PRODUCTION MANAGER

POSITION SUMMARY

Ensures the effective production of products in the required quantity as well as quality according to forecast of Supply Chain and sales department within planned costs. Takes care of organization development. The Production Manager oversees Syrup Preparation, Packaging in Glass lines and PET lines including blow molding process.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

A- Technical

• Must know the KORE requirements for all departments under his responsibility ;
• Cascade down the Kore requirements and ensure compliance ;
• Accurately measures and monitors the manufacturing metrics agreed upon with the Plant Manager ;
• Reports on a daily, weekly and monthly basis all metrics agreed upon based on the manufacturing Supply Chain Metrics Handbook ;
• Take corrective measures when metrics are not aligned with departments objectives ;
• Makes the system and its results visible by creating dashboards ;
• Determinates possible adjustments to process or product specifications.

B- Safety, health and environment

• Knows the KORE requirement
• Enforces compliance with KORE requirements
• Increases awareness about safety at workplace with the objective of reducing Accidents and Incidents
• Reports and monitors Accidents and Incidents in his departments
• Participates in Root Cause Analysis for each accident occurring in the departments under his responsibility

C- Budget

• Prepares and proposes annual budget (PPE,Uniforms, Sunday lunches etc..) ;
• Defends the budget proposal and obtains approval ;
• Monitors and if necessary adjusts spending to stay in line with the budget.

D- Projects

• Provides support in all projects related to his departments.

E- Cost Management

• Engages actively in cost reduction in his departments ;
• Regularly examines and sets priorities in collaboration with the Plant Manager.

F- Operational plan

• Formulates and recommends the investment plans ;
• Monitors the effectiveness of maintenance activities and corrects deviations ;
• Analyses weekly production figures against plan and take steps to prevent shortfall.

G- Strategy and structure of production-technical department

• Ensures that all technical, technological and financial aspects of production are taken into account ;
• Ensures that the company policy and decisions are known and implemented in the production departments.

H- Departmental organization

• Supports, coaches and motivates the staff towards achievement of departments objectives ;
• Maintains and develops internal communication ;
• Participates in recruitment of new employees ;
• Responsible for evaluation of performance of all direct reports in an objective way ;
• Optimizes the organizational structure.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Training & Experience

• Understand his role in the verification of the specific process of the integrated management system to achieve planned results by monitoring performance indicators (KPI) and participating in the ongoing improvement of each process under its responsibility in accordance with ISO 9001: 2005, 14000: 2005 & 22002-1-2009, and OSHA 18000: 2008 ;
• 5 years in production environment ;
• University degree.

Skills & Abilities

• Coaching people, Ensuring dialogue, Creating successful teams, Innovating, High professionalism ;
• French, English- fluent, Creole preferred ;
• MS Office.