Production Manager (with Injection Moulding Experience)

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

Our client in the manufacturing industry based in Pretoria is currently looking to employ a Production Manager (Injection Moulding).

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Main purpose of the position:

• Responsible for managing the injection moulding areas /authorized to stop the production line.

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Responsibilities:

• Follow production plans, as well as group standard processes, assure feasibility of production plans.
• Achieve financial targets: prepare and present the budget; manage the actual production costs based on ideal” costs; maintain product margin, and monitor serial productivity (labour level, material consumption, etc)
• Manage the team: assure appropriate staffing, maintain working environment according to Group Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) standards, detect and advise training needs, share information (transparency), participate in career management initiatives, etc.
• Serve as official plant representative to the customer: meet established customer specifications concerning cycle time, delivery, quality, quantity and costs; implement preventative and corrective measures in the production process to assure that customer demands are properly met; coordinate with client’s quality team to meet all customer standards
• Implement action plans in order to improve functionality/ productivity and to obtain program and Group objectives; make necessary corrective adjustments
• Participate in the creation of production system efficiency (PSE) projects.
• Coordinate resource planning with Industrial engineering department concerning stocks, equipment, staffing, activities, etc.
• Maintain dashboard indicators/status reports to monitor lead time, supply-chain targets, HSE performance, etc
• Deploy and respect standards
• Lead his process and contribute to permanent improvement
• Respect HSE rules, apply them and make them apply

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Qualifications and Experience:

• Master’s degree in engineering/  ND or B Eng / Relevant engineering qualification with specialisation in Production.
• At least 5 years of production manager experience
• Minimum 10 years Injection Moulding Experience
• Operational knowledge of Production methods (Kanban, 5S, Hoshin, TPM, GPAO)
• Languages: Minimum bi-lingual (English required)

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Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not receive a response within 2 weeks of applying.

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