Production Manager (Wooden Products Factory )

As a production manager, you'll oversee the production process, coordinating all production activities and operations. You'll need to:

• Plan and draw up a production schedule
• Decide on and order the resources that are required and ensure stock levels remain adequate
• Select equipment and take responsibility for its maintenance
• Set the quality standards
• Ensure that the production will be cost effective by estimating costs and negotiating and agreeing budgets with both clients and managers
• Monitor the production processes and adjust schedules as needed
• Monitor productivity rates and product standards and implement quality control programs
• Organize the repair of any damaged equipment
• Liaise with different departments, teams and companies, .suppliers, managers, clients
• Study prices of wood products
• Manage factory operations
• Ensure customer orders are completed on time and to budget and that quality standards and targets are met
• Supervise and motivate a team of workers
• Involved in the pre-production (planning) stage as well as the production (control and supervision)