BUSINESS UNIT - OPERATIONS MANAGER - AUTOMOTIVE RELATED IN PORT ELIZABETH

Job Position: Business Unit - Operations Manager - automotive related industry Ref: 3640 Location: Port Elizabeth Salary: R55 000 to R60 000 per month CTC commensurate with experience and qualification Qualifications / Requirements • Degree / Diploma in Production Management / Engineering • Strong middle management person who can take strong control of the departments • Business unit experience highly advantageous • Experience in authority of making decisions • Hands on team management with clear goal setting and project mapping / management with the team • Sound knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) • Sound understanding of quality standards • Minimum of 8 year’s experience in an automotive manufacturing environment of which 5 years need to be in a supervisory role (stable work record) which include Operations • Strong communication skills and professional disposition • Impeccable work ethics and integrity • Strong leadership skills and ability to motivate and drive, teams Key Performance Areas: • Handling of all round operations • Customer negotiations, presentations and visits • Handling of key customers • Managing of staff (operationally) • Daily production: o Run daily production meetings o Ensure daily production reports are completed and handed in o Analyse any deviations to planned versus actual production numbers o Create plan to rectify any deviations from planned production numbers o Daily resource plan for absenteeism deviations for production staff o Ensure production plan is aligned to available stock and make changes accordingly, ensure sales are aware of changes o Decide on when over time is required to meet production targets o Ensure returns are checked and findings reported to senior management o Intra-day updates to sales on production status • Plant maintenance: o Ensure maintenance on plant and equipment is completed in accordance to maintenance schedule o Tools usage report • Personnel: o Decide on the number of factory staff needed based on production targets using time study information from IE Department o Weekly meetings with staff to inform and motivate o Update and maintain the manufacturing performance board o Quality, Health and Safety • Health and safety: o Ensure health and safety procedures and protocols are followed throughout the company • Quality manual: o Ensure the manual is up to date and matches the quality procedures within production • Corrective action reports: o Manage the opening and closing of any corrective action reports created by the quality department • Facility management: o Ensure internal housekeeping is maintained in the plant and adheres to the quality manual o Ensure internal and external aspects of the facility are in working order (security, tanks, windows, leaks) and take necessary action • Induction training: o Ensure correct induction training is done Industrial Engineering • Production: o Ensure all production processes are up to date o Create and present production improvement concepts for management for both factory expansion and efficiency improvement. • Layouts: o Manage implementation of any new processes and procedures o Ensure factory Layouts are up to date • Equipment: o Provide motivations for new equipment purchases o Ensure maintenance schedule is update and relevant Responsibility: Qualifications / Requirements • Degree / Diploma in Production Management / Engineering • Strong middle management person who can take strong control of the departments • Business unit experience highly advantageous • Experience in authority of making decisions • Hands on team management with clear goal setting and project mapping / management with the team • Sound knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) • Sound understanding of quality standards • Minimum of 8 year’s experience in an automotive manufacturing environment of which 5 years need to be in a supervisory role (stable work record) which include Operations • Strong communication skills and professional disposition • Impeccable work ethics and integrity • Strong leadership skills and ability to motivate and drive, teams Key Performance Areas: • Handling of all round operations • Customer negotiations, presentations and visits • Handling of key customers • Managing of staff (operationally) • Daily production: o Run daily production meetings o Ensure daily production reports are completed and handed in o Analyse any deviations to planned versus actual production numbers o Create plan to rectify any deviations from planned production numbers o Daily resource plan for absenteeism deviations for production staff o Ensure production plan is aligned to available stock and make changes accordingly, ensure sales are aware of changes o Decide on when over time is required to meet production targets o Ensure returns are checked and findings reported to senior management o Intra-day updates to sales on production status • Plant maintenance: o Ensure maintenance on plant and equipment is completed in accordance to maintenance schedule o Tools usage report • Personnel: o Decide on the number of factory staff needed based on production targets using time study information from IE Department o Weekly meetings with staff to inform and motivate o Update and maintain the manufacturing performance board o Quality, Health and Safety • Health and safety: o Ensure health and safety procedures and protocols are followed throughout the company • Quality manual: o Ensure the manual is up to date and matches the quality procedures within production • Corrective action reports: o Manage the opening and closing of any corrective action reports created by the quality department • Facility management: o Ensure internal housekeeping is maintained in the plant and adheres to the quality manual o Ensure internal and external aspects of the facility are in working order (security, tanks, windows, leaks) and take necessary action • Induction training: o Ensure correct induction training is done Industrial Engineering • Production: o Ensure all production processes are up to date o Create and present production improvement concepts for management for both factory expansion and efficiency improvement. • Layouts: o Manage implementation of any new processes and procedures o Ensure factory Layouts are up to date • Equipment: o Provide motivations for new equipment purchases o Ensure maintenance schedule is update and relevant Salary: R55000 to 60000 Job Reference #: Business Unit - Operations Manager - automotive re