Morne Grobler, Factory General Manager

Morne Grobler

Factory General Manager

Heba Fire

Location
Bahrain
Education
Master's degree, Business Managment
Experience
27 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :27 years, 2 Months

Factory General Manager at Heba Fire
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since March 2016

• Manage & lead All plant teams
• Responsible implement Lean Principles in plant to improve plant productivity and eliminate waste.
• Developing & Implementing cost reduction initiatives
• Implement KPI measurement system to improve Plant Profitability
• SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) Adherence.
• Quality Control & Assurance (includes all customer complaints and G8D’s),
• Quality Control & Assurance (includes all customer complaints and G8D’s),
Implement Six Sigma in all aspects of the business to increase profitability.

Manger at Tenneco
  • South Africa
  • January 2010 to February 2016

• Manage & lead production teams
• Responsible for all Platform KPI’s
• Developing & Implementing cost reduction initiatives
• SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) Adherence
• Quality Control & Assurance (includes all customer complaints and G8D’s),
• Ensure stable production within the

Operations Manager at Formex Tubing (Pty) Ltd
  • January 2009 to May 2010

• Manage & lead production teams
• Production targets and objective
• Champion for all internal and external G8D
• Successfully develop divisional business Plans
• People development,
• Developing &Implementing cost reduction initiatives
• SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) Adherence
• Quality Control & Assurance,
• Ensure stable production within the division
• Production lines include Pipe bending, Shell forming and welding.
• Responsible for all maintenance and preventive maintenance.
• Responsible for all finance and budgets (maintenance, Quality, HR, Production).
• Responsible for all operational duties.

Production Manager at Formex Industries (Pty) Ltd
  • January 2006 to January 2009

• Manage & lead production team
• Production targets and objective
• Successfully develop divisional business Plans
• People development,
• Developing &Implementing cost reduction initiatives
• SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) Adherence
• Quality Control & Assurance,
• Ensure stable production within the division
• Production lines include Press shop, Co2 Welding, Projection welding and Lazar welding department.

Production Co-ordinator at Ford Motor Company
  • India
  • January 2002 to January 2006

• Areas of responsibility include: Rocam Crank line, Rocam Blockline, B-series manifold & Engine Mounting bracket.
• Responsible for compiling daily production reports.
• Maintaining Quality standards and Production totals.
• Motivating and manage team members (2-Teamleaders, 20-operators, 4-hyster drivers, 6-tool setters, 4-machine tool fitters, 3-electricians).
• Weekly Power Point presentations to management on scrap and other Ford measures.
• Weekly JPH (JOBS PER HOUR) presentation to management on machine performance.
• Compiling of OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) data to better maintain machine and equipment.
• Initiating of VRT’s (Variability Reduction Team’s). Doing of process mapping (Value Stream Mapping).
Implementing of FPS (Ford production systems) & 6-Sigma. Training team in problem solving techniques.
• Training of new Line Co-odenators.
• Part of Flawless Launch team (checking suppliers

Team leader at Ford Motor Company
  • India
  • January 2000 to January 2002

• Areas of responsibility include: Rocam Crank line, Rocam Block line, B-series manifold & Engine Mounting bracket.
• Maintaining Quality standards and Production totals.
• Motivating team members (20-operators, 4-hyster drivers, 6-tool setters, 4-machine tool fitters, 3-electricians).
• Compiling of OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) data to better maintain machine and equipment.
• Initiating of VRT’s (Variability Reduction Team’s). Doing of process mapping (Value Stream Mapping).
Implementing of FPS (Ford production systems) & 6-Sigma. Training team in problem solving techniques.
• Part of Rocam Flawless Launch team

Controller at Ford Motor Company
  • India
  • March 1996 to December 1998

• Responsible for machine capability studies for process engineering.
• Introducing and implementing SPC on new machining lines.
• Calculating and making new control charts.
• Weekly audits on SPC stands and giving reports on a weekly basis.
• Measuring components in lay-out (lab) department on computerized measuring equipment (DEA and Adcole machines).

Education

Master's degree, Business Managment
  • at Neil Wilson University
  • February 2017
Diploma, Six Sigma Master Black Belt
  • at Expert Rating
  • December 2016
Higher diploma, Production & Operations Management
  • at University of Port Elizabeth
  • January 2006

Specialties & Skills

Lean Sigma
Lean Manufacturing
BUDGETING
BUSINESS PLANS
COST CONTROL
DRIVERS
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
PROBLEM SOLVING
QUALITY
QUALITY CONTROL

Languages

English
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Six Sigma Master Black belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2016