About the position
Key Performance Areas:
- Responsible for managing end to end shift operations from cane receiving through to sugar despatch and including power generation.
- Optimize production performance, by holding teams accountable to achieve the highest standards of efficiencies and quality, maximising throughput and sugar recovery at lowest cost.
- Partner with finance to develop production budget and ensure production is managed within budget and achieves cost synergies.
- Achieve production targets aligned to the production plan S&OP targets.
- Maintain Laboratory best practice compliance and process assurance.
- Lead and manage shift teams effectively.
- Ensure the production teams fully leverage available support from within the factory and the group (HO and other countries) across all disciplines.
- Ensure talent development and performance management are embedded in local ways of working whilst leveraging support functions and resources to develop capability.
- Establish and lead a problem-solving approach throughout the production function to ensuring that appropriate techniques and tools are applied to effectively resolve issues.
- Model Leadership behaviours, collaborating, partnering and communicating effectively within and between teams and support functions.
- Promote a culture of consistently assessing risks and drive continuous improvement throughout operations.
Identify and monitor KPIs to track performance and flag any issues. - Promote and adhere to Illovo's procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).
- Responsible for Statutory Requirements as may be delegated by Factory Manager.
MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS AREAS
- Relevant Manufacturing Diploma, Btech, Degree (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Analytical, etc)
- 5+ years in heavy Manufacturing (production and/or maintenance), with at least 2 years in sugar production
- Good business acumen and manufacturing expertise, with ability to anticipate, interpret and respond to changes impacting on functional area
- Strong track record in management and leadership
- Key Culture Attributes: Demonstrates the importance of safety, quality & teamwork effectively leads and communicates because our people matter.
Desired Skills:
- sugar production
- sugar processing
- Factory Management
- Manufacturing Operations
- Production line
- Supervisory management
Desired Qualification Level:
Employer & Job Benefits:
- Performance Bonus
- Pension Fund
- Medical Aid
