Production Supervisor II

The successful candidate will supervise the activities of a group of skilled and semi-skilled employees engaged in performing a variety of production or assembly operations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the training of controllers and some supervisors.
• Normally reports to Unit HOD.
• Planning, coordinating, and supervising daily bread production activities / processes to ensure production targets are achieved.
• Managing and leading production teams to drive performance, productivity, and adherence to operational standards.
• Ensuring compliance with food safety, quality, hygiene, and health and safety requirements.
• Monitoring production processes and implementing corrective actions to minimize downtime, waste, and product losses.
• Driving continuous improvement and cost-saving initiatives to improve operational efficiency.
• Managing staffing, attendance, training, and performance of employees within the production area including: Time & Attendance, Leave Management, Recruitment and selection, Disciplinary actions, Engagement, Temporary Employees management and cost control
• Ensuring optimal utilization of raw materials, equipment, and labour resources.
• Monitoring stock control processes and implementing preventative measures to minimize stock losses and variances.
• Collaborating with other departments to ensure seamless production planning and customer service delivery.
• Supporting and maintaining a culture of accountability, teamwork, and operational excellence.
• Continuous Business Improvement initiatives to improve efficiencies.
• Ensure product quality and reporting of quality inefficiencies or challenges.
• Qualifications 3-5 years managerial experience within the manufacturing / operations environment in FMCG industry

Requirements

• SAP and MS Office HACCP, GMP's, health, safety and hygiene compliance
• Degree / National Diploma in Production / Operations Management or Engineering Leadership skills
• Sound understanding and application of safety, health & hygiene in a production environment
• Sound understanding of controlled Food manufacturing production processes
• Differentiating Competencies Required Completed a Food Technology / Engineering / Production / Operations related
• Degree / Diploma Sound understanding of application of preventative maintenance principles/practices
• Experience to optimize people, plant, machinery and equipment

Management of a team

• Experience in structured stock take and cycle counts including backflushing and adhering to BOM's Experience in planning staff and materials to achieve production targets as per budget
• Experience and exposure to production efficiency in a highly pressurized environment with tight deadlines
• Experience to optimized raw material stock levels in FMCG environment
• Implement new processes and procedures to improve efficiency