Duties and Responsibilities:
* Overall responsibility for resource planning, production planning, and execution to meet a goal of productivity maximization and wastage minimization.
* Implementing quality improvement program including spot audits, root-cause analysis, and implementation of remedial actions.
* Handling customer complaints and co-coordinating with the team to identify and solve technical problems.
* Development and implementation of various systems and standardized work processes, while ensuring the accuracy, as well as, training and support of the material management and assembling team.
* Liaising with the Sales team, to get customer feedback and prevent complaints. * Forecast and formulate short/long term production schedule and ensure the necessary resources are provided to meet the demands and targets.
* Develop and comply with factory budget to ensure that all financial and business goals.
* Negotiate with contractors and suppliers.
* Liaising with management and employees to maintain a harmonious relationship within the factory.
* Should have strong drive, good initiative, and continuously strive for improvement in Quality and Productivity.
Key Skills
* African experience preferred not mandatory is an advantage.
* Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is desirable.
* ISO 9001: Quality Management systems.
* People Management as a key factor.
* Must have the strong commercial acumen to ensure good control on operational costs leading to the profitable growth of the laminate business.
* Must be strong in negotiating with contractors in the execution of jobs and Purchases, Must understand product pricing. Knowledge of ERP.
