Profitability
• Effectively and efficiently manage and control the use of people, raw material and equipment to ensure optimal productivity and return on investment
• Effectively determine and communicate pricing of products/ units/ cost of sales to ensure competitive pricing structures
• Effectively manage purchasing functions to ensure optimal stock levels, competitive mark up and maximization of capital employed
• Analyze, optimize and improve overall performance of the equipment, staff and the production processes to ensure that assets are deployed and utilized optimally
• Effectively and efficiently manage and control financial resources and the engagement of these financial resources to ensure optimal financial resource utilization
• Effective and efficiently measure and manage the productivity and the operating costs of all areas under his/ her control to maximize profit margins
Productivity
• Ensure that deviations from production schedules and quality standard are identified and dealt with pro- actively
• Ensure that production and related efficiencies are measured and monitored hourly/ daily and corrective action is taken upon deviations from set performance requirements
• Raw materials utilization measured and monitored hourly/ daily and corrective action is taken upon deviations/ inefficiencies (water, chemicals, coal efficiencies, steam, etc.)
• Ensure that production schedules are compiled, communicated and distributed in time and that production planning is done in such a way as to optimize equipment and people utilization
• Ensure that all equipment and staff related efficiencies are optimized and that assets are utilized to maximize productivity
• Ensure preventative maintenance and breakdown maintenance is done in such a way as to eliminate/ reduce production time losses
• Ensure that production schedules make provision for optimal allocation of processing different products throughout the production processes
• Ensure that deviations from set production targets are investigated and the root cause for the deviation is addressed
• Ensure that production targets per area/ machine is set, measured and monitored hourly/ daily and corrective action is taken upon deviations from set performance requirements
Distribution
• Ensure that systems are implemented and maintained to ensure that loads and deliveries are secured and delivered timeously
• Ensure that systems are implemented and maintained to ensure the efficient and effective control of all inbound and outbound activities including the use of UHF RFID scanners and portals.
• Ensure that all trucks are loaded to optimal efficiency and that all routes are planned in the most efficient and effective way
• Ensure that effective administration systems are implemented and maintained to track and record all distribution activities accurately
• Manage, monitor and control the quality, quantity, cost and efficiency of the movement and storage of products/ units
Administration
• All relevant reports relating to the distribution activities and performance is obtained, analyzed and corrective action is taken on deviations
• All relevant reports relating to the employees’ salaries/ wages, absenteeism, discipline and performance is obtained, analyzed and corrective action is taken where required
• All relevant reports relating to the financial/ finance activities and performance is obtained, analyzed and corrective action is taken where required
• All relevant reports relating to the production activities and performance is obtained, analyzed and corrective action is taken where required.
• Prepare & compile monthly management reports
• All relevant reports relating to customer satisfaction, queries and complaints is obtained, analyzed and corrective action is taken where required
