Position: OPERATIONS MANAGER.
Deadline: 31 Jan 2020.
Date posted: 22 Jan 2020.
Location:Dar es Salaam.
Description:
Job Brief
We
are looking for an inspirational leader responsible for the management
of Clay Brick Factory by making sure that the factory is in production
all time of the working hours and all machines are working properly and
serviced. The Operations Manager will also be responsible to manage, motivate and
develop the factory manufacturing team where continuous improvement is
at the heart of all we do. The successful candidate will be an
exceptional communicator, commercially astute and a customer champion,
able to deliver the production targets against the highest health and
safety, quality, environmental and cost expectations. The safety of our
people is of the utmost importance and working safely is the only way we
operate.
Specific Job Responsibilities
- Procurement of all raw materials necessary for making bricks
- Making sure machines are working properly and serviced on time
- People management and motivation to create a flexible, effective and multi skilled workforce across all disciplines
- Preparing and managing the Factory’s annual budget ensuring that all planned spend is correctly costed and cash flow managed in accordance with the Company’s fiscal policies
- Ensuring that the Factory plan is continually updated and delivered
- Rigorous application of the Factory Manufacturing System to deliver continuous improvement across all of factory operations and exceed all KPI’s
- Working with the factory team to identify, submit and then implement suitable capital improvement projects to deliver efficiency or safety improvements
- Working collaboratively across all Factory support functions to utilize specialist support to deliver key projects
- Developing new products that will ensure the company is at the forefront of market trends and comply with all current and future environmental and sustainability developments
- Implementing the company Sustainability Roadmap and driving sustainable performance at site level
Essential Qualifications, Experience & Skills
- Degree, Diploma, FTC or equivalent level qualification
- Discipline and experience are most needed
- Sound engineering knowledge
- Technical and ceramic experience
- Excellent leadership and coaching skills
- Proven ability to develop an experienced manufacturing team to increase efficiency across the factory whilst surpassing customer expectations
- The ability to analyze and interpret data to identify key trends and opportunities to increase profitability
- Demonstrable application of problem solving tools and techniques to deliver efficiency improvement
- Able to implement and drive performance improvement using lean tools, KPIs and visual management
- An in-depth knowledge of current Health and Safety, Environmental and Employment Laws and best practice application of these within a manufacturing environment