Production Foreman

About the jobTo plan, organize and control the production facility of the Cape Town factory/plant in order to produce the required quantity of roof tiles and accessories within agreed quality and cost specifications.Financial Responsibility122 million rand or 10 million budgetAchievement of production targets, deliverables, and objectives.Additional Responsibilities Required to Fully Exercise the FunctionNegotiations with suppliers for high value items from time to time.Stores and buying procurement of spares for the factory fall under the Foreman’s control.Assist with the investigation of customer complaints.Functional KnowledgeProduction Planning – communicate daily with the commercial manager, sales and dispatch planning team to ensure sufficient stock levels are maintained.To plan maintenance schedule.To assist with problem solving on breakdowns on the main production line.Ensure safety levels are optimal and good housekeeping in factory.Yard control to plan, organize and control the production facility to produce tiles and fittings of the correct quality and cost at the correct time.Management of stock levels including critical spares and raw materials and ensure procurement procedures are adhered to.Management stock counts and audits with finance and stock/inventory control in system.Manage stock losses and variance tracking, production breakages.Negotiate with all suppliers of both raw material and maintenance spares for the timeous supply of materials at the best possible rate.Maintain good industrial relations, experience within a unionized environment, and adhere to procedures between factory staff and management through the established IR procedures.Labour productivity, efficiencies and unit production costs.SHEQ Management and compliance with ISO 14001 & ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001.Develop and motivate production staff to achieve agreed objectives regarding efficiency, quality, industrial relations, health and safety.Maintain, review and develop the SABS Quality Management System to establish and maintain quality standards.Controls to manage shrinkage and breakages.Management security breaches.Ensure implementation of the 5S system.LeadershipAbility to manage unskilled and skilled workforce.Excellent communication skills essential.People management and problem-solving skills.Ability to deal with conflict.Ability to communicate vertically as well as horizontally in the organization.Problem SolvingLock out procedures are followed.Fault finding procedures.Prioritizing of activities with limited resources available.Job Requirements and QualificationsMinimum EducationB Tech/Degree preferably Engineering qualification preferableMinimum ExperienceMinimum of 5 years’ experience in a production/factory environment.Sound electrical and mechanical knowledge.Language SkillsEnglish & AfrikaansRequired CertificatesMatricTechnical SkillsMicrosoft package & PLC machines (Siemens)Total Quality ManagementPersonal AttributesHigh work ethic and integrity.Strategic thinker.Good people relations.Excellent at conflict management.Ability to deal with difficult situations e.g. strike action.Performance driven.Business ExpertiseUnderstanding of both the mechanical and the electrical.Understanding of costing.Understanding of people and productivity costs.Area of ImpactEnsuring the production team achieves the productivity and efficiency targets.Interpersonal SkillsEnsure safety talks and safety tours of the factory.SHEQ or EHS Manager.Negotiates with suppliers of critical spares.