Line Manager

About the position

Position duties:

• Ensure that hourly and daily production and quality targets are met.
• Identify areas and reasons for poor production, address them as well as implement improvement strategies, ensuring continuous improvement.
• Ensuring the adherence to local and international food safety standards and requirements.
• Assurance of continuous quality control measures.
• Report any equipment failure and maintenance requirements to Engineering department
• Record all relevant production and technical data.
• Maintain and utilize various reports as dashboards in order to measure against targets.
• Identify development areas and manage team performance.
• Pro-active planning of staff, stock and other resources with internal departments.
• Effective control of all employee relations, disciplinary, grievance and absenteeism related matters.
• Present daily production progress and planning reports at Management meetings.

Position requirements:

• The candidate must have passed Grade 12 (Matric)
• A formal qualification in Production / Operations Management will be an advantage
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience managing a large team in production environment.
• Proven Computer literacy – MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook). Able to draw reports on excel.
• Knowledge of BRC and QHSE system will be of advantage.

 

Desired Skills:

• Operational Risk
• Operations
• Operations Management
• Production