Production Manager

**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 **Production Manager **at **NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Rosslyn, Snacks**. The successful incumbent will be responsible to lead and support the Production team in order to meet customer requirements and ensure that world class production and quality targets are achieved in the most cost effective manner

**Line Manager**: Operations Executive

**Job Specification**:
**Key Performance Areas**:
**People Management**
- Implement and maintain appropriate systems to measure, track and continuously improve KPIs.
- Manage production shift team leaders and/or supervisors through appropriate planning and delegation of duties.
- Accountable for people management, people engagement and morale, as well as training and development.
- Engage effectively with other functions to ensure exceptional line performance, which includes, Engineering, Logistics and Scheduling, Human Resources through continuous back and forth engagement with all the relevant stakeholders.
- Effectively empower and develop staff through goal setting and performance management to enable them to contribute effectively and make the right decisions.
- To manage and ensure cost effective labour usage in accordance with MANMAPS.
- To ensure the right talent are recruited and identified for development in line with the company's training and development plan.
- To ensure the correct implementation of business strategies to achieve the set targets.
- Deal with IR issues and manage the disciplinary actions within the factory in line with AVI's and legislative disciplinary procedures.
- Train, mentor and coach subordinates to ensure continuous personal and professional development.
- Manage employee performance through continuous and timely performance reviews.
- Maintain employee relations through fair and consistent labour relations practices.
- Effectively manage operational budget and cost effectiveness to ensure the company maintains its market share.

**Production Management**
- Coordinate all activities on the production lines, including start-ups, change overs, shut downs, maintenance windows, maintenance shutdowns, trials, etc.
- Responsible for integration of new material, products and processes on the line using the appropriate change protocols.
- Take full accountability for all aspects of line performance including Safety, Quality, Efficiency, Losses and waste, production plan delivery, food safety compliance, environmental compliance and legal compliance, including OHS Act.
- To lead and support the production team towards achieving the company objectives.
- To ensure optimal production through effective liaison with all other support functions.
- To analyse and resolve production history in order to minimize potential risk.
- Ensure world class production and quality targets are achieved in the most cost effective manner.
- Assessing project and resource requirements that enable efficient production processes.
- To ensure that operating specifications are in place and are achievable within the acceptable standards or time frames.

**Systems Management**
- Implement and maintain appropriate systems to measure, track and continuously improve KPIs.
- Ensure appropriate operating standards are in use and updated according to the set standards.
- To ensure implementation and adherence to SHEQ, QMS food safety.

**Minimum Requirements**:
**Experience**:

- People Management
- Experience in a managerial role
- Over 5 years' experience in a production environment leadership role
- Lean Manufacturing Principles
- Specialist knowledge
- Knowledge of financial processes
- WCM or TPM principles & OHS Act

**Qualifications**:

- Supevisory, Food Safety, Production Management Certificates
- Bachelor of Science Degree Engineering

**Additional Requirements**:

- Management Information Systems & FSSC Systems
- Bes time
- Microsoft Office
- SAP HR Module

**Competencies**:

- Planning & Organising
- Thinking Analytically
- Building Relationships
- Resolving Conflict
- Making Decisions
- Setting Directions
- Attention to Detail
- Continuously Improving