Syrup Supervisor

HR Genie; East London; On-site; ZAR 250 000 - 350 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company is looking for a Syrup Supervisor in East London, South Africa. The role involves managing syrup production, ensuring adherence to quality and food safety standards, and maintaining cleanliness in the work environment. Candidates should have a Grade 12 qualification, relevant supervisory experience, and proficiency in MS Office. This position offers a great opportunity for growth in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Up to 4 years experience in Supervisory roles within FMCG.

Responsibilities

• Manage sugar and syrup room operations pertaining to simple syrup manufacture.
• Ensure adherence to Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards.
• Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Grade 12 / Matric / NQF level 4

NQF 6 or 7 Qualification Analytical Chemistry/Food Technology

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Email

Job description

Syrup Supervisor

Operations

Accountable for specialist outputs and initiating changes in policies, procedures, standards and services within inter-related functional areas of responsibility. This role will work with various closely related concrete variables, requiring an understanding of the theory or practices underpinning inter-related functional processes.

Job Purpose

To supervise the sugar and syrup room operations and ensure that quality standards of simple syrup manufacture are within specification and that wastages are kept to bare minimum. Further responsible for management of concentrated final syrups to be used on the lines and also for the sanitation operations within these areas.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

Syrup Room Supervision

• Responsible for managing the sugar and syrup room operations pertaining to simple syrup manufacture.
• Responsible for requesting sugar requirements timeously for production of simple syrup.
• Responsible for following production plan scheduling and keeping syrup manufacture in line with production demands.
• Responsible for completion of various reports on daily basis
• Responsible for sanitation operations within the syrup room
• Responsible for managing housekeeping within your areas of responsibility
• Any other reasonable request to assist within the operation
• Abiding by the quality measures and policies of the company to ensure that the product manufactured for consumption can in no way be contaminated or harmful to the consumer

Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards

• Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety and
• Environmental policies and standards.
• Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times to guarantee a secure work environment.
• Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization's code of conduct.
• Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and implement control measures to prevent it.
• Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards.
• Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.
• Knowledge and Compliance: Stay updated with relevant business information, policies, processes, and procedures. Enforce compliance with legislative and statutory requirements, as well as GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
• Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.

General

• Responsible to ensure housekeeping is performed and ensure that all products and activities are stored and are executed within the demarcated areas according to the housekeeping policy (green red and yellow areas)
• Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
• Maintains expected performance standards
• While Job Descriptions are written up for the purpose of a basic outline of the work and responsibilities associated with the Job, the Company encourages and expects all employees from time to time, to assist with work that may not be a direct part of their job description.

Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12 / Matric / NQF level 4 (Essential)
• NQF 6 or 7 Qualification Analytical Chemistry/ Food Technology or Relevant
• Up to 4 years experience (Operational Execution) Supervisory; FMCG
• Basic MS Excel; MS Word; E Mail

Key Qualities

Communication

• Detailed verbal or written instructions or requests to employees or contractors

Problem Solving

• Proactive identification of functional problems related to a specific process or policy, determine cause and impact, and choose the best alternative to solve the problem based on guidelines provided and an understanding of the theory or practices underpinning the problem.

Relationships Maintained

• Others outside of own work area but inside the organisation.

Behavioural Competencies

Judgment and Decision Making

• Able to gather information from a variety of sources.
• Understands cause and effect relationships within data and interprets this to make competing, holistic decisions
• Develops alternatives before making complex decisions
• Looks for the most innovative, efficient and value adding solution when making a decision
• Makes decisions in time and forecasts when decisions need to be made
• Formulates a "big picture" understanding of the near‑term impact of decisions (including the time and resources required to implement decision)
• Evaluates the longer term business impact of decisions
• Takes initiative when making decisions