Plan, schedule, strategize, and oversees all production activities while continually monitoring cost control processes. Perform essential functions to ensure overall customer satisfaction and quality service, and establish and maintain effective communication with employees and peers.

Job Description

• Monitor quality, accuracy, and timeliness of all orders to ensure customer commitments are met through production of high quality material that meets customer delivery expectations.
• Assure all Production staff has the resources, software applications and information to perform their function.
• Ensure the completion of all duties with a minimum of waste and abuse to equipment.
• Ensure employee safety training is conducted as required by Company Policy.
• Perform the functions of the Directors in their absence.
• Initiate hiring when needed to cope with expanding workload or for replacement of employees.
• Provide a positive, motivating example for employees.
• Conduct training or authorize training of production employees.
• Conduct formal performance reviews per company policy.
• Initiate disciplinary measures according to company policy when needed and dismiss production employees when all corrective attempts have failed.
• Take all necessary actions to manage production costs and improve profitability.
• Ensure stock takes are conducted and accurate inventory records are maintained.
• Advice Directors on capital improvements needed to increase company productivity.
• Schedule, delegate, and ensure performance of all equipment maintenance following maintenance procedures.
• Maintain maintenance logs.
• Assure a backup of all work in progress and archived completed work is done in a timely manner
• Coordinate and manage all inventory supplies to ensure minimum waste and spoilage.
• Receive and purchase materials.
• Ensure that stock takes are conducted per company policy and accurate records are maintained.
• Inform the Directors of equipment and production problems.
• Maintain a safe work environment and ensure the maintenance and upkeep of the physical location.
• Ensure preventative maintenance of all production equipment.
• Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor that reflects the company’s commitment to quality, continuous improvement and respect for individuals.
• Supervise the Production team to produce and prioritize jobs and, when necessary, reorganize to meet deadline changes and updates.
• Comply with all OSHA safety requirements.
• Communicate effectively with the Directors, the Sales Team and the Production Team; informing and updating them regularly to guarantee that production, sales, and customer objectives are met
• Ensure Company policies and procedures are followed.
• Meet all assigned goals and assist others in accomplishing their goals.
• Meet all customer commitments through the production of timely, efficient and high quality products and service.
• Take possession of jobs and maintain order discipline.
• Assure all work entered into production follows the order management standards and procedures.
• Approve exceptional or extraordinary jobs and specifications.
• Update and maintain production schedule.
• Assist with estimating.
• Assures the pricing accuracy of all job orders.
• Organize workflow according to workload to meet delivery schedule and to complete assigned jobs.
• Maintain production control records and provide information to sales representatives, customers and management with regard to delivery dates, schedules and operating problems.
• Coordinate and maintain the order management standards and procedures for the company.
• Schedule, plan and conduct morning Production meetings.
• Prepare, update, and communicate the production schedule.
• Oversee all staff scheduling, leave requests, and overtime.
• Manage the coordination and control of all jobs/work orders.

• Bachelors in Engineering, with an additional technical qualification
• Masters degree in Management is desirable
• Minimum 5 years experience in a managerial position/production management position for a large organization.
• Experience to plastic polythene manufacturing is highly preferable
• Knowledge and understanding of Kenya Occupational Health and Safety standards and requirements for manufacturing sector.
• Knowledge of and exposure to various Management Systems, Kaizen, BRC, ISO, HACCP
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good general computer operation skills and basic knowledge of Microsoft Office; MS Word; EXCEL; Power Point
• Good mathematical skills.
• Able to apply written instructions to machine set-up and maintenance.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with team building techniques.
• Excellent knowledge of all facets of plastic polythene manufacturing.
• Have a working knowledge of operations including an automated workflow system for polythene production.