Extrusion Manager

Responsibilities

• Plan and effectively organize workflow and quality changes whilst maintaining the highest level of productivity and quality in the Extrusion Department.
• Maintains a high-level professional relationship with product chain management peers.
• Liaises with the quality control department and ensures conformance to the entrenched quality standards;
• Identify training requirements of subordinates and liaise with training department to implement and training plans.
• Maintain and improve SOP’s, principles and recording practices.
• Performs constant refresher-training of staff on all standards and systems.
• Liaises with the maintenance manager and compiles a preventative maintenance plan for the extrusion plant.
• Ensures that maintenance services and routines are provided.
• Compiles annual manufacturing expense budget and effectively controls expenses within the budget.
• Provides accurate production information with real time efficiency reporting and manages the Live Monitoring System to its full effectiveness.
• Analyses and reports on:
• Daily, weekly, and monthly production outputs and waste level achieved against plan or benchmark standards.
• Sets clear action plans to rectify wanton areas of production.
• Responsible for accuracy of time and attendance controls.
• Enforce superior quality management and control.
• Directs research and development programs.
• Consolidates results/information into a meaningful concise report format with clear comparisons between previous and or benchmark standards.
• Maintains incentivized performance and waste control systems and improves strategies and expands these to include all functions in extrusion.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferred) or in a relevant technical degree.
• Must have a minimum of three (3) years of proven experience.
• Qualification in Operations or Production Management will be advantageous.
• Experience with 5’s, Kaizen/lean manufacturing principles.
• Computer software skills, including Word, Excel, Outlook.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong level of accuracy, attention to detail and analytical.
• Ability to take responsibility and accountability.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a broader team.
• Ability to manage stress in a high pressurized production environment.
• Ability to solve complex problems.