Packaging Shift Manager

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Heineken Full time

**Purpose of the Role**:
To manage the packaging line operations, in line with the business goals and objectives, in order to maintain a high efficiency, low cost, good quality and acceptable safety standard operation. To implement company’s manufacturing processes, systems and procedures.
Manage team of team of operators and technicians
Ensure that SHE /ISO/HACCP/Legal/Heineken Procedures and requirements are followed

**Key Performance Areas**:
Safety
- Ensure all safety PPE audits, safety alerts, Tool box talks are done on time and in full according to safety Heineken Safety standards
- Act as a role model for safety behavior and lead by example
- Address unsafe behavior and situation
- Ensure awareness to raising safety tags on shift and there is output in terms of tags raised and tags closed on shift
- Liaise with safety department to timeously close out all investigations and gaps identified through incidents, accidents and near misses on your shift
- Ensure adherence to stipulate 5s and housekeeping standards by doing daily Audits on Machines
- Ensure that a reliable safety reporting for DCS and safety pyramid
- Carry out risk assessment and safety audit in your line(s)

Packaging Quality Management & Control
- Manage product quality in packaging
- Ensure that ISO/HACCP/Legal/Heineken Procedures and requirements are followed
- Monitor and communicate the packaging quality parameters within his/her team on daily basis in DCS
- Restore basic conditions where there are deviations
- Ensure all specified quality standards are adhered to on shift and adequate audits happen to ensure adherence
- Ensure all tools needed for quality control on shift are available through liaising with all available support

Cost Management
- Execute deployment of department an line cost according to TPM principle
- Identify and manage areas of loss on the line through process area monitoring on shift
- Form focus groups for all high loss areas identified on shift and plans to get back into control
- ensure all counts are done after every brand change and raw materials are returned after each and every brand change
- ensure all consumptions are done on time and in full daily
- Manage overtime
- Identify focused improvement projects for team members in specific areas
- Measure losses per process area hourly and have action plans for OO’C

Management of Packaging process and Execution
- Clearly communicate daily activities to the staff and correct when necessary
- Monitor, manage and control daily packaging activities to make output requirements
- Translate process deviations into corrective and preventative actions and communicate in a timely way to the team
- Execute TPM improvement activities
- Plan resources (people, materials, machines) adequately against production plan to ensure desired output by:

- Shift cover is adequate according to standards, raw materials are ordered to the right standard
- All people on training, leave or extended planned leave have planned cover for that period

Maintenance Management
- Ensure effective use of CILT
- Regularly checks and coaches team
- Manage tagging and de-tagging activities
- Participate in AM audits
- Ensure all down time activities is properly recorded
- Ensure 5 WHY is completed on shift for all DT within stipulated standards
- Ensure prompt adherence of team members to standard escalation procedures
- Operational resources are planned adequately to maintenance activities
- Monitor and report machine daily and weekly performance and availability with improvement plans
- Manage Planned Maintenance activities, especially shutdowns and star-ups in conjunction with central MTCE team and IC Support Exceptional Maintenance Activities
- Identify opportunities on the shift and the line to drive KPI improvement
- Ensure effective communication between production and Maintenance department

People Management
- Spend 80% of time on the floor and 20% on administrative tasks
- Hold daily consistent handover meetings with team Members
- Ensure continuous handover across shifts and within the team members
- Coach direct reports on gaps identified
- Manage attendance and manpower requirements
- Motivate shift teams to achieve production targets through focused meeting agendas
- Identify opportunities on the shift and the line to drive KPI improvement
- Implement training and development initiatives for employees

**Education & Experience**:

- Diploma/Bachelor’s degree in production/packaging/engineering or equivalent
3 - 5 years’ experience working in the processing environment
Peoples management
Minimum 3 years leadership experience with problem solving and conflict resolution capabilities
cost to management in material loses and FTE
Must be proficient in Microsoft package and SAP



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