Job Overview
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The Operations team partners closely with business leaders to understand their needs and provide products and services that meet those demands. This includes Customer and Technical Services, Global Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs, Supply Chain, manufacturing, logistics, and distribution.
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Our team is focused on enabling new product introduction and operating excellence. We strive to improve time to market for new products and services, increase efficiencies in our cross-functional processes, and improve our supply chain through digitization and automation to increase value-added to customers.
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The primary role of the Production function is to manufacture, assemble, and pack products. Key deliverables include managing day-to-day production and planning functions for manufacturing while supporting changing demands.
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Programming, set-up, and monitoring of production equipment/processes and performing assembly operations are essential tasks. Additionally, performing quality control checks of incoming and finished goods is crucial to ensure compliance to quality policies and regulatory requirements.
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Key Responsibilities
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- Lead a team of Production Team Leaders over multiple shifts by providing effective operational management and talent development.
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- Partner with relevant departments to ensure Team Leaders have available resources to achieve required production targets in line with demand, quality, and specification parameters.
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- Promote and encourage a culture of continuous improvement and innovation throughout the team by partnering with support teams to achieve globally competitive manufacturing principles and practices.
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- Provide people management guidance to Team Leaders and act as a point of escalation for performance management issues within their teams.
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Requirements
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- Excellent communication skills with the ability to empower and motivate team members.
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- Experience in managing a multilevel team in the manufacturing industry.
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- Good working knowledge of products for each line or proven technical leadership.
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- Strong computer skills, specifically MS Excel and MS Word, Oracle, and Objective.
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Preferred Qualifications
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- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as Engineering or Business Management.