Job Description

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 Team Leader at NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Rosslyn Snacks. The successful incumbent will be responsible for safely producing required quantities at the right time, quality, and at right cost with labour within the budget.

Line Manager: Production Manager

Job Specification:

Key Performance Areas: * Cost

• Monitor and respond to daily variances to drive delivery when demands are above planned volumes
• Understand and plan production carefully considering the impact of promotional offers
• Cost Control xe2x80x93 Waste, Stock, Time and labour utilization
• Conduct & Facilitate Stock Take
• Labor management (Kg/Man)
• Productivity initiatives
• Conduct & Facilitate Stock Take

• People

• Lead meetings
• Share information and performance results
• Lead Green Area meetings every Monday morning before start-up and each shift change
• Develop, train and motivate team members
• Ensure effective utilization of resources (labour, plant and equipment and Leave management)
• Effective Communication
• Lead Green Area meetings
• Ensure IR procedures are complied with
• Oversee development and training
• Ensure an effective, efficient and motivated production team
• Encourage innovation and continuous improvement
• Health and Safety

• Implement and maintain SHEQ practices
• Incident & accident investigation
• Near-misses & dialogues reporting
• Safety observations, Planned Job Observations (PJOs) and risk assessment
• Safety Register reporting(checks are done and issues closed out)
• Safety Meeting Attendance
• Compliance to legislative requirements
• Quality

• Implement and maintain Food Safety, GMP and SHEQ practices as AIB & FSSC standards.
• Quality and process Control (quality-at-source)
• Closeout NCRs (Corrective Action Requests and customer complaints)
• Compliance to legislative requirements;
• Sensory evaluation & attending KVI sessions (Head Office)
• Adhere to process parameters / control
• GMP management
• Production administration (start up, monitoring, shutdown and cleaning)
• OPL sharing and training
• Customer complaints investigation
• Root cause analysis
• Speed/ Delivery

• Implement and maintain production control systems
• Achieve shift production plan (SKU availability to meet customer requirements)
• Monitor and maintain product details, new and existing products
• Plan to enable efficient deployment of stocks in partnership with the distribution team
• Production administration
• Generate Job-cards
• Adherence to the production plan
• Manage authorized and unauthorised down-time/OEE
• Process management
• Generate packaging & raw material pick-lists
• Shopware accuracy

• At least 5 yearsxe2x80x99 Production/Operations/Manufacturing Management experience in a unionized FMCG environment.
• Minimum 2 years experience in TPM / WCM / Lean manufacturing role within the FMCG
• Minimum 2 years experience in production supervisory role as well as a support function to production facilitating continuous improvements initiatives.
• Solid communication skills (written and oral) and interpersonal skills are required.
• Ability to effectively develop and/or train employees across all levels within the area of responsibility.
• Must have knowledge of PC literacy including Microsoft applications. SAP/ experience preferred.

• Matric / Grade 12
• Completed National Diploma OR BTech in Mechanical Engineering (Related/NQF5) or equivalent
• People Management Courses/programmes would be advantageous

• Process calculations
• Use of Information systems
• Functioning of Production Lines
• Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of HIRA / OHS
• Must be able to do shift work
• Must be able to work overtime

• Manage and share information
• Analyse and solve problems
• Manage people and teams
• Empower and develop others
• Show courage and confidence
• Remain composed and resilient
• Govern and follow rules
• Initiate and achieve results
• Self Driven

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