Manager Production

Department

Production

Site

Bull Brand Krugersdorp

Job Type Classification

Permanent

Location - Town / City

Culinary Meat & BTS Plant

Job Description

Job Purpose Plans and directs production activities and establishes production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate shift activities to meet overall production and that production plan is met as per requirements with the required yield.
• Manage packaging and machine material interaction.
• Process improvement - Identify inefficiencies in production workflows and implement strategies to enhance output, reduce costs and improve safety. Introduce new production methods as needed.
• Ensure raw materials required for the production plan are available and report any shortages timeously to mitigate risk to the business.
• Deploy people management processes – workforce planning, recruitment, and selection, learning and development, performance management and employee relations etc. effectively, in line with organisational policies, procedures and prevailing improvement initiatives.
• Manage the working environment and ensure it contributes to improving staff morale and increasing productivity.
• Manage budgets, monitor expenses (OPEX and CAPEX) to be within the budget and continually strive to save costs.
• Ensure compliance to all legislative laws, occupational health, food safety and food quality standards and systems.
• Ensure hygiene and housekeeping is maintained at required levels for readiness of any food hygiene /safety audit.

Qualification Requirements

Bachelor’s degree / Advanced Diploma / NQF level 7 (Production/ Food & Nutritional Science, Engineering, Quality) is essential.

Experience Requirements

At least 6 years’ experience in the food manufacturing environment is essential

Experience in a Canning Industry (Meat and Vege processing and control processes) would be an added advantage

Skills and Competencies

Knowledge:

• Sound knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices is essential
• Knowledge of Shopware / DMS/ SAP/ SYSPRO and/or Production management systems
• Inventory management principles and procedures (Intermediate)
• Negotiations management principles (Intermediate)
• Material run out models (Intermediate)

Skills:

• Advanced Excel skills (Data manipulation, Pivots as required)
• Intermediate PowerPoint skills is essential
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities (Intermediate)
• Cross-functional team working skills (Intermediate)
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills (Intermediate)