Business Factory Manager
Location | Lagos, Nigeria |
Date Posted | October 1, 2021 |
Category |
Management
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | NGN |
Description
Job Summary
- This role is responsible for the daily management and coordination of the factory operations including costing, production, pre-production, operations and ensure production runs reliably and efficiently.
- This role manages the production staff and ensure increased productivity, assure quality, and mitigate production problems.
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible for the development and preparation of the strategy and general business planning of Production
- Ensure to drive outcomes, profitability and disseminate feedback to the appropriate internal entities
- Directly responsible for the factory operations including production, pre-production, operations, and logistics to achieve targets
- Develop plans for the factory’s progress, production improvement and general growth
- Plan and organize production schedules and work targets
- Assessment of production projects and plan all resource requirements for production
- Estimate, negotiate and agree production costing and timescales
- Ensure health and safety regulations are met in the factory
- Determine and execute quality control standards
- Drive and ensure compliance of all production standard operating procedures
- Ensure routine maintenance and repair of production equipment, tools and machines
- Liaise and collaborate with the Buying/Procurement, Sales, Brands & Marketing Teams
- Drive, manage, direct and monitor the overall performance of the factory
- Maintain employee productivity records
- Evaluate machine resources to ensure continued production and minimal downtime
- Establishing a balance between increased productivity and reduced costs of manufacturing operations
- Setting productivity goals for each team
- Developing workflow policies and procedures that improve efficiency without compromising safety or quality
- Drive performance development, coaching and general support of all team members to ensure targets are met
- Supervise and manage the work the factory employees
- Ensuring adequate scheduling of staff
Required Skills & Qualifications
- First Degree from a reputable higher institution
- Minimum of 8 years’ hands-on experience on similar role
- Strong Microsoft Office applications skill
- Commercial mindedness
- Strong people management skill
- Strong technical skills
- Excellent project management skills
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
- Strong mediating and negotiating skills
- Ability to coach and mentor team
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Problem solving skills
- Strong cost management and material efficiency skill