National Operations Manager at Omnia (Pty) LTD

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification – BCom Accounting, Supply Chain
• Related experience in production environment within Agriculture sector

Experience in either of the following essential:

• Plant manufacturing people management (management of a team)
• Plant management
• Extensive Maintenance/ Process experience
• Management experience in a manufacturing environment
• 3 years’ experience in Senior Role

Desired experience:

• Fertilizer experience
• Lean manufacturing experience
• Exposure to more than one process
• Communication
• Modelling capabilities

Duties

Production: 

• To oversee production process from input to output stage through liaising with relevant stakeholders to ensure uninterrupted operations.
• To produce products in alignment with production targets to ensure plant efficiency.
• Optimising production capacity to ensure optimised cost effectiveness.
• To produce products in alignment with production targets to ensure plant efficiency.
• To integrate new business activities with site operations nationally.
• Identify process optimization opportunities and enhance productivity.
• To recruit, develop and retain talent to ultimately optimize business results.
• To plan and execute projects as planned in order meet the objectives of the organisation.

Logistics: 

• Optimisation
• To optimally manage and use utilities to drive business efficiencies.
• To implement objectives in the Production and Supply Chain environment to ensure optimal and efficient operation of assets nationally

Stock and Warehousing Optimisation:

• To manage rand per ton contribution to reduce cost of goods sold (COGS).

SHEQ: 

• To minimize risk through managing and implementing Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) objectives