East London: Plant Manager – Automotive – East London posted by Professional Appointments

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead our client’s automotive component manufacturing operation in East London. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of plant operations, ensuring that customer requirements and quality standards are met timeously and cost effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for operations planning
• Drive project objectives for each department
• Monitor objective achievement by performing regular reviews
• Conduct advance quality planning exercises by analysing customer business requirements and company business processes
• Revise & approve department draft budgets as set by departmental managers
• Monitor budget spending & initiate corrective action as required
• Take responsibility for manufacturing activities, ensuring that the customer requirements and quality standards are met timeously and cost effectively
• Ensure health, safety, security and plant maintenance regulations are adhered to
• Conduct regular housekeeping audits, analysing results and implementing corrective actions as required
• Manage & support the quality standards of the operation in line with the overall Management Systems
• Develop & maintain quality procedures and guidelines
• Manage & supervise department staff
• Carrying out regular performance appraisals
• Manage industrial relations
• Set and ensure that operational targets are met
• Ensure the supply of material and human resources
• Ensure cost effective human resource and machine utilization
• Manage production of press components and assemblies
• Ensuring plant performance to budgets and targets using P&L and expense budgets
• Tracking efficiency and implementing improvements
• Managing staff and aligning organizational structure
• Responsible for logistics, production, maintenance, finance, projects, HR, quality and environmental standards and ratings
• Maintaining Customer relationship and progress reporting
• Review of all technical designs, specifications for buildings, equipment and tooling

Requirements

• Degree / BTech in Mechanical Engineering
• Diploma in Production Manager
• 10 years sound plant management skills in a large unionized environment

Qualifications

No specific qualifications mentioned.

Salary & Benefits

Salary offered to successful applicant will depend on qualifications and experience.