Factory Operations Manager at H & Y Furniture Manufacturers

Job Description
Strategy & Budgets:

• Initiate and propose strategic plan for factory operations in the Company, defines the critical success factors and ensures after approval by the Board, the achievement of the vision/targets by setting and maintaining the correct focus for the organization.
• Develop sysytems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards , metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets.
• Translate broad objectives to specific goals for the various functional units resulting in effective and efficient implementation plan for factory operations.
• Implement and maintain the factory operations strategies to deliver the customer service objectives working functionally with Project Management/Commercial department

Production Planning & Organising:

• Plan, organize , direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations
• Organize workflows to meet specifications and timelines and implement methodology to measure due date delivery performance
• Evaluate production schedules to plan team structures and development
• Oversee the pre-production meeting to implement strategies to reduce expenses and increase productivity across all product lines
• Develop and maintain production metrics for quality, delivery and safety

Team Management:

• Build strong rapport with the production team through open communication, promote a positive, safe , productive and efficient work environment
• Continually analyze, identify and set expectations to motivate team members to achieve objectives and goals

Quality Assurance:

• Ensure that items/ product produced by the production team always meet quality standards
• Monitor products standards at various levels of production and at the point of release so that cost of rework is reduced /eliminated.

Process Improvement:

• Review and recommend appropriate measures to control and minimise waste level
• Review production practices and equipment: make proposal for improvement to ensure that they are maximally effective
• Encourage a culture which strives for growth, continuous improvement and self-development.

HSE Management:

• Appropriate health and safety procedures are in place and applied rigorously.

Leadership:

• Provide overall guidance and direction to the business, particularly for factory operations, as well as, direct reports and project team members

Organisational Relationships:

• Directly Reports to: Managing Director/CEO
• Directly Supervises: All Factory Departmental Heads.

Qualifications, Experience and Attributes

• Good First Degree in Engineering or relevant discipline
• Possession of a higher degree(s), such as M.Sc, MBA, PMP is desirable
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years’ relevant experience with at least seven (7) years in senior managerial capacity in a similar role, preferably in a multinational FMCG environment
• Strong strategic orientation
• Strong operational orientation
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Key Competency Requirements:

• Micro Economic and industry knowledge
• Good understanding of manufacturing environment
• Strategic and creative thinking.
• Project Management skills;
• Strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills; able to think methodically and analytically
• Strong organisational and leadership skills.