Supervisor Production

Premier FMCG (Pty) Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bakery production company in Cape Town seeks a Production Supervisor to oversee the manufacturing shift, ensuring quality bread production in compliance with standards. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of FMCG bakery supervisory experience and be able to work shifts, including weekends. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about food safety and continuous process improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG Plant Bakery Production supervisory role for 3-5 years.
• Ability to work in a pressurized environment and shifts.

Responsibilities

• Manage the production shift team to ensure quality bread production.
• Collaborate with maintenance to ensure consistent product quality.
• Drive continuous improvement of bread production processes.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Supervisory and leadership principles

Performance management principles

Analytical thinking and problem solving

Education

Grade 12 with numerical ability and PC Literacy

Chamber of Baking certificate

Job description

Overview

To supervise the production shift team responsible to manufacture bread to the desired quality specifications, on time and in full within the required costs as per the bake plan, also maintaining the production equipment.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal bread production process efficiencies and effectiveness for consistent high-quality bread.
• Ensure baking process delivers consistent high-quality products within specifications in collaboration with the maintenance manager.
• Ensure high performance production shift team as per the Premier Way.
• Ensure full statutory compliance to all health and safety and food safety requirements in line with Premier standards and SOPs by ensuring training of relevant persons, observation, coaching and assessment of SOPs as per requirements and team educational plan.
• Drive continuous improvement of bread production processes.
• Support continuous operations and optimal working conditions by collaborating with relevant stakeholders to address team issues and resolve problems.

Qualification Requirements

• Grade 12 with numerical ability and PC Literacy - Essential
• Chamber of Baking certificate - Essential

Experience Requirements

• FMCG Plant Bakery Production supervisory experience (plant size minimum of 5000 loaves per hour) - 3-5 Years - Essential

Other Requirements

• Pressurized environment.
• Must be able to work shifts.
• Required to work Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.
• Overtime expected from time to time.

Key Outputs

• Supervisory and leadership principles and practices
• Performance management principles
• Understanding Quality Management system requirements
• Food safety requirements
• Packaging materials quality specifications
• Packing stock planning and control systems
• Good housekeeping and hygiene practices
• Bakery process quality requirements and standards
• Financial acumen to support planning, budgeting and cost controls
• PC Literacy
• Production baking planning and resourcing
• Implementing and controlling baking process controls
• Performance management Principles
• Disciplinary and grievance management process requirements
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• Calculations (capacity, efficiencies, yields, BOM etc)
• Continuous Improvement processes