Production Manager (1 Year Contract)

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POSITION INFO:

Production Manager (1 Year contract) required for a reputable manufacturing company based in East London, Eastern Cape

The noteworthy Production Manager should according to the company's plan requirements, formulate production tasks, complete work objectives, and achieve safe and orderly production.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in production, business management or relevant fields is preferred
• Proficient in MS Office and ERP software
• 10 years of work experience in production environment
• More than 5 years of middle and bottom management experience in manufacturing industry
• More than 3 years of photovoltaic management experience. 
• Good interpersonal skills, critical thinking, problem solving, meticulous attention to detail, and proactive nature
• Highly organized and strong work ethic
• Self-motivated and results-driven individual
• Good Communication and coordination skills
• Leadership skills and personnel management ability

Responsibilities:

• Fully responsible for the daily affairs management of the production workshop; improve the factory's workflow and standards
• Prepare annual, quarterly, and monthly production plans, establish capacity analysis data
• Do the preliminary work of production plans according to orders
• Formulate and follow up production schedules, analyze production reports, and cooperate with other departments to accurately and reasonably control inventory.
• Execute the production plan, monitor the production progress, reasonably schedule various production tasks and various work standards
• Strictly control the product quality to ensure the bulk goods are completed according to quality and quantity
• Implement standard lean production and operation methods to improve production efficiency
• Control the production cost, control the cost of each link of production, reduce production consumption and avoid waste
• Lead and manage the maintenance of the basic equipment of the factory to ensure that the production site can be produced normally, and the equipment is in good condition.
• Implement the policies and policies of production safety, organize production safety inspections, and prevent production safety accidents in the factory
• Complete the work instructions assigned by the superiors and make regular reports to the superiors
• Summarize on-site process, quality, equipment, and other issues, organize effective meetings to communicate and collaborate
• Assist and participate in the review and rectification work of other departments and correct and deal with any abnormality in a timely manner
• Regularly organize meetings to discuss and solve problems in abnormal production lines, make a production line and production maintenance plan for the equipment reasonably
• Summarize on-site production problems, analyze, and process data, and provide effective data for other departments to effectively improve

Should you wish to apply please email your CV through to Kerry O’Hagan at

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.