Night-Shift Meat Plant Production Leader

Famous Brands; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Famous Brands is seeking a senior production manager for the Meat Plant to drive efficient manufacturing, quality and safety standards. You will oversee planning, start-up, running, shutdown and cleaning of production lines, manage stock, equipment maintenance and KPI performance, and ensure cost controls across the department.

The role requires a tertiary qualification in Production Management, at least five years in FMCG production, with two years in a managerial capacity in a unionised

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Production Management or related qualification
• Minimum of 5 (Five) years experience of which 2 (Two) years should have been on managerial level within a unionised environment.
• Previous experience in FMCG production environment.
• Operational experience in manufacturing systems.

Responsibilities

• Planning in terms of all product requirements as per Central Planning.
• Ensure that the production, labelling and packing of stock meets the requirements from Planning, Warehouse, QC and DCs.
• Handling the investigations of all production-related NCRs after internal or external customer complaints.
• Ownership of the yields, plant utilities and reliability KPIs and proactively managing this by developing action plans and driving implementation.
• Ensure that all risk management systems are in-place and in working order to prevent or significantly minimize the loss or theft of product within the facility.
• Manage the ordering of all non - stock requirements for production eg. consumables, cleaning materials, repairs, etc. with the support of the Administrator.
• Ensure that systems and SOPs are in place for start-up, running, shutdown and cleaning of all stock.
• Responsible for the care and maintenance of all moving machinery and non-moving assets in Production.
• Responsible for safety in Production.
• Ensure the accurate production of stock based on recipes and BOMs.
• Ensure that all vehicles are loaded for dispatch or received as per the Ops plan.
• Development of budget and maintenance of all costs in department.
• Utilizing T&A system (Jarrison) to keep overtime and temporary labour to a minimum.
• Responsible for MEC and FSSC22000 audit in terms of production, cleanliness, FB and HACCP standards on the shift.
• Assist in the development of work stoppage contingency and peak plans for area of responsibility
• Conduct regular spot checks on the production operational and cooking processes
• Building and maintaining staff morale and meeting VyV targets
• Ensure contingency, performance management, development and training plans are in place for all key staff
• Responsible for neat housekeeping of the production area internally and externally (e.g. waste area, cooling area etc.)
• Manage the Sage production location and assist where required with stock takes.
• Ensure that MES is sufficient to support warehouse operations and develop plans to improve
• Responsible for ensuring satisfactory internal audit & RCM requirements for stock management
• Continuously review and improve processes as part of the Manufacturing Way

Job description

Famous Brands is seeking a senior production manager for the Meat Plant to drive efficient manufacturing, quality and safety standards. You will oversee planning, start-up, running, shutdown and cleaning of production lines, manage stock, equipment maintenance and KPI performance, and ensure cost controls across the department.

The role requires a tertiary qualification in Production Management, at least five years in FMCG production, with two years in a managerial capacity in a unionised