Recruitment Matters Africa Production Manager / Shift Manager Jobs in South Africa
Recruitment Matters Africa Production Manager / Shift Manager Jobs in South Africa
Our client, a leading FMCG company is currently looking for a Production Manager/Shift Manager to join their team.
Look after 14 branches Nationally, 5 within Africa, and customers sitting within Europe, USA.
12-hour shifts, 24/7 Day operation.
Production Management
Implement and maintain the production plan by assessment against the business objectives and priorities on an on-going basis and reported on daily.
Ensure that on-holds or rejected items are managed and minimised by ensuring the continuous quality standards are maintained.
Unplanned downtime of machines and equipment. Timeous reporting of faults or maintenance required must be evident with a proactive stance to ensure machine uptime.
Quality management
Ensure that employees within the production unit are utlised to their full potential, ensuring that they are appropriately trained to use machinery and processes. Ensure that skills are assessed and built and skills plans are initiated and implemented.
Ensure employee attendance is managed and that individual problem areas are addressed as they occur in consultation with HR in need.
People Management & Communication.
Attending to staff performance and conduct issues as they arise in an appropriate and acceptable manner.
Ensuring that employees are motivated to perform their duties and managed accordingly.
Attending to employee performance assessments and training and development needs by utilising the FHG process and system in a timeous and meaningful manner.
Providing feedback to employees and management.
Conducting meetings with supervisors and in need, staff to ensure all divisions' needs and priorities are communicated & understood.
Ensuring shifts are communicating and handing over to each other.
Ensuring that information regarding the daily plan, priorities, and challenges is fed back by Supervisors and understood and communicated to all relevant parties effectively.
Innovation and Improvement
Ensuring that the work teams' processes are followed
and lived out. Evaluating the values and keeping the program alive.
Use initiative in all aspects of production, ensure that FH is following best practices against market trends and put forward improvement plans to management.
Look for ways to improve and increase production outputs and improve costs.
Overseeing and management of the housekeeping and health and safety processes - taking into account the OHSA & HACCP and any other measures in place.
Ensure that employees understand their responsibilities; are appropriately trained and that there is a presence and proper reporting on the Health and Safety Committee. Health and Safety and Housekeeping Management:
Ensuring that the monthly Health and Safety checklist is completed accurately and timeously by those responsible.
Keeping in touch with the current status.
Ensure than machinery and equipment are in good working order at all times.
Proactively manage this and ensure that the maintenance team is called upon to assist timeously to avoid downtime.
In need escalate matters to appropriate divisional management urgently.
Manage processes to ensure zero incidents or accidents. Ensuring employees are issued with the appropriate protective clothing.
Ensuring that the areas within the production unit are maintained and cleaned on an on-going basis to ensure that once the next shift commences the factory floor and area of work is at an acceptable standard from a health, safety, and housekeeping perspective.
Achievement of focus areas as per strategic plan submitted.
Key Skills
Leadership & People Management.
Problem Solving and using Judgment.
Innovation and Initiative.
Planning and organising.
Building Teamwork.
Required Skills
5 Years of Experience
Qualifications
At Least 5 Years FMCG production Management Experience.
Business Management at NQF level 6 or above (diploma or degree).
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Recruitment Matters Africa Production Manager / Shift Manager Jobs in South Africa
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