PRODUCTION MANAGER
MRM is seeking a Production Manager to oversee daily manufacturing operations, ensuring production goals are achieved on time, within budget, and to the highest quality and safety standards. Reporting to the Operations Manager, this role is central to driving efficiency, cost control, and continuous improvement across the plant.
Description
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and implement production plans, schedules, and targets to meet delivery commitments.
- Establish and enforce SOPs, ensuring product conformity to technical specifications and quality standards.
- Coordinate with maintenance to initiate preventative maintenance and minimize downtime.
- Manage manpower planning, deployment, and shift scheduling to meet production demands.
- Analyze and control scrap, seconds, and operational costs, recommending solutions to improve profitability.
- Track and evaluate KPIs to drive continuous improvement.
- Provide accurate data to sales for effective decision-making.
- Implement SAP compliance, ISO systems, and EHS audits.
- Lead, supervise, and mentor production staff to achieve operational excellence.
- Resolving the production challenges to drive heigh yield production
- Maintain inventory levels, conduct stock takes, and raise purchase requisitions as required.
- Drive Kaizen, 6K, housekeeping, and safe working practices.
Requirements
Minimum Requirements
- Minimum academic qualification: Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent
- General work experience (years): 10-15 years
- Specific to the position (level/discipline/years): 10 years hands on experience on steel pipes and tube manufacturing.
- Industry: Steel Manufacturing / Construction
Key competencies and skills:
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Excellent Communication skills
- Strong numerical accuracy and attention to detail.
- High integrity and commitment to accuracy.
- SAP system proficiency
- Excellent organizational, planning and record-keeping skills.
- Interpersonal skills and teamwork abilities.
- Presentation skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem Solving and decision-making skills
- Analytical skill