Unit Manager

2 weeks ago

Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa Unilever Full time

ABOUT UNILEVER


With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world.

Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us.

We are driven by our purpose:

to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance.

At the heart of what we do is our people - we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment.

We don't believe in the 'one size fits all' approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.


JOB PURPOSE


Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do - creating a better business and a better world.

The main job purpose is to ensure the production and packaging of company products, according to the production plan and within company's quality and safety standards.


WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

  • Agrees and implements production plan with production manager. Support, guide and direct within the production plan. (e.g. if a production line breaks down, prioritise production requirements and reallocates labour accordingly)
  • Analyses shift results and implements any necessary changes to increase production.
  • Ensures that quality standards are implemented and adhered to and diagnoses plant problems (fault finding) and liaises with Engineering Foreman for plant repairs and interprets fault finding to optimise production. Ensure that shift repairs and maintenance is carried out by the Team Leaders and operators to reduce the impact of downtime.
  • Conduct daily production meetings with the different production disciplines to analyse previous shift results and implements any necessary changes to meet demand.
  • Responsible for ensuring sufficient staff and adequate raw materials.
  • Identifies causes and costs of waste, contamination and inefficiencies and takes appropriate action to reduce these amounts. Monitor and reduce wastes such as product, raw materials, packaging, steam, air, water and electricity.
  • Application of mass balance for Raw material usage control. Understanding of SAP system to conduct Stock take activities and daily SAP compliance activities.
  • Monitors and ensures adherence to Company standards and SOP's. Ensures that Plant is maintained in a high level of engineering, cleaning and Safety standard.
  • Implements total productive maintenance to improve PQCDSMI (Production, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Morale, and Innovation) to deliver against set Factory targets.
  • Implement recommendations from SHE, Quality or engineering. Ensures responsible management of SHE, Quality and Engineering using the SHE, Quality and Engineering Teams as Subject Matter Experts

Operational Systems:
Ensure that all employees adhere to the operational systems standards (SAP, Time keeper, ABC quality, ESS, Clock cards etc) and manages the business processes defined within these operational systems

  • Identifies reasons for staff nonconformance (e.g. training required, managing poor performance, refusal to obey lawful instruction, absenteeism) and takes appropriate action.
  • Monitors processes and changes and ensures that corrective action has been taken in the event of a nonconformance.
  • Coordinates the implementation of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) and world class principles in the factory

Safety:

As a section 16.2 appointee is required to ensure that the OHS act and company SHE regulations and standards are implemented and adhered to within the sphere of his/her responsibilities.


  • Takes corrective action in the case of noncompliance as per the Section 16.2 requirements.
  • Prepares for quarterly and annual Audits.
  • Ensures adequate level compliance with the said policies, procedures and standards to meet all certification requirements at any given time.
  • Ensures Business and Factory strategy for Safety is executed at a tactical level.

Cost Management:

  • Drives a costconscious culture
  • Monitors and ensures MUC losses and conversion cost losses are eliminated against budgets.
  • Ensures budget constraints are complied with and variances are actioned
  • Identifies sources of waste and takes action to minimise waste.
  • Monitors Rand per Ton costs and shares info with teams
  • Monitor and Control sundry costs such as PPE, telephone, tearoom etc

People Development:

  • Identify training gaps for subordinates based on losses/ business need and execute plan together with HR/Training to close them
  • Develop Personal Development Plans for subordinates and monitor progress

Industrial Relations:

  • Initiates disciplinary action/enquiries and recommends dismissals
  • Resolve conflicts within immediate team

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