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Cape Town: Production Manager posted by Stratogo

Cape Town: Production Manager posted by Stratogo

Posted on 2025-08-29 00:00:00

Employer Stratogo
Category Manufacturing Production
Location Western Cape  / Cape Town

Job Summary

Purpose of the Role:

To oversee the production process, coordinating all production activities and operations.
To ensure that the manufacturing process run’s efficiently, meet quality standards and customer deadlines.

Role: Production Manager

Location: Ottery – Western Cape

Industry: Manufacturing – Plastics – FMCG

Education:

  • Grade 12
  • Tertiary Education (including Diplomas, Certificates and Degrees)
  • HNDT Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering
  • NQF 6 Production Management / Operations Management

Experience

  • 10% – Minimum 5 years’ experience in a Production
  • Manager role in the manufacturing industry – FMCG
  • market
  • 70% – In-depth and hands-on experience in, and exposure to injection moulding processes, tools and ancillary equipment.
  • 20% – Exposure to training at IM machine suppliers

Competencies
Knowledge Skills

  • 60% – Have knowledge and understanding of plastic
  • Manufacturing, especially Injection Moulding process
  • 15% – Insight into Injection moulds,
  • Injection moulding machines and related equipment for processing.
  • 35% – Leadership skills
  • 20% – Organizational and planning
  • 15% – Problem – solving
  • 12% – Good verbal and written communication
  •  4% – High level of emotional intelligence & interpersonal skills
  • 4% – Ability to work under pressure
  • 15% – Understanding of ISO 9001standards and how to implement and maintain QMS
  • 10% – Competence in Microsoft Office products and software programmes particularly Excel 
  • 4% – People Management 
  • 3% – Administration
  • 3% – Attention to detail
  • Other Special Requirements
  • 50% – Diversity Management 
  • 50% – Conflict Management Skills

Decision Making

  • Able to make good business aligned decisions whilst maintaining quality control standards, practices & procedures in line with defined and communicated authority and as per instructions

Accountability

  • Responsible for all activities linked to position as defined
  • Ensures that the structure for escalation of responsibility is effective

Communication

  • Report on appropriate forum issues requiring action / action from other departments / instances of major downtime
  • Ensure transparent, responsive, and open communication between colleagues

Role and Responsibilities 
Main Outputs and Responsibilities 

Production Coordination

  • Implement production schedules to meet customer demands
  • Coordinate production activities with other departments
  • Allocate resources including personnel, equipment and material to maximise efficiency and productivity
  • Monitor production processes and workflow, adjusting schedules and resources as necessary to address bottlenecks and delays
  • Analyse production processes to identify areas for improvement and cost reduction while optimizing efficiency and productivity
  • Conduct root cause analysis of production issues and implement corrective action
  • Implement inventory control measures to minimize waste
  • – Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations and safety protocols
  • Maintain accurate production records and documentation

Personnel Management

  • Manage subordinates in line with company policies, procedures and industry collective agreement.
  • Responsible to lead, motivate, train and control any allocated persons
  • Ensure that subordinates record and report quality problems immediately

Monitor and direct workflow of subordinates

  • Hold regular performance reviews to discuss performance against objectives, counselling employees where performance is not in line with the standards
  • Motivate team to develop with a focus on ongoing improvement. Implement good ideas, give credit where due, support, counsel and discipline where necessary
  • Foster a positive and collaborative work environment that encourages teamwork and continuous improvement.
  • Promote a culture of workplace safety.
  • Practical hands-on passing on of skill (“Show and do”)
  • Guide team to ensure that members deliver output and performance in line with company quality standards
  • Communicate and confirm values and goals and clarify roles on an ongoing basis
  • Proactively communicate consequences of misconduct to team members
  • Conduct discipline and counselling where necessary, staying within the limits of orderly actions in terms of the disciplinary code
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Health and Safety

  • Ensure organisational health and safety standards and safe working practices are maintained
  • Work safely and report on safety hazards or issues
  • Report any accidents, incidents and near misses

Food (Product) Safety:

  • Food safety standards are site specific and at these sites employees should:
  • Apply the site’s food safety principles and standards
  • Report any food safety hazards or issues to your Supervisor/Manager
  • Comply to and maintain all GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) in relation to the Company’s FSMS (Food Safety Management System)

Quality

  • Apply the company’s quality principles and standards
  • Maintain Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

Reporting and Administration

  • All reports and administration related to the position

 General

  • Establish contacts and extract the necessary IP from the industry to ensure growth and continuous improvement
  • Be well informed with the international standards and capabilities of the process
  • Have potential to deal with international suppliers to keep the company on the forefront of technology and trends
  • Ensure team knows what to do and where to find information if you are not available Inform yourself about and apply the company’s principles and standards
  • Set an example, be a role model for your team and others in the way you work and behave

Self-development and Growth

  • Realistic assessment of own strengths and development areas and undertake actions to address weaknesses
  • The employee accepts that he/she may be required to carry out any other tasks as required by management based on operational requirements

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