Production Manager Vacancy in a Well-Established Cable Manufacturing Company

Adexen Recruitment Agency - Our client is a well-established cable manufacturing company that produces and supplies cables that are of both national and international standards. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Production Manager Job Reference: 1250 Location: Kaduna Job Description

• Design and monitoring of the production plan in line with objectives in quantity, quality, costs and deadlines
• Manage resources in terms of manpower and machine capacities in an optimal way in respect of cost effectiveness and customer satisfaction
• Ensure compliance with company standards in respect of product quality, manufacturing know-how, Health and Safety and business conduct in the company
• Ensure all processes within your responsibility are compliant with the QA/QM Manuals
• Sustain & secure the raw material supplies through the raw material planning and follow-up
• Drive for continuous improvements in the factory in order to increase efficiency and to reduce manufacturing costs
• Analyse and propose new solutions for product portfolio development
• Is responsible for the HSE subject together with the assigned HSE manager
• To facilitate and encourage the transmission of know-how in all hierarchic levels
• To identify and analyse the bottlenecks.
• It is expected to achieve the targets set by the Managing Director
• Sustain the production capacity of the plant
• Promote continuous improvement in the factory in the context of the business environment
• Liaise closely with the HOD Maintenance Department for an optimal availability of the production lines under the supervision of the Managing Director
• Responsible for all aspects of the Production Department Ensure the technical/industrial development of the production
• Secure & improve all necessary material flows in the production
• Provide inputs for the raw material planning of the company
• Ensure compliance with company HSE standards
• Manage the resources of the production department at a day to day business
• Sustain the raw material flow
• Ensure QSHE system & product certifications are developed, maintained and applied properly
• Promote the company standards
• Design an optimal value creation chain (less complexity, better flexibility, short delivery times) in order to improve cash generation

• Academic qualification: Graduate in any technical related field or subject
• Years of Experience: 5 - 10 years in an industrial environment
• Be customer focused
• Be responsible
• Leadership/Teaming
• Social competence and sensitivity (to relate with Nigerians from different ethnic and religious background)
• Must have been in a Management Position for some years
• Analytical problem solving, decide and act fast
• IT skills (MS Office and understanding of ERP systems, ideally MS Dynamics Navision)
• Delegation
• Public Speaking
• Planning