About the position
Our Client is seeking a strong individual to lead, co-ordinate and control the activities and operations of the factory to achieve the planned output at acceptable levels of costs and quality in accordance with company policy and compliance to safety standards. The Works Manager’s provides effective leadership to site management team, manages site employee relationships and interacts with key stakeholders of the executive team to ensure the goals of the site are achieved.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
Leadership and Plant Management
- Participates in strategy sessions with the executive management team to develop short- and long-term objectives for the factory
- Cascades plant objectives to the site management team and manages performance of teams to effectively deliver against objectives.
- Provides leadership to the wider site teams comprising of first line management and the shop floor
- Manages employee relationships and industrial relations through shop floor and union engagements
- Works with HR to ensure people plans such as performance management, succession planning, employee wellness programmes are effectively managed so as to build a performance culture aligned to the company values and policies. Safety, Health, Environment,
Quality and Governance
- Good understanding of relevant legislation such as the OSH Act, Environmental legislation and bylaws to ensure legal compliance is always maintained.
- Implement, manage and continuously improve safety management systems to drive an accident-free culture at the plant
- Implement, manage and continuously improve quality systems to ensure delivery of the highest standards of product quality.
- Governance: Implement and manage systems to ensure that compliance to controls are at all times adhered to. Factory Cost Management
- Prepare detailed budgets for factory and ensure reviews of actual costs are periodically reviewed and managed in line with budgets and targets.
- Identify and lead programmes from across the value chain to optimise and improve costs
- Measure, monitor and manage Bills of Materials (BoM’s) and any variations
Productivity
- Drive productivity initiatives to deliver plant volume outputs in line with budget, market demand and strategic plans.
- Build a culture of continuous improvement through embedding world class manufacturing tools and practises
- Deliver productivity improvements in OEE, Waste reduction, Cost/case, Safety and Quality Asset Care
- Ensure an effective asset care programme and system is in place and managed
- Ensure the asset care team is effectively resourced and managed
- Develop and monitor asset care KPI’s against targets
- Manage and lead capex programme for asset replacements as well as productivity improvements.
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- A minimum qualification A Bsc/Btech/BEng Degree in Engineering or equivalent
- Preferred Language (Afrikaans and English)
- A minimum of 10 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably FMCG. At least 5 years of this at a plant leadership level
- Track record of leading manufacturing teams to deliver step changes in productivity
- ER/IR experience in a unionised environment
- Knowledge of world class manufacturing tools and practices such as TPM, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing
- Experience of transformation and culture change programmes to implement world class manufacturing systems
- Experience in world class practises in engineering, asset care/maintenance preferably in FMCG environments
- Experience in leading and managing capital expenditure programmes
- Understanding of the OSH act and managing of safety systems
- Knowledge of quality management systems
- Knowledge of relevant environmental regulations
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Desired Skills:
- Excellent communications skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure
