Manager - Operations - Manufacturing

Manufacturing Manager

Lead the manufacturing function within budget and output targets to meet customer requirements and standards. Full accountability for ensuring safety, customer quality, cost and delivery requirements are met.

Implement and manage continuous improvement and modern manufacturing principals by highlighting deficiencies and recommending changes in training, working practices and processes.

Strategy and Development:

- Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice manufacturing vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational performance.

- Identify business improvement opportunities within the organisation.

General and Task Management:

- Effectively and efficiently manage the production of the required daily/weekly/monthly targets in line with customer specifications, meeting quality and delivery expectations, minimizing costs where possible and ensure the required best working practices are maintained at all times.

- Responsible for plant production, financial performance, meeting customer requirements and maintaining the orderly and productive operation of planned activities.

- Ensure the target productivity level is achieved on a daily basis.

- Update the production plan on a daily basis.

- Communicate and liaise with other departmental managers regarding throughput of stock to ensure production targets are met.

- Drive process improvements on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by appropriate data analysis.

- Attend various meetings and action/communicate instructions.

- Produce written reports and make presentations.

- Undertake continuous training and development.

- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.

- Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources as required.

- Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department.

Financial and Budget Control:

- Input and hold responsibility for manufacturing budgets.

- Prepare the annual Manufacturing budget and forecasts and all Capital Expenditure proposals as well as ensuring compliance with legal standards.

- Manage the budget from identification to completion of projects.

- Responsible for achieving budget and forecast.

Qualification And Experience:

- BE & MBA with 2-4 Years of Extensive plant level experience & Understanding of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Kaizen, lean manufacturing.

- Experience of managing Profit & Loss responsibilities for manufacturing.

- Understanding of manufacturing and procurement/supply chain.

- Proven ability to develop and execute strategic plans for manufacturing efficiency.

- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

- Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.

- Effective communication and interpersonal skills for global collaboration.

- Familiarity with industry best practices and emerging trends in manufacturing.

- Understanding of TS16949, IOSH/NEBOSH, ISO 14001.

- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office.

- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems experience.