Current Vacancies at AVI Limited

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 – 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

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:                                                                   

• At least 5 years’ 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.

Qualifications:

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

Additional Requirements:

• 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

Competencies:

• 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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An opportunity has become available for a Technologist to join our Snackworks Isando site. Reporting directly to the Biscuit Specialist in the R & D Department.

Duties

Analysis of materials and product

• Carry out routine material/product analysis
• Arrange external material/product analysis
• Analysis and reporting of analytical results
• Arrange calibration and servicing of equipment according to schedule
• Maintain stock levels of laboratory consumables

Pilot Plant Tests

• Carry out routine material/product tests
• Arrange external material/product analysis
• Analysis and reporting of test results
• Arrange calibration and servicing of equipment according to schedule
• Maintain stock levels of pilot plant spares and change-parts
• Maintain stock levels of pilot plant consumables
• Collect laboratory and/or inline trial data
• Order material for pilot trials

Factory Trials

• Collect trial data
• Analysis and Reporting on factory trials

Shelf-life studies

• Pack and distribute of samples
• Analyse shelf life data and report
• Control storage of shelf life samples
• Arrange calibration and servicing of equipment according to schedule

Sensory evaluation

• Pack and distribute of samples
• Setup and conduct sensory evaluation

New/modified product/process development

• Produce concept samples projects following Design and Development procedures
• Conduct literature surveys on process, ingredients and acts and regulations for the purpose of developing or optimizing analytical methods, processes and products
• Brief suppliers on new analytical instruments, product, packaging and raw material requirements
• Develop product and process assessment methods.
• Develop new BOP’s and update existing NPD process BOP’s

Manufacturing Support

• Actively support manufacturing in troubleshooting
• Participate in optimization projects run by factory
• Participate in validation and verification of processes and operating procedures

SHE, Quality and Food Safety

• Participate in customer complaints and investigations on product issues
• Participate in SHE initiatives
• Participate in GMP and HACCP initiatives
• Maintain GMP in workplace

Experience required:

• At least 1 year experience gained in a similar role in a FMCG/Manufacturing environment
• Experience working with various equipment and machines eg lab equipment, processing and packaging equipment
• MS Office - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Project

Special requirements:

• Must be prepared to work shifts and overtime when required

Qualifications & Competences required:

• Tertiary qualification preferably in Food Science & Technology (B.Tech or BSc.)
• Previous experience in the baking industry
• Practical & Theoretical Baking Science & Technology training is an advantage

Competencies:

• Applying Expertise & Technology
• Writing & reporting
• Analysing
• Work with people
• Planning & organising

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Indigo Brands, based in Cape Town, is a subsidiary of AVI Limited (AVI). Leaders in personal care and beauty products including female and male perfumed body sprays, roll-on deodorants, body care, face care, colour cosmetics and liquid fragrances. Well-known brands include Yardley- Bond Street, Gorgeous, Lace, English Blazer and Lenthéric -Hoity Toity, Solo and Masculin. Indigo’s brand portfolio is strengthened via the Coty distributor agreement that includes world-renowned brands such as Rimmel, Exclamation, Adidas and Sally Hansen.

An exciting opportunity exists for a Maintenance Manager at Indigo Brands, Epping, Cape Town. The purpose of the role is to oversee and manage all maintenance and related activities to ensure optimal levels of plant and equipment availability, efficiency and ensuring equipment standards are maintained. The role also encompasses the management and coordination of statutory and other legislative requirements with regards to the safety of machinery in the workplace.

Line Manager: Engineering Manager

Number of Direct Reports: 5

Job Specification:

Key Performance Areas:

• Analysis of breakdowns, with recommendations to reduce downtime
• General administrative activities associated with a leadership position
• Management of Departmental costs in line with the budget
• Provide technical advice to the team as required – breakdowns, and continuous improvements.
• Support the implementation of the Quality Management System
• Compliant with the legislation of OHS Act – fulfill GMR 2 (7) appointment
• Adherence to GMP regulations and MHI site requirements
• Drive safety culture in the department & site – Housekeeping, PTW, LOTO, SOPs.
• Management and development of staff
• Review and improvement of existing maintenance practices
• Implementation of condition monitoring activities
• Reporting

 Minimum Requirements:

Experience:                                                                   

• 5 years’ experience with Maintenance Engineering background in a Major Hazard installation environment
• 5 years’ experience at a senior supervisory or management level
• Operation and maintenance of machines: High speed filling and packaging machines: Vacuum / Volumetric filling machines (Liquid filling) Case Packers, Palletizers etc.
• Material handling experience
• Processing and mixing vessels
• Experience working with Boilers, compressors, alcohol and gas installations
• Experience in Facilities management would be advantageous
• Strong electrical experience
• Implementation of World Class Manufacturing

 Qualifications:

• Completed tertiary qualification (NDip; BTech) in Mechanical Engineering
• GCC Factories
• Completed Trade Test (Millwright)

 Additional Requirements:

• Competency in Computerized Maintenance Management System (Shopware, Pragma, SAP, etc.).
• MS Office package knowledge especially Projects is essential.
• Strong analytical thinking
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Plant Maintenance

 Competencies:

• Thinking Rationally
• Influencing Others
• Building Relationships
• Making Decisions
• Developing Strategies
• Setting Directions
• Minimising Risk
• Embracing Change