Production Manager

Ideus Furnishing - We started as a design team who loved modern furniture, but had a problem. The things we liked we couldn't afford. And the things we could afford, we didn't like. So we began designing and making the furniture we wanted.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Production Manager
Job Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• We are looking for a right-brained manager to perform all phases of  Furniture Production, designing, purchasing and overseeing the production.
• The goal is to match client’s needs and to produce sustainable,functional and aesthetically pleasing products.

Job Description

• Will be responsible for managing production of furniture as per order & client requirement.
• Will be responsible for coordination raw material
• Will be responsible for execute client order in given time schedule
• Will be planning material, machine & manpower.
• Will be responsible for manufacturing in various department & shop floor.
• Will plan monitor production at every stage of manufacturing

Requirements
Ideal Candidate must have the following:

• 5 years of experience as sample maker/ Production manager or similar role
• Technical education background (e.g. architecture, engineering or similar)
• Proven leadership skills
• Good English skills
• Ability to work within a busy environment
• Demonstrate experience within a furniture manufacturing environment
• Positive, enthusiastic and looking for leadership opportunities
• Ability to make/ supervise the production of sofas, chairs, beds, tables. stools e.t.c

Key Skills Required:

• Able to make/ create new samples with designer
• Able to launch new samples together with the workers and prepare everything for production
• A strong track record working with both people and processes.
• Previous experience as Production Planner/Production engineer or similar role
• Proactive, logical, efficient and self-motivated.
• Emotionally intelligent with a creative approach to problem solving
• Capacity to train & instruct workers how to make the new furniture pieces and models
• Working closely with the design, Purchasing and QC teams to ensure production is efficient with full utilization.
• Emphatic communicator, able to see things from other person’s point of view, well presented and business like
• Accountable for optimizing the production process, developing and following-through manufacturing and productivity improvement plans