Overview

H & Y Furniture Manufacturers is a lifestyle design and space enhancement company dedicated to improving the lives of people wherever they live, work or play. As a full-service furniture manufacturing company in Lagos Nigeria, we specialize in designing, manufacturing and installing modular furniture for all kinds of spaces – business, educational and residential projects

Job Position: Production Manager

Job Location: Lekki, Lagos

Job Description

  • To plan, organize, coordinate and control of all manufacturing processes for all divisions of the business

Job Responsibilities
Strategy & Budgets:

  1. Initiate and propose a strategic plan for factory operations in the Company, define the critical success factors and ensures after approval by the Board, the achievement of the vision/targets by setting and maintaining the correct focus for the organization.
  2. Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets.
  3. Translate broad objectives to specific goals for the various functional units resulting in an effective and efficient implementation plan for factory operations.
  4. Ensure preparation of Operations Budget in line with developmental goals to ensure consistency in profitability and growth for the Company
  5. Implement and maintain the factory operations strategies to deliver the customer service objectives working functionally with Project

Management / Commercial:
Production Planning & Organising:

  1. Plan, organize, direct, and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations
  2. Organize workflows to meet specifications and timelines and implement a methodology to measure due-date delivery performance
  3. Evaluate production schedules to plan team structures and development
  4. Oversee the pre-production meeting to implement strategies to reduce expenses and increase productivity across all product lines
  5. Develop and maintain production metrics for quality, delivery and safety

Team Management:

  1. Build strong rapport with the production team through open communication, promote a positive, safe , productive and efficient work environment
  2. Continually analyse, identify and set expectations to motivate team members to achieve objectives and goals

Quality Assurance:

  1. Ensure that items/ product produced by the production team always meet quality standards
  2. Monitor products standards at various levels of production and at the point of release so that cost of rework is reduced /eliminated

Process Improvement:

  1. Review and recommend appropriate measures to control and minimise waste level
  2. Review production practices and equipment: make proposal for improvement to ensure that they are maximally effective
  3. Encourage a culture that strives for growth, continuous improvement and self-development.

HSE Management:

  • Appropriate health and safety procedures are in place and applied rigorously.

Leadership:

  • Provide overall guidance and direction to the business, particularly for factory operations, as well as, direct reports and project team members

Job Requirements

  1. Good First Degree in Engineering or relevant discipline
  2. Possession of a higher degree(s), such as M.Sc, MBA, PMP is desirable
  3. Minimum of fifteen (15) years’ relevant experience with at least seven (7) years in senior managerial capacity in a similar role, preferably in a multinational FMCG environment or wood/ furniture company.
  4. Strong strategic orientation, interpersonal relationship manager.
  5. Strong operational orientation Key Competency Requirements
  6. Micro Economic and industry knowledge
  7. Good understanding manufacturing environment
  8. Strategic and creative thinking. Project Management skills; strong diagnostic and problem-solving skills; able to think methodically and analytically
  9. Strong organisational and leadership skills
  10. Experience in a Furniture Company is an added advantage

Bullet Points:

  1. Cutting list
  2. Pre – production meetings
  3. Pre-project meeting
  4. Lead installation group
  5. Instructions on production
  6. Planning daily activities and target for supervisors and all
  7. Oversee maintenance Engineer activities
  8. Study and review job orders
  9. Direct QC on planning and raising of BOQ
  10. Site visitation to track installation
  11. Assist in cost reductions
  12. Supervision of procurement; quality and quantity of materials and other deliverables.
  13. Maintain job processes
  14. Priorities job according to customers’ requested and sign documents
  15. Negotiate with vendors for materials to be supplied and repairers for machines/plants and generators
  16. Communicate with design and others for clarity and confirmation on projects.
  17. Correction of errors if any
  18. Assist with Logistics
  19. Help to send memo on shortage material if need arise
  20. Have direct contact with MD for discussion on challenges and way forward.

Application Deadline
31st July, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: hr@h-yfurniture.ng using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only qualified candidates should apply.

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