Plant Manager - Hammarsdale (Durban) at Kerry

Key responsibilities

• Provide on-going leadership for plant safety and sustainability programs.
• Ensuring adherence and continuous improvement to the quality and food safety commitments of the site
• Ensure legal compliance for the operations.
• Achieving or exceeding budgeted operations financial, productivity and schedule attainment goals
• Leading the organization in the ongoing process of Continuous Improvement and collecting and analyzing data to highlight areas of continuous improvement.
• Ensuring excellence in management of human resources/labor relations
• Working collaboratively with all stakeholders, both internal and external to achieve results, along with demonstrating a vigilant commitment to ethics and our Company reputation.
• Ensure care of assets through the establishment and adherence to preventative maintenance and asset care programs
• Responsibly representing the Company in local, industry, community and regulatory affairs within the Company’s policies and culture.
• Plan, organise, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations.
• Increase production assets, capacity and flexibility while minimising unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards.
• Be responsible for production output, product quality and on-time and in-full shipping.
• Allocate resources effectively and maximum utilisation of assets to produce optimal results.
• Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus.
• Monitor operations and trigger corrective actions when required.
• Share a trusting relationship with workgroup and recruit, manage and develop site employees.
• Develop systems and processes that track and optimise productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets.
• Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts. Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the unit

Leadership:

• Ownership and accountability
• Values diversity and difference
• Building and maintaining relationships
• Managing teams effectively
• Influential
• Setting vision and strategy for the site

Service:

• Customer focused.
• Results focused.
• Ability to multi-task and work effectively under pressure.

Communication:

• Presentation skills
• Communication – written & oral/ability to communicate complex ideas concisely.
• Active listening
• Excellent report writing and computer skills.

Qualifications and skills

Essential:

• Degree with at least 10 years manufacturing experience of which 5 years should be at a senior level.
• Effective communication skills both verbal and written.
• Strategic Planning skills
• Financial and business management skills
• Working knowledge of manufacturing and warehousing operations in a food or similar industry
• Working knowledge of SAP or similar ERP system
• Computer literacy at intermediate level

Preferred:

• Master’s Degree
• Knowledge of SAP
• Experience in a food related industry
• Experience working in a union environment