Manufacturing Supervisor Job Placement – FIG Consult Limited

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Job Title:       Manufacturing Supervisor (Re-advertised) 
Organisation: FIG Consult
Limited
Duty Station: Uganda
Reports to: General Manager

Job Summary: The Manufacturing
Supervisor will manage the production process and take lead by establishing daily
production targets, improving the manufacturing process, and ensuring the company meets existing quality standards. It is a big job for a fast growing firm with
big goals.

Key Duties and
Responsibilities:   
  • Plan
    production and shipping schedules and set production targets
  • Preparing
    reports to monitor materials usage and efficiency
  • Oversee
    Product Line Leaders and team of 40 production staff
  • Tasked
    with improving the production process to increase quality, reduce labor
    hours and lead time, and minimize waste
  • Create
    quality controls to address common issues and verifying that controls are
    followed
  • Estimate
    costs for new product lines
  • Determine
    labor needs each season and for new product lines
  • Set
    material re-order points each season based on forecasted demand
  • Calculate
    materials needs for daily production schedule
  • Minimize
    machinery down time through maintenance and training
  • Ensuring
    that health and safety regulations are followed/ 
  • Communicate regularly with US Operations Manager regarding production timeline and estimated
    ship dates




Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:  
  • The
    applicant should have at least five years’ experience in a high volume
    manufacturing setting. 
  • A minimum of three
    years of directly supervising production staff
  • Computer literacy i.e. Proficient
    in Microsoft Excel
  • Good communication skills
  • Excellent customer service skills 
  • Fluency
    in English, (both oral and written)
Personal Competencies:
  • Planning
    & Organizing:     Develops clear goals; prioritizes well and adjusts plans as required;
    allocates appropriate amount of time and resources for completing
    work; foresees risks and allows for contingencies when planning; monitors
    and adjusts plans and actions as necessary; uses time efficiently.
  • Leadership: Serves as a role model; empowers
    others to translate vision into results; establishes and maintains
    relationships with a broad range of people to understand needs and gain
    support; anticipates and resolves conflicts by pursuing mutually agreeable
    solutions; drives for change and improvements; does not accept the status
    quo; shows the courage to take unpopular stands.
How to Apply:
If you have the qualifications above and are ready for a new, exciting
challenge, email your resume and the names and contacts of 3 references to the
email address below. Use your name in the title of the resume file. In the
email, explain, in English, why you are the best candidate for the position.


Deadline: 9th August 2017

NB: This is an urgent
position so shortlisting will start immediately

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