Operation Departmental Manager at Bridgestone South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain a safe and healthy working and operating environment for all people on the manufacturing site.
• Drive delivery of agreed production operating targets and goals including OE and Warehouse Yield; production volume; conversion cost; material usage; plant and process reliability; productivity and waste reduction.
• Prepare and obtain approval for operating cost budgets and drive production cost performance to achieve agreed budgets and targets.
• Drive implementation of IWS, B-Safe and B-EMEC and any other Bridgestone manufacturing strategies and initiatives.
• Ensure compliance and strict adherence to Bridgestone quality standards.
• Monitor operations and implement corrective actions to full on time delivery of agreed production budgets and goals.
• Identify, coach and develop talent to build competency and capability to support our cell centric organization.
• Drive employee engagement and compliance with all legal and corporate policies and regulations relating to labour, safety, health, quality, and the environment.
• Guide and coordinate the activities of the team
• Management of the clean, inspect and lubricate (CIL) process
• Management of Defects Handling process Management of the Incident Elimination process
• Managing and improving results (i.e. driving performance improvement)
• Lead execution of 90-day plans to eliminate losses using IWS tools Lead the cell daily direction setting (DDS) meetings
• On the floor coaching of operators e.g. DMS execution, loss elimination, skills development and technical mastery
• Provide coaching to team leaders in the shift exchange DDS meetings
• Lead issue resolution “to root cause” on the floor of chronic stops
• Lead small work groups, communicate effectively, and develop short-term action plans Overall responsibility for CFT cell output
• Conduct Health checks and identify gaps

Required capabilities:

• Experience and reasonable technical mastery in operations
• Planning, Leading and Organizing skills
• Communication skills and willingness to interact with shop floor staff
• A desire to be in a lead role
• Be a self-starter
• Must demonstrate knowledge/experience working with Excel
• Sound Interpersonal Skills and ability to work under pressure
• Presentation Skills
• Analytical Skills

Qualifications & Experience Required:

• Minimum National Diploma in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering or equivalent
• Min of 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment
• 2 years management experience