and quality standards upheld, while leading a high-performance manufacturing team.

Qualifications

• Experience leading manufacturing operations and teams.
• Strong understanding of quality systems and process improvement.
• Ability to manage costs, planning, and production targets.

Responsibilities

• Assist supervisors and planner in developing production plans, policies, programs and objectives.
• Review and adjust the schedule where needed.
• Monitor and control production targets and maintain quality standards.
• Manage process teams to investigate root causes and corrective actions.
• Ensure safe manufacturing procedures and health & safety compliance.
• Coordinate with departments to meet production targets and budgets.
• Prepare and maintain production reports daily, weekly, monthly.
• Drive improvements to production processes and cost controls.

Skills

Production management

Leadership

Quality management

Cost control

Safety compliance

Process improvement

Job description

JOB TITLE: Production Manager

Job Description

Production

• Assist supervisors and planner in developing production plan, policies, programs and objectives
• Review and adjust the schedule where needed
• Monitor and control production targets and maintain quality standards and monitor improvement and recommendations through CPAR
• Management of process team to investigate and root cause corrective actions
• Monitor and guide department supervisors in manufacturing and safety procedures
• Department visual management is maintained and that communication within morning meetings is effective (bad news first)
• Manage human and material resources to meet production targets
• Work out and implement standard operating procedures for production operations
• Managing all product and process costings, headcounts, and manhours
• Labour costing and requisition motivation and approval
• Ensure that standard operating procedures are adhered to
• Determine and implement improvements to the production process
• Prepare and maintain production reports daily, weekly, monthly
• Monitor and review the performance of staff and organize necessary interventions for improvement
• Implement cost control programs
• Ensure efficient collaboration and coordination between relevant departments including commercial, stores, distribution, technical and management teams
• Communication with customers and suppliers
• Monitor production efficiencies in all departments and ensure corrective actions are taken to rectify poor performance
• Ensure and analyze production and quality control to detect and correct problems
• Manage all production employees directly or indirectly through supervisors
• Work with HR on staff performance related issues and discipline in line with company policies
• Monitor and control company code of conduct for employees
• Direct and coordinate various programs essential to manufacturing processes
• Develop action plans and targets in line with strategy and operating budget of department
• Heads reviews and reports on each department's strategy and ensure all objectives are understood and met
• Transform business to focus on quality standardization and systems improvement
• Ensures the effective functioning of the following departments:

SMT

PBA /Final Assembly

LAB

• Justify/motivate for increase/decrease in personnel
• Close monitoring of process performance within the department
• Carry out performance appraisals on subordinates
• Provide technical support to department and customers
• Continually assess and train
• Ensure workmanship standards are maintained at an acceptable level
• Ensure highest levels of housekeeping at all time
• Sign off on material variances that are significant and investigate
• Attend Manco meetings and present on department performance
• Attend quality review meeting
• Ensure month end line side stock counts are performed
• All completed job cards are signed off and closed
• WIP minimized by month end
• All kits that have been produced are returned to stores

Human Resources

• Liase and consult with Human resources department and assist with the implementation of:
• Effective succession planning
• Recruitment and talent management and retention
• Training and development
• Transformation and BEE

Health and Safety

• Provide a safe working environment, adhering to OHSE procedures, and ensuring that they are understood and in place and practiced by the team at all times
• Ensure implementation and adherence to health and safety procedures

Quality

• Guide the manufacturing departments and assist in developing and implementing quality management strategies
• Communicate and implement strategy for quality improvement of quality issues across all departments
• Takes responsibility for ensuring compliance to PL’s QMS in line with ISO 9001
• Identify risks and opportunities in the department
• Identify any improvement opportunities for processes
• Ensure production processes are delivering intended outputs
• Responsibility of maintaining QMS documentation where your departments are concerned
• Assist quality department and other supervisors in achieving any other accreditations being pursued
• Set and monitor product quality standards
• Implement and enforce quality control and tracking programs to meet quality objectives
• Management and Leadership Conflict resolution
• Leading an effective cohesive production team and managing performance within the department
• Promotion of BEE compliance, Employment Equity, Skills Development and health and safety standards

Repair and Maintenance

• Ensure that the repairs and maintenance schedule is followed for all scheduled maintenance
• Any non-scheduled machine maintenance/breakdowns are resolved timeously
• Manage the maintenance team to ensure all maintenance functions are being performed
• Evaluate machinery to ensure correct Cpk is being achieved and arrange for maintenance/calibration with relevant suppliers as and when required
• Manage subcontractors who manage maintenance on certain equipment (air conditioning, hoist, etc)
• Make decisions about equipment use, maintenance, modification, and procurement