Unique Personnel boasts over 50 years (established in 1970) of personnel and staffing experience, so it's not surprising that even though our main focus has been providing on South African Staffing Solutions, we now recruit internationally for over 5000 clients Duties & Responsibilities Production managers will be responsible for the technical management, supervision, and control of manufacturing processes in production. Must be able to Develop, evaluate, and improve current manufacturing processes. Working together with department managers/supervisors, to ensure products are manufactured to a certain quality standard. Assessing project and resource requirements Overseeing production processes Re-negotiating timescales or schedules as necessary Selecting, ordering and purchasing materials Organising the repair and routine maintenance of production equipment Handle logistics, warehousing and stock of raw materials used in production. Manage all teams within your production department. Create and implement organisational/production changes on an operative level. Focus on growing business and revenue by implementing necessary changes to product/production line to enter new markets or grow existing territories. Excellent communication, numeracy, and computer literacy skills. (Full Microsoft suite) Good people management skills and management of staff. Identifying problems and implement preventative strategies to minimise risk. Being able to develop good working relationships and trust with various teams. Strong problem-solving skills, analytic ability and be very detail oriented. Working well with many different departments and external suppliers. Always keeping the end-user/customer in mind. Being results and deadline driven. Desired Experience & Qualification Qualifications and Requirements Min 5 years’ experience as a production manager in a manufacturing environment (non-negotiable) Knowledge of Mining Screening industry. Knowledge of Tooling (Dies and Moulds) Knowledge of Injection moulding machines Technical skills