Job Description
Job Description
Strategy & Budgets:
- Initiate and propose strategic plan for factory operations in the Company, defines the critical success factors and ensures after approval by the Board, the achievement of the vision/targets by setting and maintaining the correct focus for the organization.
- Develop sysytems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards , metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets.
- Translate broad objectives to specific goals for the various functional units resulting in effective and efficient implementation plan for factory operations.
- Implement and maintain the factory operations strategies to deliver the customer service objectives working functionally with Project Management/Commercial department
Production Planning & Organising:
- Plan, organize , direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations
- Organize workflows to meet specifications and timelines and implement methodology to measure due date delivery performance
- Evaluate production schedules to plan team structures and development
- Oversee the pre-production meeting to implement strategies to reduce expenses and increase productivity across all product lines
- Develop and maintain production metrics for quality, delivery and safety
Team Management:
- Build strong rapport with the production team through open communication, promote a positive, safe , productive and efficient work environment
- Continually analyze, identify and set expectations to motivate team members to achieve objectives and goals
Quality Assurance:
- Ensure that items/ product produced by the production team always meet quality standards
- Monitor products standards at various levels of production and at the point of release so that cost of rework is reduced /eliminated.
Process Improvement:
- Review and recommend appropriate measures to control and minimise waste level
- Review production practices and equipment: make proposal for improvement to ensure that they are maximally effective
- Encourage a culture which strives for growth, continuous improvement and self-development.
HSE Management:
- Appropriate health and safety procedures are in place and applied rigorously.
Leadership:
- Provide overall guidance and direction to the business, particularly for factory operations, as well as, direct reports and project team members
Organisational Relationships:
- Directly Reports to: Managing Director/CEO
- Directly Supervises: All Factory Departmental Heads.
Qualifications, Experience and Attributes
- Good First Degree in Engineering or relevant discipline
- Possession of a higher degree(s), such as M.Sc, MBA, PMP is desirable
- Minimum of fifteen (15) years’ relevant experience with at least seven (7) years in senior managerial capacity in a similar role, preferably in a multinational FMCG environment
- Strong strategic orientation
- Strong operational orientation
- Strong interpersonal skills.
Key Competency Requirements:
- Micro Economic and industry knowledge
- Good understanding of manufacturing environment
- Strategic and creative thinking.
- Project Management skills;
- Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills; able to think methodically and analytically
- Strong organisational and leadership skills.