Production Manager / Management Trainee Job Vacancy in Kenya - Advertising Industry

Our client in the Advertising Industry, producing promotional material is urgently looking for an experienced Production Manager.

Reporting to the MD, the Production Manager will be responsible for ensuring quality, cost effective and timely production (stitching, printing and embroidery) of promotional material.

The Production Manager will lead a production team of about two hundred people. The position requires skill, experience as well as maturity and strategic thinking.

Duties & Responsibilities:

* Interpret client brief into work plans for the Production team
* Ensure that all goods being delivered meet quality expectations
* Set targets for the Production team and ensure they are met
* Ensure that goods are delivered on time
* Oversee cost effective production
* Take part in hiring the right people for the right jobs
* Create a working environment that will motivate the team
* Prepare reports on production and guide the top management team on matters of Production

Required skills and qualifications:

* Degree/Diploma in manufacturing, textiles, textile engineering, printing or any related field
* Excellent Communication skills
* Strong Management skills
* Technical skills
* 3- 5 years experience as a production manager (or equivalent) in a production/factory environment
* Demonstrated high level of maturity and good leadership skills
* Ability to work within strict deadlines
* Excellent organizational, planning and analytical skills
* A good team player who is customer focused
* An eye for detail

We are also considering management trainees for this position who have the required educational background and skills and one year experience.

How to apply

Please send your CV and Application letter together with your current and expected salary to recruitment@fanisi.net by 14th July, 2011.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.