RPM Operations Manager at The Heineken Company

Safety

• Ensure all safety rules are adhered to in the management of RPM Onsite (LSP) (if required overflow sites as well (LSP).

Logistics Service Provider Management

• The ability to manage and monitor the execution of the contracts with LSPs to guarantee the required level of safety, service, savings, and sustainability in line with defined RPM strategy.

Budget preparation to ensure that resources needed for effective service delivery are adequately provided for.

• Prepare budget proposal for RPM expenditure (CAPEX and OPEX)
• Present budget for approval for each financial period
• Monitor actual performance against budget and ensure budget discipline in the RPM department.
• Drive cost-saving initiatives
• Facility maintenance 

Strategic RPM Objective

• Zero Line Stoppages due to glass availability
• Glass Quality supplied to line.
•  Monitor LSP Supplier performance to ensure glass availability.
• Tracks site loss, Circulation time and Missing, Broken and Foreign (MBF) of RPM SKUs

RPM Operational Planning and Execution

• Plans and controls the availability of returnable materials for production requirements.
• Monitors the execution and progress of the return flow.
• Attend weekly Planning meeting to ensure availability of RPM for production plans.

TPM and Continuous Improvement

• Measure Priority KPI’s
• Performance improvements using appropriate TPM tools.
• Perform deployments on KPI’s not meeting targets.
• Zero Loss Improvements

Leadership

• Collaboration across departments and sources of supply
• Stakeholder engagement
• LSP’s Engagement

Qualifications and experience

• NQF 6 Qualification in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or relevant related qualification
• 3-5 years relevant experience
•  Material Requirements Planning, Logistics, or Pallet Management
• Experienced in managing Logistic Service Provides / CHEP would be an advantage.
• Computer literacy with sound working knowledge of SAP experience with proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.