Overview
Effectively direct and manage the production operation to safely produce finished goods to meet sales and marketing demands that is consistently within quality and cost targets
Responsibilities
- Develop annual operating plan for production
- Set production area performance standards and align organization
- Leads problem solving activities for production. Coaches line managers and operators in process improvement
- Consult with interdepartmental resources concerning problems which are affecting productivity, and take corrective action
- Coach and build capabilities of line managers to convert objectives
- Jointly develop with product availability resource (scheduler) the production schedule to meet weekly sales demand
- Review and analyze production and downtime reports daily. Follow-up with appropriate resources to systematically eliminate sources of downtime
- Lead the implementation of national and local initiatives for the production area (product, packaging, new technology … )
- Utilize visual factory concepts to control and organize the work
- Coaches and provides constant feedback for the development and improved performance of production personnel
- Develop staffing and skill building plans for the production area that directly links to delivering yearly AOP. Work closely with HR for effective implementation
- Conduct performance appraisal for the line managers and ensure it is done for the rest of the production area
- Responsible for the selection, on-boarding and recommending for termination of production line personnel Assist in the coaching, mentoring and implementation of the Health & Safety programs in the field. coaching the Line Managers, so please replace the Line Managers with Shift Leaders
Qualifications
- Engineering degree (preferably in Mechanical or industrial technology)
- Strong communication skills in English & Arabic
- At least 5 years experience in Plant manufacturing organization
- Good understanding of basic financial analysis
- Proficient with computer (Excel, word, powerpoint)
- Team leadership allignment skills
- Analystical thinking - able to translate vision into action
- Drive for results
- Urgency and consistency
- Developng others