Section Leader

2 weeks ago

Durban, South Africa AVI Limited Full time

**AVI Ltd. **is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

**NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED** operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

An exciting opportunity exists for a **Section Leader **at **NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED NBL Durban. **The successful incumbent will manage and improve production processes to enhance product quality and maximize efficiency and plans. He/she will direct, and coordinate activities of Team Leaders, and engage the teams daily while ensuring the safest working environment for the team.

**Line Manager**: Logistics Manager

**Number of Direct Reports**: 11

**Job Specification**:
**Key Performance Areas**:
**Health, Safety and Environment**
- Adhere to, and ensure compliance by staff members to the company safety policies and procedures
- Assist with attainment and maintenance of relevant health, safety and environmental management system standards for processing
- Ensure facilities and infrastructure are conducive to employee health and wellness
- Report unsafe working conditions

**Food Safety**
- Adhere to, and ensure compliance by subordinates to FSSC 22000, AIB and ISO principles.
- Ensure site infrastructure and equipment are installed and maintained so that Food Safety is not compromised.
- Housekeeping, GMP and environmental compliance and related activities must adhere to relevant standards
- Sensory Evaluation

**Logistics**
- Establish a visual of workplace place area
- Daily/ weekly stocks counts are completed and verified
- Assist with site quarterly and yearly stock counts
- Batch control of blended stock
- Conduct and communicate department performance at daily meeting
- Motivate and train all employees within the department
- Ensure that the daily and weekly blending requirements are communicated to the team
- Ensure people, material and machine resources are available to meet blending requirements
- Train the team members in new processes and technology when the need arises
- Daily planning of the rework department and submission of samples for approvals
- Generate non-conformance and work request
- Labour utilisation
- Cost managed within the departmental budget
- Inventory Management
- Driving rides in the absence of employees or when the need arises
- Operate blender as and when required
- Maintain the condition of Pallet truck equipment
- Understand the tea blending process from blending, packaging, and dispatch

**Systems and reporting**
- Scheduling of employee hours using Best Time
- Absenteeism reports sent to HR on a daily basis
- Ensure compliance with all relevant procedures.
- Generate non-conformance & works request

**Management**
- Lead team in initiating changes on SOP’s and standards relating to Blend Floor using Change Management processes
- Conflict Management - lead in resolving employee complaints, dispute resolution, resolving grievances, initiating disciplinary inquiries, managing poor work performance, and liaising with HR on issues relating to Employment and Labour
- Refer team members to EAP when the need arises
- Partner with the Logistics Manager in updating and implementing of skills matrix as well as coordinating of training
- Assist in the recruitment and selection of team members
- Plan and control Blend Floor tasks; allocate resources to activities; control labor scheduling; overtime and cost control for area of responsibility.
- Planning, scheduling, monitoring, and evaluating of plant performance using to Shopware
- Assist in the supervision of the Raw materials stores department in the absence of the Section Leader

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Qualifications**:

- Minimum Grade 12 with a Diploma in Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, Warehouse Management or Production Management

**Experience**:

- 2 years working experience as Supervisor with a storage facility
- Industrial relations experience at supervisor level
- FMCG experience
- Computer literate (MS Office) Excel advance
- Quality Management System
- Manufacturing system - SAP high level competency required
- Basic Industrial Relations
- Knowledge of Inventory Management Processes and Systems
- Good communication skills
- Analytical skills
- Leadership skills
- Problem Solving skills

**Additional Requirements**:

- Be able to work shifts/ overtime when required

**Competencies**:

- Analyse and Solve Problems
- Plan or Strategize Ahead
- Remain Composed and Resilient
- Empower and Develop Others
- Flexible and Open to Change
- Meeting Deadlines
- Attention to Detail
- Decision Making

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