Shift Leader - Port Elizabeth

Leveraging its deep expertise as the global leader in catalysis and precious metals, BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) serves customers in many industries including automotive, aerospace, indoor air quality, semiconductors and hydrogen economy, and provides full loop services with its precious metals trading and recycling offering. With a focus on circular solutions and sustainability, ECMS is committed to helping our customers create a cleaner, more sustainable world. Protecting our elements of life is our purpose and this inspires us to ever-new solutions.

ECMS operates globally in 15 countries with approximately 20 production sites and over 4, 000 employees.

What you can expect

The incumbent will be responsible for managing the shift Production Department and coordinating its interaction with other departments to achieve customer, company requirements with respect to productivity, QHE&S, delivery and cost. Duties will include the following:

Ensuring departmental objectives are set and cascaded to the entire production shift
Ensuring the effective utilization of all resources in the production shift
Reviewing progress against the daily production plan and implementing contingencies, where necessary to achieve operational targets
Ensuring that objectives and targets are measured and tracked to determine the trends
Ensuring that employees are motivated to achieve operational targets
Identifying and actioning employee development and training needs
Providing training to all relevant employees on improved or newly developed work instructions to ensure compliance to standards
Ensuring that departmental Quality and Safety standards are adhered to, maintained and improved continuously throughout the plant
Managing systems applicable to the production area including SAP transactions, Stock accuracy, AIMS, Compliant Pro, TPM, AE.net and Power-Bi, LCO, and PLT submission
Creating and maintaining an environment which fosters continuous improvement in key focus areas using best practice and lean principles
Initiating investigations of process and operational deviations, engaging expertise and staff, using various problem-solving techniques, reviewing data and making prompt decisions to correct any such deviations
Ensuring that the maintenance plans and repairs are conducted to an acceptable standard during a shift
Working according to Integrated (Environmental and Quality) Management System requirements
Ensuring that the final production schedule for all production lines, both Slurry Prep and Coating is available
Managing the off-line and other off-line related activities during a shift

What we expect

Minimum of 6 years experience in a production/manufacturing environment in the Automotive industry
3 year Production Management or Technical tertiary qualification, and preferably a post-graduate qualification
Experience in a leadership role is required and managing a production business unit operating on a continuous shift basis is advantageous

We offer

Responsibility from day one in a challenging work environment and on-the-job training as part of a committed team. Competitive compensation including attractive benefits as well as excellent career opportunities in an international company. BASF is an equal opportunity employer which we embrace diversity and the principles of employment equity

Closing date: 30 May 2023