Reporting Line Chief Operating Officer 
Key Objectives:

The production manager plans and oversees the end-to-end manufacturing process within company  by ensuring that all requirements are planned for and ensuring that all production lines run efficiently and that production demands are achieved.
The production manager ensures company’s products are manufactured according to the correct quality standards and that all production team members adhere to all required industry-related standards

 
Key Responsibilities:

Carefully and accurately conduct production planning to ensure that company’s required minimum and target stock levels are maintained at all times
Evaluate and factor in MRP sales forecasts in production planning for the month ahead and prioritises critical and unforeseen issues according to strict timelines
Create and manage production schedules for on-time products completion
Partner with Procurement to ensure that all required and relevant raw materials are on-hand in sufficient quantities and available.
Partner with Dispatch to ensure required stock is on-hand and ready for delivery to customers with no delays, distinguishing between local and export packaging & labelling requirements as per customer specifications.
Partner with Quality to ensure that quality standards are prioritised and adhered to so as to ensure that all company  products are consistently manufactured to the highest standard
Ensure all OHS and quality standards are met, conduct ad-hoc inspections to ensure adherence to OHS and Quality standards and aim to achieve an incident free operation
Effectively manage the fault-finding process in cases where a product tests “out-of-specification”
Continuously monitor production, resolve issues and immediately communicate and/or escalate to senior management on all issues impacting production
Pro-actively evaluate production equipment and schedule regular maintenance for equipment to ensure continued production and minimal downtime.
Proactively manage the production team by ensuring adequate scheduling of staff and setting daily productivity goals for each production line
Motivate, support and train production staff to ensure they are equipped and able to produce the required products at the expected quality standard
Maintain up to date and accurate production records, ensure metrics, reports, and production documentation is available.
Ensure efficiency during the production process and implement improvements to the production process when required with the approval of the relevant senior manager.
Continually evaluate production workflow procedures to identify areas where efficiency can be improved without compromising safety or quality
Analyse budgets and continuously control production costs and identify/rectify waste measures.