Vela Personnel Production Manager – General Plant Manufacturing

Key Job Outputs:

• Ensuring that products are produced and stored according to the appropriate documentation to approve the instructions relating to production operations and ensure their strict implementation
• Ensuring that the production records are evaluated and signed by an authorized person before they are sent to the quality control department
• Checking the maintenance of their department, premises and equipment
• Ensuring that the appropriate validations are done
• Ensuring that the required initial and continuing training of their department personnel is carried out and adapted according to needs

 

Speed

• Ensuring that daily and weekly production targets are met
• Improving and maintaining machine availability
• Improving productivity through implementation and maintaining LEAN manufacturing principles
• Ensuring that adequate resources are available to manufacture products regarding equipment, supplies and labour
• Conducting continuous reviews and following up on projects to ensure the completion of assigned work

 

Quality

• Assuming responsibility
• Taking necessary action to eliminate delays ensuring adherence to production and shipping schedules, including prevention of deviations
• Maintaining compliance with company policies, cGMP’s, safety standards and good housekeeping practices ensuring no product recalls
• Investigating and taking appropriate action related to process variations
• Ensuring that manufacturing standards are met
• Keeping scrap and losses at a minimum
• Adhering to regulatory compliance
• Developing information and compiling reports concerning scheduling, production goals, equipment and maintenance problems as well as other studies or reports as requested

 

Cost

• Taking necessary actions to manage production costs and improve profitability
• Operating within and meeting the budget requirements
• Maintaining budgeted or better recovery to expense ration
• Working in a team environment with other department management to co-ordinate a production schedule to achieve required deadlines, objectives and budgets

 

People and Communication

• Managing and co-ordinating activities and performance of assigned staff to ensure the achievement of department OEE objectives and performance goals
• Developing department employees through orientation, training, establishment of objectives, communication of rules and policies while building employee morale and motivation
• Evaluating performance and production of staff, maintaining records of performance
• Improving employee attendance at a target of 98%
• Providing leadership in the implementation of mini business units intervention

 

Performance Management

• Advising department management on matters relating to daily operations and making recommendations for improvements when feasible
• Setting and evaluating KPI’s for department and team members
• Auditing own performance and recommending own objectives and standards of performance
• Ensuring and maintaining high levels of performance
• Reviewing and ensuring that investigations are done effectively and in a timely manner
• Providing positive and motivating examples for employees

 

Core Competencies:

• Analysing skills
• Deciding and initiating action
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Planning and organizing
• Writing and reporting
• Applying expertise and technology
• Coping with pressure and setbacks
• Adhering to principles and values
• Presenting and communicating information
• People skills