Plant Manager

Role Purpose,

The purpose of the role is to oversee the daily operations of a manufacturing plant and develops strategies to ensure it meets production goals at minimal cost. The performance must be achieved through operational excellence, people leadership and a continuous improvement driven mind-set with a balanced approach between efficiency results and customer service delivery. In addition the achievement of the company’s expectations must be delivered through professional and morally sound work ethics as embedded through Lactalis SA.

, Requirements,

• Minimum experience 10 years in plant and/or operations management, ideally in Dairy FMCG
• Dairy/Yogurt knowledge essential, this is critical in structures where a small management team or flat structure exists. Hence, the Plant Manager is required to make day to day product specific decisions.
• B.Com Degree in management plus experience in production or B.Sc. Food science Degree or B. Eng. Degree plus general management experience
• Be a leader and able to motivate people to support business
  
  

Have experience and operating knowledge on all plant business units

, Duties and Responsibilities,

• Develop plans that help operations run smoothly through improvement of autonomous production
• Manage production through TPM
• Recruit, train and onboard new employees
• Collect and review data to reduce inefficiencies and waste timeously with clear improvement actions
• Analyse data and create reports to present to executives regarding processes
• Evaluate employees and give suggestions for improvement
• Oversee work schedules to ensure coverage
• Perform routine safety checks on equipment
• Compile annual budget (cost and capital) according to company systems requirement
• Forecast, compile and control annual budget in line with labour efficiency standards
• Report monthly on budget adherence
• Minimise input costs and raw material usage/ waste
• Minimise cost on product and packaging
• Optimise fixed and overhead costs (labour and energy) against demand forecast and production requirements
• Ensure accuracy of Monitoring Systems
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of information to be forwarded for compiling reports to Corporate
• Maintain product quality according to health and quality specifications
• Ensure conformance to all quality processes
• Ensure functionality of QMS audited by Head Office QA department
• Ensure conformance to good safety requirements ie FSSC22000
• Compile and manage production plan according to targets
• Ensure adequate maintenance of plant equipment
• Identify systemic variables impeding production efficiency and create plans to address total production elements
• Plan and implement changes required for new product manufactured and ensure minimum disruption to existing operations effectiveness
• Manage all projects and deliver on them in terms of agreed project specification and budget
• Maintain systems such as ISO, HACCP, Continuous Improvement Programme, TQM, TPM, NOSA, etc.
• Plan annual human resource capacity and development needs
• Instil and develop profit maximisation appreciation among all plant staff
• Fill vacancies according to company policy by using competency based recruitment methodology
• Facilitate plant objective setting and performance management system
• Review and maintain communication structures and procedures to ensure people are informed and able to provide their inputs at all organisational levels (e.g. People@Work Committee, Union and Management meetings, Mini Business Units, Townhalls)
• Develop a sense of pride, discipline and high productivity throughout plant
• Ensure harmonious working relationships across all levels and functions
• Develop Workplace Skills Plans and through Talent Management identify talent and plan to manage the talent
• Personify and maintain Lactalis SA values, staff morale and motivation throughout plant
• Maintain adherence to EE targets
• Work in accordance to good Management control principles
• Work in accordance to the Delegation of Authority set out by the Lactalis Group