Plant Supervisor

Thando Kinetics PTY (Ltd)

Job Profile:

Job Title

Plant Supervisor

Function

Production

Reporting To

Operations Manager

Location

Polokwane

Plant Supervisor

Title:

Plant Supervisor

Function/Department:

Production

Purpose:

To work in support of the Plant manager in managing employees, overseeing plant projects, and ensuring that teams meet production projections.

Reporting to:

Operations Manager

Authority over:

Plant Operators

Requirements:

• Proficient in at least English – Speak, Read and Write

• bachelor's degree or higher in engineering, business or a related field

• At least 2 years experience

Skills and competences

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Plan and draw up a production schedule.

• Define propose and implement the annual production schedule.

• Cost management of products and assist with new product costings models.

• Analyse budgets and continuously control production costs and identify /rectify waste measures.

• Manage all activities within the production process, including maintenance and the workforce.

• Handle logistics, warehousing and stock of raw materials used in production.

• Create and implement organisational/ production changes on an operative level.

• Focus on growing business and revenue by implementing necessary changes to the product/production line to enter new markets or grow existing territories.

• Decide on and order the resources that are required and ensure stock levels remain adequate.

• Select equipment and take responsibility for its maintenance.

• Set the quality standards.

• Monitor the production process and adjust schedules as required.

• Monitor productivity rates and product standards and implement quality control programmes.

• Organise the repair of any damaged equipment

• Liaise with different departments, teams, and companies e.g suppliers, managers, and clients.

• Ensure that health and safety guidelines are always followed.

• Ensure customer orders are completed on time and to budget.

• Ensure that quality standards and targets are met.

• Work with other management personnel to implement the company's goals and policies.

• Collate and analyse data, putting together production reports for both factory managers and customers

Key Performance areas:

Key performance areas include, but are not limited to:

• Lead by example, ensuring a safe and efficient workplace is maintained at all times

• Achieve the required company quality standards ensuring both internal and external customer satisfaction

• Ensuring that Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) are monitored, and targets achieved

• Liaise and coordinate with support functions to progress issues concerning production planning and resource/skill allocation to ensure delivery of products to schedule within all relevant quality specifications

• Communicate with the teams by utilising the visual management, delivering shift briefs with focus on quality, cost and delivery, and gathering ideas for improvement

• Drive performance of team members, giving direction and feedback to aid good performance

• Ensure safe working practices are maintained and 'Standard Operations' adhered to

• Ensure that non-conformance is challenged, and countermeasures are agreed and implemented

• Motivate the team to create a high-performance culture where improvement suggestions are embraced

• Through the utilisation of lean manufacturing techniques, strive to exceed the Company targets in productivity, efficiency, and quality on a continuous basis

• Report and act upon plant or machinery breakdowns to maintenance technicians

• Promote Total Productive Maintenance procedures to further improve the availability of the line

• Contribute to the improvement of working procedures by constantly looking for solutions to ensure the best productivity results of her/his machinery group and ensuring compliance with procedures, operating instructions and work instructions

• Ensure that internal delivery processes are adhered to support dispatch time windows

• Support the resolution of Customer concerns. Identify and eliminate root cause using robust countermeasures. Sustain the corrective actions to eliminate repeat issues

DISCLAIMER

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.