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Production Manager (Meat)
City Deep, Johannesburg, GautengPOSITION: Production Manager
LOCATION: City Deep, Johannesburg
REPORTING TO: Factory Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
EXPERIENCE:
FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS:
SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES:
LOCATION: City Deep, Johannesburg
REPORTING TO: Factory Manager
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsibilities associated with this role include, but are not limited to the following:
- Hands on production role with excellent knowledge of all aspects of meat primal.
- Day to day supervision of production process, ensuring all KPI’s are followed and the highest standards in food manufacturing and safety are observed.
- Co-ordinate and operate the production line in terms of people, products, and equipment and maintain all associated paperwork.
- Report on all aspects of production to the Factory Manager daily.
- Ensure that factory raw material inventory for the carcass chiller is maintained correctly.
- Responsible for maintaining all yields and improving them where possible.
- Key involvement in record keeping for production and completion of associated paperwork to ensure that both internal and external quality systems are adhered to.
- Plan and maintain running costs within budget.
- Plan, rosters and ensure the relevant people are scheduled to work on a daily basis, taking into account legislative requirements.
- Maintain constant adherence to all company, customer and legal requirements regarding food safety and quality assurance.
- Participate in meetings regarding product quality, processes and planning the deboning facility for the following week.
- Ensure that the highest levels of Service, Quality and Workmanship are always maintained.
- Drive adherence to all HACCP systems and ensure that good manufacturing practices are always applied.
- Instill a culture of excellent adherence to Health & Safety by all employees through the maintenance of a safe working environment.
- Ensure the department is always ready for audit.
- Monitoring productivity and performance of the department.
- Monitor and review the performance of staff and organize necessary interventions for improvement.
- Conducting of the annual appraisal and review process for the Junior Production Manager and Team Leader.
- Identifying training needs and performing scheduled training on SOP’s.
- Ensure that the agreed hourly rate per carcass is adhered to, and that the line is running effectively.
- Scheduling holidays and overtime.
- Understand Company Quality Policy statement and implement its requirements
- Ensure that all customer expectations in respect of quality are met and exceeded where possible
- Monitor packaging waste in the department to ensure minimal waste.
EXPERIENCE:
- Minimum of 5 years in a similar position in a meat industry with high volume, short shelf-life chilled product.
FORMAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Certificate or Diploma in production management.
SKILLS / ATTRIBUTES:
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Planning and organization skills to be able to run and monitor the production process.
- Ability to act decisively and solve staff or equipment-related problems.
- Capacity to grasp concepts easily.
- Attention to detail to ensure high levels of quality.
- Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with your team, and managers
- Ability to work under pressure and motivate others to meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to work in a logical, systematic manner.