Production Manager Prague, Praha

Production Manager

Purpose of the job:
We expect our Production Manager to be highly technically skilled, organized and attentive to detail (to operate and master our ERP system), good communicators, planners, and team players working closely with our CAD engineers, production managers, account/roll-out managers, assembly teams, logistic managers, installation teams and finance department.
Production Managers are responsible for coordinating suppliers to produce our clients’ designs.
Production Managers complement the project team by managing supplier production and overseeing assembly and packing of articles in the required quality and time frame.
Key Responsibilities:
- Production management - Manage all aspects of production with vendors, ensuring delivery timetables and maintaining current status of assigned projects at all times, brief design/engineering teams and verify mechanical drawing details, prepare quotations and indicate appropriate vendors for production, plan and track supplier production and set priorities accordingly.
- Supplier Management - Develop and sustain excellent relationships with all suppliers, liaison between different material suppliers for cross production checks.
- People management - providing ongoing training to production executives
- Concept development - Manage the whole process of concept development from design and engineering phase to the final project handover to the client.
- Project documentation - Ensure quality and final check of technical documentation (design drawings, production draw bill of materials, meta data), compliance with internal and clients standards and systems. Ensure ERP system is used to document all production related information and technical documentation.
- Communication - Key contact for internal teams and suppliers on project status and details, provide clear and timely solution oriented communication to suppliers and internal team members.
- Quality Control (together with QC Dept.) - Ensure quality and on time delivery of production articles, plan inspections at supplier’s facilities and on incoming components to warehouse, ensure packaging standards reflecting client’s needs.
- Financial control and project evaluation - establish and communicate budgets and work back schedules for each project, work within established operating budgets, analyze job revenue, cost and profitability by job and/or project.
- Claims handling - Manage claims of damaged or missing components.
Knowledge, Skills + Experience:
Professional
- Excellent experience in production area - ideally in retail fixture fabrication or related industry.
- Technical education is a big plus (furniture, mechanical, civil engineering, architecture).
- Able to read and comprehend technical drawings.
- Advanced knowledge of materials and production technologies in joinery, metal works, plastics, printing and glass works.
- Supplier relationship management skills - ability to build and maintain strong, mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers and develop incentives to encourage suppliers to achieve greater excellence.
- Project management skills - organizational and planning abilities in combination with time management skills and ability to multitask.
- Commercial and negotiation skills - ability to negotiate with suppliers and provide comrehensive calculations of production costs
Personal
- Open, Honest and Direct
- Stress resistant and able to focus under time pressure
- Excellent communication skills for both personal and written interaction with suppliers and internal teams.
- Ability to multi-task without losing focus and control
- Perfectionist with a high level of attention to detail
- Drive for development and self-improvement
IT
- Advanced level of MS Office (MS Excel is a must)
- Knowledge of ERP systems
- Knowledge of 3D design software or Inventor or SOLIDWORKS software
Languages
- English - advanced level required for daily written and verbal communication + knowledge of technical English
- Another language (relevant for client’s needs) is an advantage

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