Manager, Production Footwear

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
• Fully accountable for quality, production, manufacturing efficiency targets and Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA) in one factory of at least 500K monthly capacity.
Key Responsibilities:
• Independently manage all production, quality, production planning and SEA aspects of 1 factory (of at least 500K pairs monthly capacity.)
• Manage relationship with factory top management (Head of Production & Head of QIP) but with support from Production Team Leader or Senior Production Manager in implementing CI techniques and quality tools in daily production operations.
• Manage junior team members and contribute considerably to the achievement of team objectives.
• Supervise junior production staffs ensuring that quality is the paramount priority and focus.
• Explain practices and directives to factory QIP/ Production Heads and/or LO teams to achieve shared goals.
• Influence factory production/ quality middle management and drive change to achieve production objectives.
• Make day to day decisions within defined scope (with support on complex issues)
• Account for production area with predefined scope of responsibilities.
• Execute defined directives.
Key Relationships:
• Factory Production & QIP Floor Manager, Supervisor
• Development Managers
• Quality Department
• ME Department
• Supervisors
• Senior Operations Manager