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Job Description
About Zembo
Zembo is a startup company in Uganda paving the way to emobility revolution in Africa. The company offers electric motorcycle taxis and battery swapping services across its network of recharging stations in Uganda.
Following 6 years of operation Zembo is the most experienced African provider of electric motorcycles and battery swap services on the continent. We are now scaling up in Uganda to continue providing an affordable and environmentally responsible mobility solution. See
As a startup working under the principles of a teal nonhierarchical leadership we offer you a motivating and dynamic environment. You will have a lot of responsibilities autonomy the possibility and opportunity to shape our young company.
Your role
The Motorcycle Production & Quality Coordinator plays a key role in ensuring a smooth continuous and efficient manufacture of electric vehicles to the highest quality and consistency standards.
Supply and inventory: Coordinate orders and fabrication from local suppliers in time to ensure all Bill of Materials inventory are available to meet production schedule requirements
Assembly Oversight: Ensure that production schedules are met at cost on time at the required quality and safety levels.
Team Management: Manage a motivated skilled and efficient Team to achieve company goals and objectives.
Every member of the Production team takes responsibility for supporting the business needs above which may require expanding responsibilities as needed additional learning and tackling new professional challenges beyond what is reflected in this Job Description.
Functional Areas & Responsibilities
Team Leadership: Lead motivate and supervise a team of assembly line technicians providing guidance training and support to ensure optimal performance and productivity.
Production Planning: Collaborate with the production planning team to develop and implement production schedules ensuring timely delivery of electric motorcycles while optimizing resource utilization.
o Schedule achievement: Manage resources to achieve schedule in an efficient way.
o Tools and Equipment: Ensure all equipment is available and functional to meet the scheduled needs in a safe and efficient way.
o Inventory Management: Oversee inventory levels of components and materials required for motorcycle assembly coordinating with the procurement team to ensure adequate supply while minimizing excess inventory and waste.
Health and Safety (HSES):
o Safety: Manage PPE hazardous materials disciplines and processes by setting standards managing against the standards and leading by example.
o Housekeeping: Maintain a clean safe and orderly work environment.
Quality Assurance: Implement and enforce quality control procedures to ensure that all motorcycles meet or exceed company standards and customer expectations. Conduct regular inspections and audits to identify and address any quality issues promptly.
Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate assembly line processes and identify opportunities for improvement in operational efficiency (cost) quality & safety by reducing waste to streamline operations and enhance overall performance.
Communication: Foster open communication and collaboration across departments providing regular updates to management on production progress challenges and opportunities for improvement
Team Management
Leadership: Provide leadership and direction for all members of the production team and coordinate the team s efforts with other support areas.
Teamwork: Work cross functionally with different teams to achieve company goals.
Development: Identify development opportunities to grow individuals and support development plans through coaching/teaching job rotation and application of company resources.
Performance Management: Use the company performance system to create alignment of expectations mutual understanding of actual performance and support means to improve performance.
As the Production and Quality leader you ll have the responsibility and autonomy to lead the production team and deliver the Zembo motorcycle experience to clients. Your objective is to enable Zembo to develop from a startup producing a few hundred motorcycles to an industry leader producing thousands of motorcycles every year.
As a startup working under the principles of a selforganised management (teal) we offer you a motivating and dynamic environment. You have a lot of responsibilities autonomy and the possibility to shape our young company.
Requirements
- 35 years of experience in managing a production line or manufacturing team
- Degree in mechanical engineering systems engineering or equivalent
- Strong handson experience in fabrication preferably with welding and machining
- Capable of doing root cause analyses and corrective action
- Be able to drive and see continuous improvement and waste elimination opportunities
- Understanding and implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles
- Creative thinker that can work under pressure
- Understand basic business fundamentals & financials
- Strong communication skills
Benefits
Employment Type
Full Time
