Off Grid Electric,Project Manager Jobs Vacancy

ition in Off Grid Electric’s team.
Ideally, the candidate will have solar industry experience with the ability to
make quick decisions based on quantitative and qualitative analysis. You will
thread the needle among our different suppliers locally and overseas, country
and group operations, ensuring a healthy and successful partnership between
procurement, design, manufacturing, logistics and sales to enable high quality
manufacturing. Your laser focus on the intricacies of manufacturing and
logistics designing for excellence will ensure that our energy systems and
accessories serve our customers needs every day, all day for years and years.

• Manage
  the project of establishing a semi knocked down manufacturing line in
  Rwanda in a warehouse starting from scratch.
• Finalize
  sourcing location and cooperate with Rwanda Opco team to combine
  warehouse, workshop, kitting, and future manufacturing of appliances in
  one location.
• Finalize
  investment lists and establish procurement sources with local and oversea
  colleagues.
• Tracking
  of budget for investment continuously and strict budget control.
• Cost
  control for all activities including leases and insurances needed.
• Set-up
  the manufacturing from an empty warehouse to be ready in schedule for
  appliance manufacturing, including all tools, interior, systems, etc.
  needed to do so.
• Hiring
  of staff for the SKD manufacturing and training of the personal.
• Documentation
  of SOP, control plans, FMEA, training plans etc. to ensure a sustainable
  project set-up and successful manufacturing.
• Take
  over the role of the production manager of the new established
  manufacturing process and lead efforts on production and strict cost
  control, increasing efficiencies and plan continuous improvement projects.
• Establish
  traceability through the manufacturing till the quality assurance as one
  of the main deliveries of the project.
• Assure
  security measures like access control and ESD conformity including setup
  of relevant system and audits therefore.
• Have
  a keen eye on tight inventory management, 5S, continuous improvement and
  Lean principles.
• Support
  continuous improvement by developing and deploying balanced scorecards
  used to optimize all production and quality processes.
• Consider
  the overall management of business risk, the ability to shorten
  manufacturing and product development time, improve and maintain quality,
  assess and leverage technology and achieve cost targets.
• Develop
  financial models to drive lower costs.
• Must
  be able to understand the cost drivers and develop strategies to minimize
  costs. Implement formal root cause and corrective action programs as
  required.
• Plan
  and oversee development of staff through appropriate training, education
  and coaching.
• Manage
  the creation and maintenance of production level documents such as test
  procedures, work instructions and quality requirements.
• Define
  data collection points, data collection methods and reporting of results.
• Recommend
  and implement systems and tools to improve overall efficiency, safety and
  quality of production.
• Plan
  production flow and manufacturing layout for new products.
• Participate
  in proposals and program design reviews ensuring product is designed for
  manufacturability.
• Training
  of production personnel for new product assembly and test methods.
• Develop
  a deep technical understanding of product functional requirements, and
  manufacturing processes and practices to ensure appropriate process
  controls are in place and being practiced.
• Assist
  team in developing comprehensive process FMEAs and points of quality
  assurance.
• Evaluate,
  select, and negotiate suppliers of all kinds (leases, supplies, materials,
  products, etc.).
• Partner
  with IT and Ops as we deploy a new ERP across the region to track all
  manufacturing processes.
• Drive
  the development of an annual budget and ensure that manufacturing expenses
  are within budget.
• Establish
  and maintain appropriate performance metrics and utilize them for managing
  performance, safety, quality and cost.

• Ideally
  masters with focus on industrial engineering, electronics manufacturing,
  or similar, paired with significant experience setting up production lines
• Understanding
  of manufacturing process, traceability and quality control, leading a
  manufacturing team
• Ability
  to clearly communicate and present status, action, recommendations, and
  other technical information at all levels.
• Ability
  to build strong relationships with, and influence suppliers.
• Project
  management experience to establish a semi knocked down manufacturing
  facility from an empty warehouse to full production with ESD protection
  requirements.
• Experience
  defining and driving a manufacturing strategy – including metric
  definition, alternative testing methodologies are extremely important.
• Technical
  knowledge of solar modules, batteries, energy storage and
• LEDs
  a plus.
• Ideally
  Lean Six Sigma training and/or understanding.
• Strong
  analytical skills with ability to define problems, collect data, establish
  facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Experience
  in implementing Health, Safety and Environment High understanding of
  quality, quality assurance and quality conformity