The Plant Manager will be responsible for managing overall responsibility for manufacturing (overall production, maintenance, personnel, equipment and general plant performance)
Reports to: Managing Director
Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing overall responsibility for manufacturing (overall production, maintenance, personnel, equipment and general plant performance),
- Managing and driving down direct and indirect manufacturing costs to meet the requiredreturn on sales,
- Ensuring that equipment, infrastructure and services are maintained to specification,
- Ensuring that the manufacturing environment operates at the required safety, health, environmental and food safety standards,
- Ensuring that the quality of the production meets the set specifications and standards,
- Liaising with customers, suppliers, and other business functions from time to time to address customer service issues,
- Managing strategic plant projects within cost and timelines,
- Coordinating plant project teams to enable them to achieve set objectives,
- Leading, managing, mentoring and coaching employees in areas of responsibility,
- Driving continuous improvement and related actions to achieve benchmark performance,
- Optimising productivity through the maintenance of machinery ,improvement of systems and work methods,
- Driving high EMUs and low Spoilage as agreed,
- Maintaining sound employee-relations with social partners, and drive discipline,
- Driving skills development and knowledge transfer.
Experience needed:
- Have a relevant engineering qualification (degree or diploma),
- Have sound knowledge and experience in the aluminium beverage can manufacturing industry,
- Have minimum of 8 years experience in a similar position and/or level,
- Have well developed interpersonal skills in dealing with others at all levels,
- Be competent in MS Office/JDE,
- Have sound understanding of safety, health, risk and environmental management and legal requirements,
- Be self motivated and have strong leadership qualities,
- Be experienced in leadership and management of labour relations issues,
- Be familiar with quality management systems,
- Have proven leadership and management experience in a high speed manufacturing environment,
- Have good interpersonal and communication skills,
- Be able to work in a pressured environment and have employee motivation for high performance,
- Demonstrate functional leadership capabilities.