PAUL JACOBS
Production Line Manager
Nigel
Summary
Production Line Manager leading day-to-day output across the production floor, overseeing 31–50 staff on shift with control of losses, yields, health and safety, and housekeeping. Oversees staff, coordinates with stores, quality control, processing, and maintenance, and keeps production moving through compiling 5–7 production reports per week, new procedure creation, and SOP updates. Supports efficient manufacturing by resolving employee issues and keeping materials available through supplier communication. 15 years experience as an external sale representative covering the whole of SA and some export
Overview
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3
Languages
6
6
Certifications
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
PRODUCTION LINE MANAGER
HALEWOOD INTERNATIONAL SOUTH AFRICA
Benoni, Gauteng
05.2025 - Current
- Day to day running of production
- Controlling of losses and yields
- Control of health and safety on production floor
- Controlling of all staff on production floor
- Working directly with stores, quality control, processing and maintenance
- Compiling daily production reports
- Creating of new procedures
- Control of good housekeeping
- Overseeing the manufacturing process
- Addressing employee concerns
- Communicating with a few of the suppliers to ensure materials are available for production and any quality issues
- Ensuring all company policies and procedures are followed to reduce waste and increase efficiency
- Drafting and updating of SOP's
- Drafting and updating of job descriptions
PRODUCTION LINE SUPERVISOR
HALEWOOD INTERNATIONAL SOUTH AFRICA
Benoni, Gauteng
08.2022 - 05.2025
- Supervise production line staff and machinery
- Monitor daily product quality
- Daily stock capturing
- Product balancing
- Manage overtime, timekeeping and attendance
- General email correspondence
- Complete daily paperwork (downtime and uptime reports)
- Daily reporting to management
- Liaise with other line supervisors during shift handovers
- Capture daily CO₂ usage
- Capture daily production figures on Excel
- Charge lines with products to be run
- CIP (Cleaning in Progress) operations
- SHE representative
- Firefighting trained
- First Aid certified
- Evacuation warden
- First responder
- Gold Star 3-ton forklift licence
EXTERNAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE
GLOBAL ROOFING SOLUTIONS
Kempton Park, Gauteng
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Liaise with clients daily
- Canvass new clients (cold calling) and manage accounts
- Service existing and new clients (KOLs)
- Conduct site visits and manage logistics
- Weekly reporting
- Monthly planning and forecasting
- Meet with key clients to grow business
- Prepare and manage tenders (pricing and lead times)
- Negotiate pricing with customers
- Follow up on leads
- Submit daily material requests for manufacturing
- Prepare daily quotations
- Working knowledge of Pastel and Syspro
- Handle customer complaints
SALES MANAGER
Ashinkyle Trading Pty Ltd
Albelrton, Gauteng
08.2016 - 01.2022
- Liaising with clients daily
- Canvassing of new clients (cold calling)
- Servicing existing and new clients - KOL's
- Serviced Gauteng, some parts of Mpumalanga and Free State, as well as neighbouring countries.
- Weekly reporting
- Planning for the month ahead
- Meetings with leading clients to grow business
- Working on tenders (Pricing and lead times)
- Sourcing of material (local and abroad)
- Liaising with potential suppliers from China and across the globe
- Logistics
- Procurement
- Negotiating prices with suppliers
- Customer Statements
- Account management
- Follow up on leads
- Control production in workshop
- Stock controlling
- Staff management
- Costing in Excel
- Daily quotes
- Some knowledge of Pastel
- Vehicle tracking, maintenance and fuel consumption
- Customer complaints
- Material handling from -280 to -1600 degrees Celsius
- Product knowledge includes Foam Glass, Kaimann, K-Flex, Rubatech, Aero Foam, Rockwool, Glass Fibre, Ceramic Materials, TPH Thermal Plaster, Polyisocyanurate, Polyurethane, Polystyrene, EPDM, Acoustic Foam.
SALES CONSULTANT
Global Innovative Building Systems
Alberton, Gauteng
04.2011 - 08.2016
- Liaising with clients daily
- Canvassing of new clients (cold calling)
- Working on tenders
- Servicing existing and new clients
- Currently servicing whole of Gauteng and parts of Mpumalanga
- Weekly reporting
- Planning for the month ahead
- Meetings with leading clients to grow business
- Working on tenders (Pricing and lead times)
- Sourcing of material (local and abroad)
Education
Matric -
Hoërskool Die Adelaar
01-1995
Course - undefined
Sales Skills
01-2013
Qualification - undefined
Plumbing and Pipefitting
01-2002
Skills
Time management
Communication skills
Relationship building
Production planning
Quality control
Health and safety compliance
Microsoft Excel
Pastel
SOP development
Daily production reporting
Root cause analysis
Inventory control
Capacity planning
Workforce planning
Certification
OHS Representative Course
Timeline
PRODUCTION LINE MANAGER
HALEWOOD INTERNATIONAL SOUTH AFRICA
05.2025 - Current
PRODUCTION LINE SUPERVISOR
HALEWOOD INTERNATIONAL SOUTH AFRICA
08.2022 - 05.2025
EXTERNAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE
GLOBAL ROOFING SOLUTIONS
02.2022 - 05.2022
SALES MANAGER
Ashinkyle Trading Pty Ltd
08.2016 - 01.2022
SALES CONSULTANT
Global Innovative Building Systems
04.2011 - 08.2016
Qualification - undefined
Plumbing and Pipefitting
Course - undefined
Sales Skills
Matric -
Hoërskool Die Adelaar