Position Title: Head of Racking Division
Industry: Steel and Fabrication Engineering industry
Location: Nairobi
Job Summary: Our client is a leading steel fabrication firm that specializes in the design, fabrication, and erection of structural steel works in Eastern and Central Africa.
They are looking to recruit a reliable and a qualified candidate to fill in the Head of Packaging Division position.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Prepare production plans for all production activities as per customer orders.
- Reviewing status of production plan execution to make any necessary adjustments.
- Coordinating work-in-progress with proper workflow charts on the white boards allocated at different production departments and activities to ensure accurate quantities/qualities are produced.
- Monitoring utilization of raw materials from estimation, requisition, and production ensuring that wastages are minimal if not fully eliminated.
- Properly plan for on time production of standard/customized items such as filing cabinets to ensure minimum stock levels are always maintained and that customers do not suffer any short supplies.
- Actively participating in new product design and development to ensure that customers always have access to ever changing product experience.
- Ensuring the section heads/supervisors have made shift reports, handed over in a proper manner and reviewing department production reports as provided in various records.
- Liaising with stores for status of materials availability and assist in seeing that the reordering level is on time as well as maintaining the purchase requisition process.
- Coordinate all production activities within the department production floor with emphasis on production quantity, efficiency, and quality.
- Enforcing company policies and procedures to staff within department while ensuring communication is done effectively to staff on production floor.
- Prepare and share such reports as may be required by management from time to time.
- Any other duties as may be allocated by the management from time to time
Qualifications
- 7-8 years of experience in the field of technical Sales & Marketing specifically in Racking
- A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering
- Understand technical issues.
- Prior experience in manufacturing and construction fields.
- Additional degree in sales and Marketing will be an added advantage
- Good communication skills
- Good interpersonal skill.
- Able to work well in a team
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates to apply through talent@workforceafrica.co.ke on or before 30th September 2022 quoting the job title and the salary expectation on the subject line.
Please note Workforce Africa does not charge candidates for job placement.