Port Elizabeth: Production Manager posted by Headhunters
Posted on 2025-09-12 00:00:00
| Employer | Headhunters |
|---|---|
| Category | Other Motoring |
| Location | Eastern Cape / Port Elizabeth |
Job Summary
Our client, operating in the Manufacturing Industry is looking to employ an experienced Production Manager to their dynamic team in Port Elizabeth.
Previous work experience in the plastics manufacturing environment and 5 years experience in Injection Moulding machine setting and optimization secures.
Senior Management salary package offered – commensurate with experience.
Requirements:
- At least 5 years experience in Injection moulding machine setting and optimization.
- At least 3 years supervisory experience.
- Previous work experience in the plastics manufacturing environment.
- Relevant qualification essential.
- Code 8 driver’s license essential.
- Must have expertise in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Preferably experienced with databases.
- Experience in the compilation of management data reporting. Filing indexing etc. must be of a high level.
Responsibilities, but not limited to:
- Co-ordinate and manage all production staff.
- Weekly meetings with the injection moulding machine setters for problem resolving, information, etc.
- Promoting quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organisation.
- Setting production objectives and ensuring that targets are achieved (scrap %, absenteeism %, cycle time standards, etc.).
- Maintaining awareness of the business context and company profitability, including budgetary control issues.
- Ensure products are manufactured timeously and meet the customer quality and delivery requirements.
- Manage setting of all injection moulding machines and any ancillary equipment.
- Schedule production through the plant utilizing equipment to its best effect.
- Ensure all raw materials are ordered timorously.
- Ensure that production work instructions eg. Production Process Flow charts, Setting Sheets, Inspection Instructions, Job Cards, Packaging and Transport details are adequate and complied with.
- Maintain good housekeeping throughout.
- Conduct periodic formal reviews (at least annually) to verify that production activities are performed in accordance with the applicable procedures and work instructions.
- Review customer releases and formulate production plans when necessary.
- Identify process, tooling, equipment improvements, etc.
- Identify the training needs of personnel under supervision.
- Conduct / implement training when required.
- To assist Stores Controller when necessary (e.g. material staging, month end/annual stocktaking, etc.).
- Have full control when General Manager is not available.
- Collating and analysing performance data and charts against defined parameters.
- Ensuring tests and procedures are properly understood, carried out and evaluated and that product modifications comply with requirements
- Assistance in cross functional audits in line with the requirements of ISO 9001: 2015 and the internal audit plan.
- Assisting, wherever possible, to ensure that all actions, functions, and processes in the business are conducted in a value-added manner.
- Review all non-conforming products together with the quality department and ensure that effective correction action is taken to prevent recurrence.
- Bringing together staff of different disciplines and driving the group to plan, formulate and agree comprehensive quality procedures.
- Persuading reluctant staff to change their way of working to incorporate quality methods.
- Ensure that the agreed KPIs are maintained and achieved for yourself and your subordinates.
- Monitoring performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports where required.
- Complying, in line with the Management Policy Document, departmental procedures and practices.
- To comply with any other work-related instruction which is relayed via a superior and which is deemed to be necessary and reasonable.
Please consider your application unsuccessful should you not receive a response within two weeks of applying.
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