Factory Production Manager at Kennedia Consulting

​​​​​​Responsibilities/Requirements

Safety Culture:

• Develop and instill a site-level safety culture through consistent engagement with employees and contractors with an objective of “zero” harm; Lead daily huddles to demonstrate commitment to workplace safety.
• Ensure front-line employee compliance to all applicable local and regional health & safety policies and initiatives, including but not limited to hazard reporting, risk assessment, Working at Heights, Confined Space, Energy Isolation, and Hot Work.
• Assist in the preparation for and participation in periodic health & safety site audits; and assist in the administration of the site Contractor Safety Management program, by completing site orientations, where required, and regularly auditing contractor performance to ensure compliance with applicable local and regional health & safety policies.

Human Resources:

• Directly responsible for the individual development, motivation, and training of all direct reports to maximize their performance.
• Responsible for the administration of disciplinary measures in a fair and consistent manner to address / correct substandard performance of all direct reports.
• Assist in the site hiring process; Assist in the administration and management of local collective and hourly working agreements amongst all direct reports.
• Promote, develop and drive customer focus, operational efficiency, and performance management process within frontline teams.
• Practice active and passive supervision of frontline teams.
• Assist Plant Administrator with verifying timecards or other payroll-related items.

Production Management:

• Determine manpower requirements and shift scheduling to meet production demands.
• Establish and manage annual, weekly, and daily production and maintenance schedules.
• Manage and drive meeting all production targets.
• Responsible for participating in the short-term planning and execution of maintenance activities along with the maintenance department.
• Oversee maintenance of mobile equipment fleet, including:
• Completion of mobile equipment inspections and correction of noted deficiencies.
• Reviewing daily pre-trip inspection and action accordingly
• External service report review and analysis.
• Coordinating mobile equipment repairs & maintenance.
• Tracking work order completion and fleet PM.
• Oversee the procurement of all subcontractors related to production and mobile equipment.

Financial Management:

• Assisting in the development and adherence to annual maintenance (repair) budgets.
• Participate in monthly EBIT reviews to ensure accuracy and to identify cost reduction opportunities.
• Responsible to manage production and inventory forecasting to optimize yield and profitability.
• Support the supply chain by balancing inventories and sales needs to manage and minimize the working capital impact.
• This would entail complete responsibility for the management of the SPI tool including survey reconciliation.

Experience and Skill Set:

• Understanding of general accounting principles is an asset
• Good organization and planning skills
• Strong proficiency with key computer applications including Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of the bottled water/beverage industry is preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong analytical skills, research, problem-solving, and decision making
• Good time management, self-directed, uses time wisely, can attend to a broad range of activities
• Minimum of 10 years of experience is required.