Processing Manager

1 week ago


Hammarsdale, South Africa Rainbow Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
Rainbow is looking for a Processing Manager to join their team in KZN - Hammarsdale. The successful incumbant will be responsilble for managing the processing plant ensuring maximum efficiency whilst maintaining compliance with legislation, customer specifications and Company standards and processes. This will include: optimising the mix, meeting the production plan targets, optimising staff performance and business profitability, minimising costs, non-conformances and down-time, supplying the customer with the required quality products at the right time, to implement and monitor health and safety compliance and to lead, guide, motivate and train the processing team. The role requires the individual to work shifts.

**Minimum Requirements**:
Minimum of grade 12 AND 5 years relevant experience preferably in a unionised food processing plant with 2 years in a management position OR A Diploma/ Degree in production management/engineering and 3 years relevant experience
An abattoir hygiene or meat inspection qualification would be preferable
Poultry processing experience is a must
Knowledge of TQMS systems

Knowledge and Working in an Ammonia plant is an advantage

As a Processing Manager, the job holder is expected to:
Make all operational decisions within complex processing lines and areas that fall within the ambit of responsibility
Immediately solve or address all operational and resource problems or issues within complex processing areas within the ambit of responsibility
Identify and implement innovations, particularly those that will improve plant productivity, actual production and product quality and or lower costs.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Strategy into Action Operationalisation**
Provide input into the Business strategy by keeping up with the latest trends and developmental processing.
Provide input into annual SIAs and execute on annual objectives.
Provide input and contribute to the relationship between cross-functional processing teams ensuring service delivery.

**Operations Management**
Drive Processing asset productivity through agreed KPIs and efficiencies.
Report on a weekly basis on actual Processing KPIs versus budget and address non-conformances promptly.
Drive Processing’s appearance and image through maintaining high housekeeping standards.
Respond to factors that cause variances against planned production versus size of birds and adjust production plans accordingly.
Manage Processing yield factors and initiate plans to reduce losses.
Analyse downtime, provide valid explanations for loss of production and put action plans in place to prevent recurrence.
Manage labour resources within budget to obtain required outputs.
Liaise with New Product Development to ensure appropriate staff, equipment and materials are available to run successful trials.
Guide and prepare the Processing team for customer and statutory audits.
Support the plant management system to ensure SIC delivery.
Work closely with planning department to align production capacities and product mix requirements.
Continuously adjust manloading and equipment availability to meet the constant changing production plan and priorities.
Monitor volumes and equipment and communicate any issues to the Factory Manager and Engineering Manager promptly.
Work closely with the engineering department to ensure that equipment performance and maintenance priorities are aligned and changed to meet production requirements.

**Safety, Health, Risk and Quality Oversight**
Monitor the Processing team to ensure all legislative and industry standards are achieved and prompt action is taken where required to ensure there are no areas of non-compliance.
Chair and facilitate regular safety meetings and ensure action points are delivered upon.
Drive the adherence and maintenance of ISO 22 000/ 14 000/ 18000 standards within the Total Integrated Management System throughout Processing.
Ensure that documentation required for the Total Integrated Management System is applied consistently throughout Processing.
Drive in-process quality control in line with the supply chain and external customer requirements throughout the processing plant.
Ensure environmentally sustainable practices are implemented and adhered to and that resource usage is managed effectively (e.g. conservation of water, electricity and gas).

**Maintenance Oversight**
Ensure that an equipment maintenance programme is formulated and implemented to maintain the working condition of equipment and schedule routine or non-routine maintenance.
Monitor the execution of the maintenance programme to guarantee equipment performance as a key enabler of production outputs.

**Financial Management**
Report oand manage all input costs within area of responsibility and manage any over and under spend appropriately to ensure that issues are addressed before significant financial loss occurs.
Authorise expenses within area of responsibility and within level of authority a



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