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Plant Manager

3 months ago

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Kerry Full time

Requisition ID 51803

Position Type FT Permanent

Recruiter #LI-RG1

Posting Type LI

About Kerry:

  • Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role:

The Plant Manager will drive continuous improvement and optimisation of all production processes.

They will oversee all daily operations of the plant from manufacturing and warehousing to ensuring that all policies and procedures are followed.

The plant manager will have the key skills to develop processes that will maximize stewardship, safety, quality, cost control, delivery and productivity.


Key responsibilities:

  • Provide ongoing leadership for plant safety and sustainability programs.
  • Ensuring adherence and continuous improvement to the quality and food safety commitments of the site
  • Ensure legal compliance for the operations.
  • Achieving or exceeding budgeted operations financial, productivity and schedule attainment goals
  • Leading the organization in the ongoing process of Continuous Improvement and collecting and analyzing data to highlight areas of continuous improvement.
  • Ensuring excellence in management of human resources/labor relations
  • Working collaboratively with all stakeholders, both internal and external to achieve results, along with demonstrating a vigilant commitment to ethics and our Company reputation.
  • Ensure care of assets through the establishment and adherence to preventative maintenance and asset care programs
  • Responsibly representing the Company in local, industry, community and regulatory affairs within the Company's policies and culture.
  • Plan, organise, direct and run optimum daytoday operations to exceed our customers' expectations.
  • Increase production assets, capacity and flexibility while minimising unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.
  • Be responsible for production output, product quality and ontime and infull shipping.
  • Allocate resources effectively and maximum utilisation of assets to produce optimal results.
  • Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus.
  • Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions when required.
  • Share a trusting relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop site employees.
  • Develop systems and processes that track and optimise productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets.
  • Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts. Responsible for the daytoday operations of the unit

Leadership:

  • Ownership and accountability
  • Values diversity and difference
  • Building and maintaining relationships
  • Managing teams effectively
  • Influential
  • Setting vision and strategy for the site

Service:

  • Customer focused.
  • Results focused.
  • Ability to multitask and work effectively under pressure.

Communication:

  • Presentation skills
  • Communication written & oral/ability to communicate complex ideas concisely.
  • Active listening
  • Excellent report writing and computer skills.

Qualifications and skills:

Essential:

  • Degree with at least 10 years manufacturing experience of which 5 years should be at a senior level.
  • Effective communication skills both verbal and written.
  • Strategic Planning skills
  • Financial and business management skills
  • Working knowledge of manufacturing and warehousing operations in a food or similar industry
  • Working knowledge of SAP or similar ERP system
  • Computer literacy at intermediate level

Preferred:

  • Master's Degree
  • Knowledge of SAP
  • Experience in a food related industry
  • Experience working in a union environment