Production / Factory Manager at Stern & Kay Consulting Limited

Job Purpose

• Produce items of the right quality, right quantity, at the right time and at minimum cost.

Key Roles & Responsibilities
Staff Management & Operational Duties:

• Planning, organizing and meeting up with production schedules
• Determine and align quality control and production processes with Company’s objectives.
• Maintain optimum operation by creating a detailed production plan schedule.
• Keep up with the effective running of the factory by forecasting and preventing down-times
• Supervise factory workers
• Schedule periodic maintenance of equipment within the factory
• Introduce new product designs and maintain timeline for product development and launching
• Monitor and ensure health and safety regulations are met
• Liaise with procurement in selecting, ordering and purchasing production materials
• Identifying, recommending and sup training needs of production Staff
• Estimating, negotiating and drafting budget and timescales with clients and managers
• Coordinate work sharing and schedule for production staff
• Recommend efficient methods and machines for production to Management
• Oversee factory workers, production and efficiency of the machines to make sure the factory is running smoothly, quickly, efficiently, effectively and safely
• Liaise with HR to optimize human capital
• Liaise with the Human Resources Manager on company’s policies and procedures and communicate same to the factory workers.
• Produce timely periodic report to Management

Strategic Production Planning Duties:

• Create a system and plan a strategy for the factory to be more systematic and organized
• Oversee factory workers, production, and efficiency of the machines to make sure the factory is running smoothly, quickly, efficiently, effectively and safely
• Create a system and plan a strategy for the factory to be more systematic and organized
• Ensure safety regulations and policies are implemented among the factory workers in accordance to Standards Organization of Nigeria
• Assist in costing of finished products and determining labour rate on item produce
• Responsible for contributing to and carrying out production strategy decisions.

Regulatory and Quality Control Duties:

• Ensure safety regulations and policies are implemented among the factory workers
• Ensure appropriate health and safety procedures are in place and applied rigorously.
• Collect and look through data to find places of waste or places for improvement
• Ensure compliance of worker’s safety as well as monitor the production equipment to make sure that they stay in good working order, and repair or replace the equipment when needed.
• Maintain close relationship with every department of the factory to make sure everything runs smoothly.
• Plan production activities, production meetings, machine maintaining schedules, worker schedules and budget maintenance schedules and quality of products.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI):

• Meet production targets
• New product design lines
• Production cost saving
• Production downtime
• Production quality output

Academic Qualifications (Minimum)

• B.Eng / B.Tech in Woodwork Processing, Engineering or Production Field

Relevant Work Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in furniture Manufacturing
• Track record achievement as a production/Factory Supervisor

Knowledge:

• Excellent Knowledge of production, maintenance, trouble shooting, business acumen

Other Qualifications:

• Project Management Certification, COREN or its equivalent

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Proven experience in Furniture Manufacturing and designs
• Demonstrable competency in strategic planning and Operational Management
• Working knowledge of data analysis and performance/operation metrics
• Working knowledge of IT/Business infrastructure and MS Office Suites
• Good knowledge of market and sales lead.