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Production Manager - Wood Factory

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Posted 2 years ago
53Applicants for1 open position
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The Production Manager is responsible for the leadership, operation and staffing of crews for the daily production of (Particleboard-MDF-OSD-Plywood-Hardboard-Softwood), Production Manager is responsible for ensuring safe operation of equipment, quality of (Particleboard-MDF-OSD-Plywood-Hardboard-Softwood),  achieving production targets, and ensuring that operator-level maintenance is performed on all equipment at a very high standard. To that end, these responsibilities include but are not limited to:

What you will do:

  • Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning manufacturing requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering headcount and budgetary limitations and time constraints
  • Direct and coordinate production and labor to gain margin improvement
  • Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyze production, quality control, or other operational reports to detect production problems
  • Ensure assigned departments perform tasks as outlined in Job Instruction Breakdowns, Quality Specifications, and Standard Operating Practices.
  • Manage all daily production activities of the Mill
  • Mentor assigned personnel and promote efficiency and build leadership and team skills
  • Direct process improvements in the work area to gain efficiencies
  • Communicate effectively with all team members and ensure miscommunications are minimized
  • Coordinate with other senior staff members on personnel, safety, finance, and purchasing issues, looking for ways to increase and enhance all functional areas
  • Work with Engineering to improve equipment up-time, capability and reliability through the passionate facilitation of TPM initiatives and the AWC SEE (Strategic Equipment Excellence) program as well as all five phases of Six-Sigma improvement or the Defining, Measuring, Analyzing, Improving, and Controlling of equipment related problems

Job Requirements

  • Minimum of 9 years of manufacturing experience; wood related and wood finishing preferred.
  • Undergraduate degree in Engineering.
  • Eligible to legally work in the Jeddah-KSA.
  • Must have experience in wood finishing, material flows and inventory management, continuous improvement practices, and process analysis.
  • Must possess the ability to learn new concepts and pass the knowledge along to others in the classroom and through practical experience.
  • Must be a highly energized and self-motivated individual with experience successfully leading teams to implement change.
  • Must possess exemplary communication skills.
  • Should possess excellent personal computer skills in a network environment; Microsoft Office experience preferred-Outlook-Word-Excel.
  • Must possess strong planning/organization & time management skills.
  • Prior Lean certification and experience in the implementation of lean manufacturing principles is a MUST

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