Job Title: Lamination HOD (Oversee Slitting dept)
Department / Business: Production
Designation: Sr. Staff
Grade: M13
Base Location: Accra, Ghana, West Africa
Reporting to (Title): Factory Manager
Superior’s Superior Title: Business Head
Age & Sex: 34 - 38 Year, Male
Nationality: Open for any Nationality
Visa Status: Bachelor
Experience: 13 - 15 years relevant experience in Lamination Operations
Qualification: Degree or Diploma in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering.
Hierarchy in Management: Junior / Middle
Expat Benefits:
- Savings Potential: $1400 per month based on the experience (offshore net savings shall be paid on a quarterly basis to candidate’s designated account)
- Variable Component: As per company policy
- Local Allowance (Food Allowance): As per company policy and paid on Monthly basis.
- Visa Status: Individual
- Accommodation: Fully Furnished and company provided as per policy
- Transport: Company provided car and driver as per policy
- Medical: At actuals and as per policy
- Minimum Service Period: 24 months
- Leave: 30 Calendar days per annum
The purpose of the Job is to achieve set production targets of the Lamination Unit in each plant.
(What are the specific aspects of the job that provide a challenge to the job holder in the context of the job?)
- Process Control
- Quality and Compliances
- People Management
- Ensure Lamination machines operation meets production targets & provide support.
- Ensuring quality with minimum waste and safety measures.
- Ensures production targets are met.
- Ensure daily shift goals and metrics of the lamination jobs are met with process adherence.
- Ensure lamination jobs are done to approved specifications.
- Ensure adherence to quality that meet given customer requirement to avoid customer complaints, also compliances to SOPs.
- Machine cleaning and assistance in machine maintenance.
- Continuous and ongoing process implementation and improvement.
- Participate in Audits, training Local employees & implementation of SOPs.
- Communicates quality metric to staff.
- Provide assistance in Development of New Products and support to customers.
- Good in GMPs and must have worked in ISO quality management systems environment.
- Perform Quality Control checks.
- Ensuring effective utilization of all resources including the Human Resource.
- Good managing skills with a track record of developing individuals. Good Team player.
- Manpower Planning & Budgeting as per the agreed cost and productivity norms.
- Ensuring Inter-department workflow is smooth and well coordinated.
- Working process knowledge of lamination (solvent base & solventless) for multiyear Flexible Packaging manufacturing.
- Hands on experience of Solvent Base & Solvent Less Lamination machines is a must.
- Knowledge of adhesives and films used in multilayer Flexible Packaging.
- Oversee and manage the lamination lines, ensuring smooth, efficient, and high-quality production processes.
- Allocate resources and manage shifts effectively to meet production schedules while maintaining a high level of quality and safety.
- Promote a team culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and safety.
- Work with the production planning team to develop and execute detailed schedules for lamination processes, ensuring timely delivery of finished products.
- Monitor and track production progress to ensure that deadlines are met, and resolve any delays or challenges promptly.
- Review and manage production orders to ensure that the required materials, machinery, and labor resources are available and optimized.
- Identify opportunities for improving lamination processes to increase output, improve quality, reduce waste, and lower operational costs.
- Manageing Daily, Monthly reports, records, Production, Breakdown, Adhesive, Solvent consumptions.
- Knowledge of SAP or any opearting system recodring for production data.
- Material management and Reconcilation of Adhesive, Solvents, Films, WIP, FG etc.
- Daily monitor of Input, output, wastage, consumptions.
- Monitor and manage spare parts inventory for the lamination machines, ensuring that critical components are always available.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues during the lamination processes, including machine breakdowns, material inconsistencies, or quality issues.
- Lead, supervise, and mentor a team of operators and technicians in the lamination.
- Conduct performance evaluations, training, and skill development to improve team performance and ensure high production standards.
- Oversee and manage the Slitting dept, monitor output, wastage, reconcilation of input and output, maintaining daily, monthly records.
- Planning & Organizing Skills.
- Good Execution & Delegation Skills.
- Decision Making.
- Communication, Team work, Interpersonal Skills.
- Networking Ability.
- Achievement Orientation, Driving team & assign tasks.
- Creative Thinking - Thinking out of box.
- Strategic Thinking.
- Tolerance.
The Job purpose of the direct reportees is to achieve the overall Production targets of lamination department as per the agreed costs and norms.
All departments & Functions withing the Factory: On a day-to-day basis
General Manager: As & when required
Operations Head & outlets Team: On a regular basis
Finance & Accounts Department: As & when required
HR Department: On all HR related matters (Recruitment, Salaries, Confirmations, transfers etc.)
Admin: On all admin related issues
Government Departments & External Agencies: As & when required
Vendors – External: As & when required
