Business Unit / Operations Manager (automotive related industry)

SUMMARY:
Business Unit / Operations Manager (automotive related industry)

POSITION INFO:

Job Position: Business Unit / Operations Manager (automotive related industry)

Ref: 3640

Location: Port Elizabeth

Salary:  R55 000 to R60 000 per month CTC commensurate with experience and qualification 

Qualifications / Requirements

• Degree / Diploma in Production Management / Engineering
• Strong middle management person who can take strong control of the departments
• Business unit experience highly advantageous
• Experience in authority of making decisions
• Hands on team management with clear goal setting and project mapping / management with the team
• Sound knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
• Sound understanding of quality standards
• Minimum of 8 year’s experience in an automotive manufacturing environment of which 5 years need to be in a supervisory role (stable work record) which include Operations
• Strong communication skills and professional disposition
• Impeccable work ethics and integrity
• Strong leadership skills and ability to motivate and drive, teams

Key Performance Areas:

• Handling of all round operations
• Customer negotiations, presentations and visits
• Handling of key customers
• Managing of staff (operationally)

• Daily production:
• Run daily production meetings
• Ensure daily production reports are completed and handed in
• Analyse any deviations to planned versus actual production numbers
• Create plan to rectify any deviations from planned production numbers
• Daily resource plan for absenteeism deviations for production staff
• Ensure production plan is aligned to available stock and make changes accordingly, ensure sales are aware of changes
• Decide on when over time is required to meet production targets
• Ensure returns are checked and findings reported to senior management
• Intra-day updates to sales on production status
• Plant maintenance:
• Ensure maintenance on plant and equipment is completed in accordance to maintenance schedule
• Tools usage report
• Personnel:
• Decide on the number of factory staff needed based on production targets using time study information from IE Department
• Weekly meetings with staff to inform and motivate
• Update and maintain the manufacturing performance board

Quality, Health and Safety

• Health and safety:
• Ensure health and safety procedures and protocols are followed throughout the company
• Quality manual:
• Ensure the manual is up to date and matches the quality procedures within production
• Corrective action reports:
• Manage the opening and closing of any corrective action reports created by the quality department
• Facility management:
• Ensure internal housekeeping is maintained in the plant and adheres to the quality manual
• Ensure internal and external aspects of the facility are in working order (security, tanks, windows, leaks) and take necessary action
• Induction training:
• Ensure correct induction training is done

Industrial Engineering

• Production:
• Ensure all production processes are up to date
• Create and present production improvement concepts for management for both factory expansion and efficiency improvement.
• Layouts:
• Manage implementation of any new processes and procedures
• Ensure factory Layouts are up to date
• Equipment:
• Provide motivations for new equipment purchases
• Ensure maintenance schedule is update and relevant

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