Position: Operations Manager
Location: Alberton, Gauteng
Salary: Highly Negotiable
About the Role
A well-established plastics packaging manufacturer based in Alberton, Gauteng is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to oversee and optimise all plant operations. This is a senior leadership role reporting directly to the Managing Director.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate, manage and oversee all plant operations, ensuring best practice across all levels
- Optimise Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and minimise waste while maximising people performance
- Ensure delivery of consistent quality products to specification
- Formulate strategic and operational objectives
- Drive Lean continuous improvement in production (Lean and Six Sigma)
- Examine production plans and ensure alignment with sales plans
- Improve operational management systems, processes and best practice methods
- Develop operational systems and procedures to ensure productivity and continuous growth
- Monitor and report on OEE, performance and costs
- Achieve operations labour budget expectations
- Drive compliance with HSHE and BRC standards
- Mentor and develop a high-performing production team
Minimum Requirements- Degree in Operations Management or related field
- Minimum 8 to 10 years proven experience as an Operations or Plant Manager in a plastics manufacturing environment
- Production extrusion skills and experience - essential
- Sound technical knowledge of plastics manufacturing
- Extensive knowledge of organisational effectiveness and operations management
- Strong leadership and people management ability
- Lean and Six Sigma knowledge
- HSHE and BRC compliance experience
- Performance driven with strong attention to detail
- Customer and quality focused
If you do not receive feedback within 4 weeks of application, please consider your application unsuccessful.