Production Manager at SaroAfrica International Limited

Duties / Responsibilities

• Overseeing and managing smooth and efficient factory production, to produce good quality outputs with desired yield levels.
• Promote a culture of constant reviewing of all production processes to increase efficiency, productivity and quality whilst striving to lower cost.
• Manage and support a team of Supervisors and other operational/ technical teams.
• Encouraging a LEAN manufacturing and continuously improving culture.
• Ensuring the effective application of Company policies and processes and to work with the business to develop these further.
• Championing and adhering to our Health and Safety mandate.
• Communicate effectively with your team to allocate work, set deadlines, and inform employees of issues.
• Focus closely on labour, waste and GMP targets to ensure efficiency.
• Ensures material planning is adequately done, with raw & packaging materials order and delivered for use with sufficient buffer stock provision.
• Head up the Continuous improvement (CI) team, ensuring that projects are handled efficiently and with the greatest positive outcome.
• Ensure savings are on track through Business Improvement Projects

Required Skills / Abilities

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields with a minimum of 5 years work experience.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good teaming skills.
• Baseline problem analysis and solving skills.
• Creativity and an ability to think out of the box.
• Proficiency in the use of office productivity tools
• Knowledge of quality control and monitoring of product specifications.
• Knowledge of herbicides formulation process is an added advantage.
• Should have basic technical knowledge and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of production procedures, SOP, Cleaning Logs, Product release process etc.
• Adherence to health and safety regulations (e.g., constant use of protective gear).
• Age Requirement: 30 – 40 years.