Operational Department Manager - Brits at Bridgestone South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Main responsibilities

• Create and maintain a safe and healthy working and operating environment for all people in the Department.
• Drive delivery of agreed production operating targets and goals including.
• Prepare and obtain approval for operating cost budgets and drive production cost performance to achieve agreed budgets and targets.
• Drive implementation of B-ME, 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 organisation.
•  Drive employee engagement and compliance with all legal and corporate policies and regulations relating to labour, safety, health, quality and the environment.
•  Management of the clean, inspect and lubricate (CIL) process
•  Management of Defects Handling process
•  Management of the Incident Elimination process
•  Lead execution of 90 day plans to eliminate losses using B-ME tools
•  Lead the Departmental daily direction setting (DDS) meetings
• On the floor coaching of Cell Team and operators on, e.g. DMS execution, loss elimination, skills development and technical mastery
• Provide coaching to team leaders during shift DDS meetings
• Lead issue resolution “to root cause” on the floor of chronic stops
• Conduct Health checks and identify gaps
• Ensure that the cell health checks take place as planned

 Required capabilities:

• Experience and reasonable technical mastery in operations
• Planning, Leading and Organising 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

Education and Experience:

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