Cape Town: Production Manager posted by Stratogo
Posted on 2025-06-21 00:00:00
Employer | Stratogo |
---|---|
Category | Manufacturing Production |
Location | Western Cape / Cape Town |
Job Summary
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
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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