SUMMARY
The Production Manager will be directly responsible for production floor operations, products, equipment and personnel. The production managerial role is a “hands on” position.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversee daily production operations; support to Plant Manager in all aspects of manufacturing process, including improvements to process
- Enforce quality control and set quality standards
- Detect and resolve faults/breakdowns, including planning and implementing corrective measures
- Ensure on time production and delivery
- Working with senior management to implement company policy and goals
- Participate in trials of new material, endorsement of molds and new equipment in accordance with the standard requirements
- Ensure that training programs for production staff are planned and delivered
- Ensuring health and safety guidelines are followed
- Supervising a team of multi skilled personnel
- Identify and address training needs and refresher training
- Providing on call technical support for process and basic mechanical issues if required
- Work closely with operations, purchasing, engineering, and quality to achieve manufacturing results
- Oversee planned maintenance operations
- Manage human and material resources to achieve results
- Make decisions about equipment use, maintenance, modification and procurement
- Workout and implement standard operating procedures for operations and ensure that they are adhered to
- Manage production costs
- Determine and implement improvements to the production process
- Analyse production and quality to detect and correct problems
- Review employee performance
- Manage labor hours for production employees
- Make decisions for temp labor
- Comply with all company safety policies and procedures as well as maintain good housekeeping, GMP practices and Global Food Safety practices.
- Other duties as assigned by manager
COMPENTENCIES & QUALIFICATIONS
- Five years related management experience in manufacturing environment; partnered with strong leadership skills
- Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing operations and maintenance engineering
- Industry experience preferred
- SAP experience
- Logistics background preferred
- Able to work flexible and/or extended hours and weekends based on business demand
- Knowledge of lean manufacturing techniques, quality systems and standards
- Highly motivated, results oriented
- Good working knowledge of relevant legislation, including health and safety
- Ability to make decisions
- Proficient with MS Word, Excel
