Production Supervisor Component Plant - (PA 1168) at Volkswagen Group South Africa

Job Description and Responsibilities    

• Leading, managing and coaching Group Leaders in order to achieve a congruent and focused team 
• Managing absence within teams in order to ensure a smooth production operation
• Identifying, addressing and resolving any barriers that may hinder the workers’ performance, i.e. policies, procedures, practices etc.
• Ensuring that employees reporting to you understand their role in terms of targets, quality, through-put, maintenance and costs.
• Driving continuous improvements in all processes. 
• Managing the full shift to achieve the required KPI’s, (Quality, Volume, Safety etc.).
• Conducting daily Shop Floor Management (SFM) meetings to discuss the item on the board and how these will be resolved (limited to own SFM area and team)
• Conducting shift handover at the start and the end of a shift to ensure that all Quality related issues are understood and supplier related concerns are addressed. 
• Managing complaints and the development of people effectively. 
• Set objectives; perform appraisals and control performance behaviour of group leaders.
• Initiating the hiring and disciplining of employees as well as the transferring of employees according to the relevant HR policies.
• Taking responsibility for shift related Safety and Housekeeping (limited to own section). 
• Monitoring recurring defects and work back to source. 
• Assist in repair areas with Technical knowledge, know-how and coaching on how to repair faulty units, to reduce the number of off-line units. 
• Reporting reasons for losses and recommend corrective action. 
• Participating in daily Production Meetings and Audits.

Education and Experience    

• National Diploma/ Degree in Production Management /Operations Management or relevant engineering qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years in production experience.

Skills, Attributes & Other requirements    
ESSENTIAL:

• Leadership qualities to handle a broad spectrum of people and to interface successfully with different levels (including management) and departments.
• Ability to co-ordinate people
• Ability to make decisions
• Knowledge of VW production processes in order to determine future optimization and/or past failures.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication ability, both orally and written
• Ability to ensure that the company’s values are adhered to (i.e. Respect, One Team, Excellence and Integrity).