Production Manager at Turahfrique Interiors Limited

Overview of position:

The production manager position is responsible for delivering bespoke furniture fit outs to meet the exacting demands of both home and international customers.

The production manager has the responsibility of all the production departments and manufacturing Personnel, planning production to meet with customer requirements. The position will require a full understanding of solid wood and board material manufacturing techniques.

You are required to:

• Help manufacturing staffs by interpreting drawing and ensuring products are produced based on specification and to the highest quality and at the shortest possible time.
• Assess material needs for production and develop inventory plans
• Plan weekly production goal for every department and state at the end of the week, goals achieved or where there is deviation from standard, reason for such deviation.
• Work in hand with the procurement department by ensuring items needed for production every week is compiled, sent to the MD for approval and delivered to the factory latest every first working day of the week.
• Helps manufacturing staff achieve company goals by communicating expectations, planning, monitoring, and evaluating job results.
• Evaluates the condition of production equipment and call for repairs if the equipment becomes faulty or unreliable.
• Monitor stock count  every other week and ensure stocks are replenished when it falls to a certain level.
• Escalate issues to the management immediately and ensure optimal output or workflow is achieved at all times.
• Ensure Saturday’s roasters are adhered to and optimum production is achieved.
• Ensure all items needed for Installation is taking to the site to ensure free flow of Installation process.
• Keep record of all tools and equipment and ensure tools taken to site are counted and returned after Installation.
• Attention to detailing is a key function of this role, you are required to pay close attention to detailing, remove all products and materials that fail to meet specifications and report same to the management.
• Possess strategic listening skill, be an active listener, empathic, creative, flexible, ability to share clear messages and make complex ideas easy to understand are some of the qualities you required to be successful in this position as a good team leader.
• Other duties as assigned from time to time.

Qualification

• Qualification in a furniture manufacture (B.Sc. Furniture Manufacture and Design)
• Experience in implementing lean manufacturing tools an advantage
• Cad/Max-Cut experience preferable buy not essential
• Previous hands on experience in furniture manufacture.
• On hand experience as a furniture maker is an added advantage.