Job Description

De Heus Animal Nutrition is an international producer of a complete range of compound feed, premixes, concentrates and feed specialties. Their customers are small and large farmers, integrations and dealers. They provide them with nutritional concepts that ensure maximum animal health and optimal performance. They are now looking for a Plant Manager.
Functions of the job:
To oversee and manage the operational activities of the factory and site on a daily basis. To ensure that all company requirements on HR, quality, safety, risk, environment, administration, logistics and production are met within the production environment.
Which important FACTORS do you have to consider in order to achieve your job outputs (KPA's)?

• Company strategy and objectives
• Government policy & Legislation
• Liaison with supporting De Heus branches and departments
• Plant requirements
• De Heus Global

Key Performance Areas:
1.Complying with Health, Safety and Risk Regulations:

• Ensure safe operation of the plant with compliance to legal and company regulations.
• Report any conditions that may affect the safety of personnel or machinery to supervisors and management as soon as you are aware of it.
• Production items and deadlines on safety report needs to be maintained and reported on.

2.Environment and sustainability:

• Comply and implement De Heus SA Environment and Sustainability procedures and work instructions.
• Implement and monitor Production environment and sustainability to meet all relevant and legal Company requirements, including relevant documentation - Environment report.
• Identify and implement water and energy saving initiatives.
• Reduce waste to the absolute minimum, with the appropriate waste recycling and disposal practices.

3. Leadership and Human Resources:

• Comply and implement De Heus SA Leadership and Human Resources procedures and work instructions.
• Ensure that you conduct production meetings with the staff and minutes needs to be on the S drive as well as the activity list. Minutes should be documented and shared across the team.
• Continually strive to improve teamwork with employees.
• Ensure that performance appraisals are conducted with staff and that deadlines are met.
• Ensure production team members are effectively communicated to with regards to their responsibilities and authorities.
• Report and implement training and development of the production team through utilising available training opportunities. Ensure that all production personal are skilled and trained according to work instructions relevant to their job functions.
• Ensure the required competency evaluations of newly appointed employees are completed prior to the end of their probation period.
• Manage production employee relation climate and ensure corrective and disciplinary action is taken where required in line with relevant legislation and company policy.
• Manage production staff time keeping, leave roster and attendance in line with Company procedure.
• Display and promote the positive agreed De Heus behaviours while avoiding and deterring the negative agreed behaviours.
• Request recruitment of production staff and organise exit medicals.

4. Quality and laboratory:

• Comply to and Implement De Heus South Africa Quality and Laboratory Procedures and Work Instructions at Branch for raw materials and finished products.
• Implement and monitor Production quality control processes in line with the Company requirements.
• Implement and monitor the external certification bodies (i.e. ISO and AFMA) standards and approach in all areas of Production.
• Keep to deadlines on NCR and QAM reports.
• Monitors and drives housekeeping in Production and yard area.
• Investigation and establishment of root cause of Production related items on NCR Register. Calibration and verification matrix. Compile and submit daily redress report.
• Comply with company protocols of scale and weighbridge calibration.

5. Finance and Administration:

• Comply to and Implement De Heus South Africa Finance and Administration Procedures and Work Instructions.
• Achieve the Production and Branch Annual Budget.
• Obtain quotes and recommend suppliers for Production related expense items.
• Implement and encourage Production cost cutting initiatives that do not impact on long term business sustainability.

6. Procurement and Inventory:

• Comply to and implement De Heus South Africa Procurement and Inventory Procedures and Work Instructions.
• Manage Production milling loss within parameters and initiate plans to reduce these losses.
• Ensure pro active stock management, adequate stocks of the correct quality in time for production.

7. Operations Management:

• Comply to and Implement De Heus South Africa Operations Management Procedures and Work Instructions. Mixer, press and Bag report.
• Compile daily Production plan and sequencing in order to ensure maximum efficiencies.

(Utilisation, TPH running, TPH available, downtime %, DT engineering, Planned maintenance, downtime per category.)

• Analyse and drive Production asset productivity through KPIs and efficiencies.
• Daily capture, analyse and report of Production data. Actual KPI's versus budget and works with Production team to address the areas of non-conformance or concern. PCS report
• Daily analyse Mill PCS report to optimise Production parameters and quality (dosing variances, downtime etc)
• Communication with Maintenance with regards to availability of mill for maintenance.
• Achieve the agreed daily KPI's on OTIF

8. Business intelligence and communication:

• Comply to and Implement De Heus South Africa Business Intelligence and Communication Procedures and Work Instructions.
• Ensures adherence to Production ERP and DH Application system and data requirements and accurate and on time capture of information.
• Checking daily Production data and releasing to DHP.

Competencies:

• Tertiary qualification in production or engineering at a Technicon or University.
• Possession of a valid Code 08/EB driver's license.
• 2 - 5 Years' experience in a similar position.
• Working knowledge of MS Excel, MS Word.

Skills:

• Problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Conflict handling skills.
• Communication and influencing skills.
• Relationship building and team leadership skills.
• Computer skills (MS Office).
• Written communication skills.
• Negotiation skills.

Behaviours:

• Positive, pro-active, results-driven attitude.
• Innovative.
• Highly ethical and principle-driven.
• Committed, dedicated, motivated.
• Self-starter and follow-though.
• Energy, drive, courage and tenacity.
• Required to work with minimum supervision.

Other considerations to be noted:

• Long hours
• Overtime
• Dust
• Stress
• Ad - hoc traveling

Skills Required