Assistant Production Manager at Sanergy

Sanergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization.

We are currently seeking an Assistant Production Manager – Kinanie (Machakos).

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Breakdown weekly production plan into daily schedules and drive daily adherence to this by line-staff in the Factory
• Breakdown Lean Daily Management projects into SMART goals with clear link to the overall goal of organizational maturity in the Factory
• Schedule and conduct Gemba walks across all sections with respective crew lead line staff to identify opportunities for improvement
• Coach crew leads and support them to understand the process and equip them to detect, escalate and resolve challenges/variances in their domains
• Lead in the development and resolution of factory level short term corrective and preventive actions
• Coach the crew leads to resolve section level day to day challenges through established problem solving toolkits
• Track key resource consumption and cost metrics. These include labor utilization & efficiency, resource utilization and machine utilization
• Analyse daily production outputs to identify wastes, develop and implement measures to improve processes in liaison with the Factory Manager
• Analyse resource productivity trends and proactively recommend continuous improvement projects to improve inefficient processes
• Lead your teammates in respective sections to execute daily production schedules
• Coordinate respective section crew leads to ensure that processes move in sync (one-piece flow) to achieve daily targets effectively and efficiently
• Work with multi-disciplinary teams (R&D, Continuous improvement and Design) to ensure harmony in operations in the Factory
• Circulate and reconcile the production plan in all sections through visual controls such as Lean Management boards
• Through effective scheduling, allocate labor to various sub processes to ensure > 90% utilization.
• Develop daily production schedules and Leader Standardized Work (LSW) sheets that will be executed by the respective section crew leads.
• Review adherence to daily schedules, implement load leveling and implement actions to correct variances to ensure operations are back on track.
• Monitor day to day resource utilization to ensure that all operations are run within budget and as per the tactical plan.
• Work with respective crew leads to ensure that utilities, materials utilization, and set takt times are adhered to and tracked on the established platforms
• Coach crew leads to detect and resolve over utilization of resources within their respective sections in the factory

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (chemical, mechanical, industrial) or relevant fields
• Minimum of 2 years experience working in a factory setting within either quality or production management in an active/live factory environment.
• Proficiency in MS Office (word, excel) or Google suite (docs, sheets)
• Able to handle coordination and execution of multiple projects
• Great collaboration, communication and people skills

Qualities you’ll need to fit in well with the Sanergy – Stars

• A collaborative spirit that compels you to work beyond your team
• A desire to understand and serve customers
• A willingness to embrace diversity, integrity, and empathy
• An innovative approach to assessing and testing new ideas
• An enthusiasm to achieve set targets and improve yourself professionally

Required documents for Shortlisting

• NHIF
• NSSF
• KRA PIN
• Police Clearance Certificate
• Academic Transcripts and Academic Certificates