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JOB TITLE: Unit Manager
JOB LOCATION: Boksburg
DEPARTMENT: Flexible Packing – Powders
RELOCATION TERMS: Open to SA citizens only!
MAIN JOB PURPOSE:
To ensure the production and packaging of company products, according to the production plan and within company’s quality and safety standards.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Production Management
Agrees and implements production plan with production manager. Support, guide and direct within the production plan. (e.g. if a production line breaks down, prioritises production requirements and re-allocates labour accordingly).
Analyses shift results and implements any necessary changes to increase production.
Ensures that quality standards are implemented and adhered to and diagnoses plant problems (fault finding) and liaises with Engineering Foreman for plant repairs and interprets fault finding to optimise production. Ensure that shift repairs and maintenance is carried out by the Team Leaders and operators to reduce the impact of downtime
Conduct daily production meetings with the different production disciplines to analyse previous shift results and implements any necessary changes to meet demand.
Responsible for ensuring sufficient staff and adequate raw materials.
Identifies causes and costs of waste, contamination and inefficiencies and takes appropriate action to reduce these amounts. Monitor and reduce wastes such as product, packaging, steam, air, water and electricity.
Monitors and ensures adherence to Company standards and SOP’s. Ensures that Plant is maintained in a high level of engineering, cleaning and Safety standard.
Implements total productive maintenance to improve PQCDSMI (Production, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Morale, and Innovation) in order to deliver against set Factory targets
Implement recommendations from SHE, Quality or engineering. Ensures responsible management of SHE, Quality and Engineering using the SHE, Quality and Engineering Teams as Subject Matter Experts.
Operational Systems
Ensure that all employees adhere to the operational systems standards (SAP, PAMCO, TMIS, PMIS, FINPRO, ABC quality, ESS, Clock cards etc) and manages the business processes defined within these operational systems.
Identifies reasons for staff non-conformance (e.g. training required, managing poor performance, refusal to obey lawful instruction, absenteeism) and takes appropriate action.
Monitors processes and changes and ensures that corrective action has been taken in the event of a non-conformance
Co-ordinates the implementation of TPM (Total Productiove Maintenance) and world class principles in the factory
Safety
As a section 16.2 appointee is required to ensure that the OHS act and company SHE regulations and standards are implemented and adhered to within the sphere of his/her responsibilities.
Takes corrective action in the case of non-compliance as per the Section 16.2 requirements
Prepares for quarterly and annual Audits
Ensures adequate level compliance with the said policies, procedures and standards to meet all certification requirements at any given time.
Ensures Business and Factory strategy for Safety is executed at a tactical level
Cost Management
Drives a cost conscious culture
Monitors and ensures MUC losses and conversion cost losses are eliminated against budgets.
Ensures budget constraints are complied with and variances are actioned
Identifies sources of waste and takes action to minimise waste.
Monitors Rand per Ton costs and shares info with teams
Monitor and Control sundry costs indirects such as PPE, telephone, tearoom etc.
People Development
Identify training gaps for subordinates based on losses/ business need and execute plan together with HR/Training to close them
Develop Personal Development Plans for subordinates and monitor progress
Industrial Relations
Initiates disciplinary action/enquiries and recommends dismissals.
Resolve conflicts within immediate team and facilitates conflict resolution within subordinate teams
Builds and maintains levels of trust with the Union Leadership and Shop Floor to facilitate win/win situations
Eliminates industrial action
Training and development
Performance management and Human Resources coordination
Projects Management and re-engineering project management. Manage ad hoc projects related to continuous improvements as detailed in PDP targets
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE:
Degree/ BTech in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Chemical/ Industrial Engineering is preferred
National Diploma in Mechanical/ Electrical/ Chemical/ Industrial Engineering
Strong leadership and management experience of a large team who work shifts
Sound strategic and operational Production management experience
Budget and cost reduction experience
Expert project management experience
Compilation of training manuals, coordinate and facilitate training
Strong Industrial Relations experience, this must be in a unionized environment right through to CCMA
Support, guide and drive OHS and SHE regulations and standards and ensure compliance
Manage multiple stakeholders and numerous re-engineering projects
Knowledge and understanding of the following will be an advantage:
WCM (World Class Manufacturing)
High precision packaging robots
Bulk density
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