Qualifications

• Chemical Production and/or Engineering qualification preferably
• Understanding SHERQ best practices especially in manufacturing

Experience

• Plus 5 years chemical Production working experience
• Leadership skills and ability to manage staff
• Strong decision making and problem solving skills

Duties

Cost Effective Operations.

• Oversee the production process in it whole entirety.
• Ensure that planning and organizing of production schedules is in line with business directive and is happening in a cost effective way.
• Maintains physical condition of production environment by planning and implementing new design layouts; inspecting equipment; issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement.

Prevented/mitigated operational risk in area of responsibility

• Safeguards production operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security procedures and protocols.
• Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts; reconciling with data storage system.
• Enforce compliance to all relevant ISO requirements, company policies and procedures and all legal requirements pertaining to the industry

Site-relevant conducive client relations

• Completes production operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
• Maintains production staff by training employees.
• Maintains production staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Ensure a good relationship is maintained with Maintenance teams and coordinate the required and routine maintenance of the production environment.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Enabled site operations delivering quality products and services

• Maintains production operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, procedures.
• Maintain good housekeeping principles which will enable a culture of excellence.

Job Competencies

Core Behavioural Competencies

• Business Acumen
• Conflict Management
• Customer Focus
• Timely decision making
• Developing direct reports and others
• Functional technical skills
• Innovation Management
• Integrity and trust
• Motivating others
• Problem solving
• Drive for results
• Strategic ability
• Managing vision and purpose