Team Leader: Brewing at The Heineken Company

The purpose of this role is to lead and manage a highly competent sufficient team to ensure the efficient and effective execution of the Brewing production plan.

Overall, the end-to-end owner of all brewing operations (from malt intake to bright beer issues) in Brewing during their shift. The responsibility includes complying with production targets, planning, problem-solving, process optimization TPM leadership, and people management.

Key responsibilities

Manage:

• Manage team performance and safety.
• Facilitate team meetings.
• Implement production team.
• Support the team to achieve production targets.
• Communicate performance measures.
• Maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
• Ensure a clean, tidy and organized workplace and plant (housekeeping) – assist in driving the departmental 5S roll out plan, in alignment to other TPM initiatives
• Support effective communication structure across shifts and between brewing, utilities, quality and packaging.

Quality:

• Manage process and product quality.
• Optimise product quality; especially through leading departmentally selected Improvement and APM Teams
• Analyse quality data.
• Comply with quality assurance requirements – on time, in full.
• Manage trade complaint problem solving process.
• Ensure accurate and timeous capture and reporting of data.

Managing Assets:

• Manage assets.
• Apply 5S principles in alignment with departmental roll out plans and principles
• Support planned maintenance activities and give insight into where the key focus areas are for the department.
• Support exceptional maintenance activities.

Departmental Organisation:

• Manage human resources.
• Facilitate effective team dynamics.
• Apply performance management practices.
• Develop team members towards achieving their highest potential – for the individual team members and in terms of the contributions to the teams.
• Support strategic people resources.
• Ensure healthy employee relations.
• Manage and apply personnel practices.
• Ensure adherence to company standards and policies.

Process Improvement:

• Implement improvements.
• Support innovations.
• Facilitate problem-solving through leading the UPS process while on shift and driving the PDCA outcomes.
• Eliminate waste where ever noted; through a strategic approach
• Provide effective leadership.
• Foster and implement TPM concepts.

Housekeeping and Safety:

• Ensure a safe, clean, tidy, and organized work environment.
• Adherence to all SHE requirements (including PPE).
• Ensure a clean, tidy, and organized work environment and plant.
• Ensure the department operates within company SHE standards and OHS Act, through continued education, training, and obtaining the co-operation and commitment of all staff to observe all safety rules, procedures and processes in order to drive zero accident mentality.
• Ensure the department operates within company SHE standards and OHS Act, through continued education, training, and obtaining the co-operation and commitment of all staff to observe all safety rules, procedures and processes in order to drive zero accident mentality.

Continuous Improvement:

• Drive improvement processes and set priorities in order to develop, implement and maintain best-in-class standards and basic conditions.
• As a member of the Brewing Leadership Team., you will be expected to give insights and to drive the departmental TPM initiatives and overall strategy

Qualifications:

• National Diploma / Degree in Science, Engineering, Food Technology
• IBD Diploma or working towards one will be an advantage

Experience:

• 3 – 5 years relevant experience production experience
• Experience within a brewing environment will be beneficial
• Proven success of managing and developing a shift team – achieving results while maintaining a high morale and focus