Performance Manager

Performance Manager

Midrand, South Africa

This position is responsible for providing leadership, direction, and functional expertise to the Plant for loss analysis, analytics, and training systems. The role supports the Plant Leadership Team in the JTE (Journey to Excellence) strategy focused on building Employee capability, providing data reliability system and driving Employee engagement through implementation of high-performance work systems to achieve exceptional business results. This person will also participate and support the regional CI (Continuous Improvement) forums and programs to roll out in South Africa.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Create visibility to Loss Data

• Lead annual Loss Analysis to support site’s OGSM (Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures) and budget targets
• Help prioritize loss reduction projects in collaboration with the site leadership team
• Provide supporting data analysis and justifications for any technology improvements and capital expenditures and feasibility studies
• Lead site Focused Improvement pillar

2. Lead site Data and Analytics

• Maintain integrity of site data through training, health checks, and change control. Focus includes scorecards, downtime data base, manual tracking systems and SAP master data.
• Provide analysis and insights to key performance metrics like Process Reliability, Productivity, Yield and Scrap.
• Collate and publish site scorecard every month.
• Create and execute site Analytics strategy.
• Establish scorecard review processes based on the appropriate frequency and participants.
• Drive data-based decision-making behavior at all levels

3. Implement Effective Training systems

• Coach site employees and SMEs on the methodology and tools:
• Basic performance data and trends
• Problem solving
• Root cause analysis
• Loss Reduction projects
• Participate on Training and Development Pillar
• Create and maintain site training systems

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related discipline is required
• Minimum of 5 years working in manufacturing operations in FMCG company (preferably in food industry)
• Background in Total Productive Maintenance / Lean, Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness
• Experience in a CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) preferred
• Team and Operations Leadership experience preferred
• Proficiency in Excel and Power BI
• Familiarity with creating reports using our current (and future) BI tools, e.g. SAP Hana, Tableau
• Experience analysing complex datasets, generating insights and building robust statistical models (comfortable working with structured and unstructured data)
• Ability to analyse complex information to make judgments and decisions

COMPANY

At McCormick, we bring our passion for flavor to work each day. We encourage growth, respect everyone's contributions and do what's right for our business, our people, our communities and our planet. Join us on our quest to make every meal and moment better.

Founded in Baltimore, MD in 1889 in a room and a cellar by 25-year-old Willoughby McCormick with three employees, McCormick is a global leader in flavour. With over 14,000 employees around the world and more than $6 Billion in annual sales., the Company manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavourful products to the entire food industry, retail outlets, food manufactures, food service businesses and consumers.

While our global headquarters are in the Baltimore, Maryland, USA area, McCormick operates and serves customers from nearly 50 locations in 27 countries and 135 markets in Asia-Pacific, China, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas, including North, South and Central America with recognized brands including Schwartz Herbs, Spices & Seasonings, French’s American Mustard, Franks Hot Sauce, Cholula Hot Sauce & Herdez our Authentic Mexican range.

At McCormick, we have over a 100-year legacy based on our “Power of People” principle. This principle fosters an unusually dedicated workforce requiring a culture of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration based on the highest ethical values.

Agencies: McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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