Cape Town City Centre: Production Line Supervisor

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Production Line Supervisor to join our team in Cape Town City Centre. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a hands-on shopfloor team to achieve production targets while maintaining safety, quality, cost, and performance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a hands-on shopfloor team to achieve production targets while maintaining safety, quality, cost, and performance standards.
• Execute daily production plans and ensure required hourly, daily, and weekly outputs are met.
• Maximize labour and equipment efficiency, remove bottlenecks, and implement recovery actions when performance falls short.
• Ensure products are manufactured to specification by enforcing the Quality Management System.
• Prevent defects at source while reducing scrap, rework, and maintaining full traceability.
• Coordinate closely with Maintenance to reduce downtime, support preventative maintenance, and promote operator care of equipment.
• Direct, coach, and develop employees while setting clear expectations and performance standards.
• Manage attendance, discipline, and ensure adequate skills coverage through training and cross-skilling.
• Maintain accurate control of systems and stock, including work orders, WIP, and ERP data integrity.
• Drive Lean manufacturing practices through strong housekeeping, 5S, visual management, and elimination of waste.
• Promote a culture of continuous daily improvement to enhance productivity and reduce cost.
• Take ownership of key performance outcomes including on-time delivery, output vs plan, OEE, labour productivity, downtime, scrap levels, safety, and audit compliance.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years experience working within a high-volume manufacturing or production environment, demonstrating hands-on involvement in day-to-day operations.
• At least 2 years experience in a supervisory or leadership role, managing production teams, operators, or artisans.
• Proven ability to manage and achieve production targets, including output, efficiency, quality, and delivery deadlines.

Qualifications

A recognised qualification in Operations Management, Production Management, Manufacturing Management, or Industrial Engineering is essential.