Performance Manager

McCormick & Company; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food manufacturer located in Midrand, South Africa is seeking a Performance Manager to provide leadership and drive analytics for loss analysis and training systems. The role supports the plant's journey to excellence by improving employee capability and engaging them through high-performance work systems. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and at least 5 years of manufacturing experience in an FMCG environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years working in manufacturing operations in FMCG company (preferably in food industry).
• Background in Total Productive Maintenance / Lean Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness.
• Experience in analysing complex datasets generating insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual Loss Analysis to support site OGSM and budget targets.
• Maintain integrity of site data and provide analysis of performance metrics.
• Coach site employees on problem solving and performance data.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Problem solving

Statistical modeling

Training and Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related discipline

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SAP Hana

Tableau

Job description

Overview

Performance Manager
Midrand South Africa

This position is responsible for providing leadership direction and functional expertise to the Plant for loss analysis analytics and training systems. The role supports the Plant Leadership Team in the JTE (Journey to Excellence) strategy focused on building Employee capability, providing data reliability, systems and driving Employee engagement through implementation of high-performance work systems to achieve exceptional business results. This person will also participate and support the regional CI (Continuous Improvement) forums and programs to roll out in South Africa.

Responsibilities

1. 1. Create visibility to Loss Data
   • Lead annual Loss Analysis to support sites OGSM (Objectives Goals Strategies and Measures) and budget targets
   • Help prioritize loss reduction projects in collaboration with the site leadership team
   • Provide supporting data analysis and justifications for any technology improvements and capital expenditures and feasibility studies
   • Lead site Focused Improvement pillar
2. 2. Lead site Data and Analytics
   • Maintain integrity of site data through training health checks and change control. Focus includes scorecards downtime data base manual tracking systems and SAP master data.
   • Provide analysis and insights to key performance metrics like Process Reliability Productivity Yield and Scrap.
   • Collate and publish site scorecard every month.
   • Create and execute site Analytics strategy.
   • Establish scorecard review processes based on the appropriate frequency and participants.
   • Drive data-based decision-making behavior at all levels
3. 3. Implement Effective Training systems
   • Coach site employees and SMEs on the methodology and tools :
   • Basic performance data and trends
   • Problem solving
   • Root cause analysis
   • Loss Reduction projects
   • Participate on Training and Development Pillar
   • Create and maintain site training systems

Candidate profile

• Bachelors degree in engineering or a related discipline is required
• Minimum of 5 years working in manufacturing operations in FMCG company (preferably in food industry)
• Background in Total Productive Maintenance / Lean Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness
• Experience in a CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) preferred
• Team and Operations Leadership experience preferred
• Proficiency in Excel and Power BI
• Familiarity with creating reports using our current (and future) BI tools e.g. SAP Hana Tableau
• Experience analysing complex datasets generating insights and building robust statistical models (comfortable working with structured and unstructured data)
• Ability to analyse complex information to make judgments and decisions

Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As users of the disability confident scheme we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy / ies.

Employment Type : Full-Time