Career Opportunty: Factory Team Assistant
Industry: Manufacturing
Location: Nairobi
Gross Salary: 40K – 50K
Our client is a local manufacturing company offering quality solutions in Insulation, Acoustics, HVAC, Structural products as well as packaging solutions.
They seek to hire a Factory Team Assistant who will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the manufacturing operation and support the Production Manager and ensuring an efficient operation in achieving business targets.
Responsibilities
- Ensure swift and smooth plant start-ups and shutdowns through effective handovers at the start/end of every shift.
- Under the direction of the Production Manager, review production special orders and schedule earliest delivery.
- Monitor process output to ensure that client product specification, quality and plant efficiency is sustained.
- Monitor and coordinate the implementation of 5s and GEMBA (Housekeeping).
- Investigate/ escalate customer complaints and provide timely feedback for management action.
- Maintain employee and site safety in OSHA compliance for the production
- Interpret design drawings and give recommendations on best workable solutions.
- Timely dispatch of all customer orders without short supply, confirm quality, and supporting documentation at dispatch point.
- Work with both procurement and production to ensure no stock out, especially on packaging materials, also to maintain required stock level.
- Periodic stock count exercises.
- Regularly and independently, check stock balances.
- Ensure proper arrangement of materials in the store and Control inventory movements by using the First in First out (FIFO) technique.
- Receiving and verifying incoming materials in production and ensuring full documentation is accompanied.
- Capturing production in ERP system- Sage Evolution.
- Manage an inventory movement schedule on a daily basis, Checking RE-order levels)
Qualifications & Experience
- A minimum of a diploma in Production Technology/ Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum of One (1) year experience in a plastic manufacturing industry or factory experience is preferred
- Capable of making fast and sound decisions.
- Leadership, analytical and communication skills.
- Requisite knowledge of basic computer packages.
- Excellent communication skills in English and Kiswahili (both written and oral)
- Customer service skills
How to Apply
If you are up to the challenge, possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Factory Team Assistant) to vacancies@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 7th June 2022.