Job Description
The Key Purpose of this role is to ensure effective stock and resource optimization within the stores so as to provide an acceptable service level to the customers.
Key roles and responsibilities
Optimize production performance & processes
- Interpret and implement intake and issues plan for continues shift plant
- Monitor stores processes
- Manage the team to improve process quality and productivity
- Ensure and maintain a safe and healthy work environment
- Co-ordinate autonomous maintenance and cleaning
Optimize team performance
- Facilitate effective team dynamics
- Implement performance management
- Communicate effectively in the workplace
Perform administration
- Ensure application of administration systems and procedures
- Administer conditions of employment for team members
- Contribute to self and team development
- Prepare and control budgets
Facilitate team problem solving & decision making
- Apply problem solving and decision making techniques and principles
- Facilitate team problem solving
Manage human resources
- Develop employees
- Manage and apply personnel processes
- Ensure a healthy industrial relations climate
Lead the application of VPO principles & practices
- Lead production activities in accordance with the VPO work practices
- Lead the application of work practices for the team.
Education:
- National Diploma preferably in Engineering or Business Admin
- Degree or Diploma in Engineering
- Knowledge of buying practices and experience as a buyer
- Min- 3 months on the job training
- 6 months on the job training
Experience:
- 2-3 years as a Buyer / Storeman / Controller
- Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (eg. COSWIN)
- Strong leadership potential demonstrated
- Proven leadership skills
- Good communicator, with effective team-related skills
- Initiative and self-managing
- Attention to detail
- Bias for action
- Analytical problem solver
- Deep understanding of maintenance practices
- Good understanding of the principles and practices VPO