Manufacturing Industry
For the manufacturing industry, labour remains the one of the biggest costs of production. Having adequate staff, who are well trained and aligns with your business goals would increase productivity.
How we can help you
1. Employee Outsourcing.
At Talent Grid Africa we can help you hire and manage staffs to run day to day activities at your organization. These staff can be either project based/casuals or long-term employees. Our service is holistic and focuses on performance and employee retention.
Services we shall offer under outsourcing
- Recruitment. We shall get you depending on your needs and the job description and specification as needed.
- Contracting. We shall contract the employees and ensure they have the right documentation in compliance with the labour laws.
- Performance. We shall do weekly, monthly, and quarterly reviews and give you reports to help you make strategic management decisions.
- Disciplinary procedures. We shall handle any perceived misconduct in compliance with the law and the company policies to ensure the employees are in line with company objectives.
- Payroll processing & statutory deductions. We shall administer employees pay and statutory deductions in time to help you save on time and administrative costs.
- Separation. We shall hand the end process of employment cycle to retain your interests.
2. Recruitment
We have supported companies in the manufacturing space in hiring for shop floor roles, field salespeople, field customer service specialists, and even more specialized roles such as Chemists, Senior QAs, and other managerial roles. Some of the roles we have handled for the manufacturing sector include;
- Research and Development: These are the engineering types who are typically hired for their technical skills. Depending on the company, we find that sometimes the Research departments are separate from the development departments. Research and development departments work closely with the intellectual properties part of the legal team to ensure the products developed are not infringing on any copyright and in patenting various products. At Talent Grid, we have built a strong pipeline of research and development candidates for the manufacturing space.
- Production (Manufacturing): The production department in the manufacturing space makes or produces the product that the company sells in close collaboration for with the R&D department. Some of the roles in production includes the production manager, plant manager, maintenance specialists, electricians, automation specialists, mechanical engineers, shop floor workers, and the packaging department. We ensure we get you people who are process oriented and that are team players.
- Quality Control (Testing): The quality control department consists of quality assurance specialists, testing specialists, quality control specialists, and safety and quality standard officers. This department is responsible for ensuring the product being produced is safe for use and that the product actually works.
- Logistics: The logistics department ensures that goods leave the warehouse and are delivered to the right destination. This includes goods that are being imported, exported, or transported to customers locally. Some of the roles we have worked on for the logistics department include logistics manager, warehousing manager, customs specialist, declaration specialists, material handling supervisor, clerks, inventory specialists, channel managers, distribution specialists. Other roles we have build a pipeline for includes supply chain managers, inbound logistics managers, buyers, operations executives, and procurement specialists.
- Customer Support: Not all products that comes from the production department are straightforward. Companies therefore have customer support departments to answer any questions that the clients have regarding the use of their products. Even as companies focus on building reliable, robust and easy to understand products they should ensure they have a CS team in place. Some of the roles we have hired for in customer support include customer success manager, customer success executive, account development manager, account manager, onboarding specialists, and customer operations coordinator.
- Marketing: Some of the roles we have hired for in the manufacturing sectors marketing departments include brand managers, assistant brand managers, marketing managers, social media managers, head of content, SEO specialists, product marketing specialist, and email marketing specialists.
- Sales: Sales drives numbers, numbers drive the brand, at Talent Grid we have vast experience in hiring for sales roles. Some of the roles we have worked on include sales director, national sales managers, regional sales managers, area sales managers, merchandisers, sales executives, business managers, commercial directors, retail managers, corporate sales executives, and business analysts.
- Food and Beverages.
- Textile, Clothing, Leather, and Footware.
- Paper, Paper Products, and Printing.
- Chemicals, Rubber, Plastics, Petroleum and their products.
- Iron & Steel.
- Machinery.
- Cement, Clay, Glassware and Ceramics.
- Health and Pharmaceuticals.
- Wood Products and Furniture.
Expatriate Placement
In the manufacturing space, there are instances that requires specialized talent that is not available locally. In such cases, the company might decide to outsource talent especially specialized in certain machinery from the machine’s country of origin. At Talent Grid, we can organize the whole process from contracting, work permits, visa, relocation fees calculation and any other facilitation that would be required by the expat.