Plant Head at Michael Stevens Consulting

To plan, organise , coordinate and control of all manufacturing processes for all divisions of the business

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 system 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.
• Ensure preparation of Operations Budget in line with developmental goals to ensure consistency in profitability and growth for the Company
• Implement and maintain the factory operations strategies to deliver the customer service objectives working functionally with Project Management/Commercial

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 analyse, 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
• 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 in a Furniture manufacturing environment or wood/ furniture company.
• Strong strategic orientation, interpersonal relationship manager.
• Strong operational orientation

Key Competency Requirements

• Micro Economic and industry knowledge
• Good understanding 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