Responsibilities associated with this role include, but are not limited to:

• Manage all aspects of the performance of the production facility maximizing efficiencies and labour utilisation
• Generation of all production / management data (such as downtime, waste, process sheets, non-conformances, on hold logs) and dealing with accordingly
• People management of the production team with regards to resourcing, manpower and performance management
• Maintain constant adherence to all company, customer and legal requirements regarding Food safety and Quality assurance
• Chair the daily production meetings with relevant area supervisors, maintenance, quality and material supply teams
• Ensure production parameters are optimised to produce quality product to specification each time
• Ensure a continuous improvement mindset is implemented and applied in all processes
• Ensure all costs are monitored and controlled to ensure operations are within budgets
• Manage attendance, timekeeping, overtime, annual leave and monthly payroll
• Conduct employee appraisals and probationary performance reviews as well as ongoing performance management
• Deal with employee issues and disciplinary in conjunction with the Plant Manager / HR department
• Offer suggestions / new initiatives to a changing / developing process and defining SOP’s required
• Ensure handling and use of all ingredients / finished product targets a zero wastage approach and reduces and write off risk to the business
• Drive a culture of excellent adherence to Health & Safety of all employees through the maintenance of a safe working environment
• Liaise with customer service department to maintain/improve customer service levels
• Ensure the manufacturing facility is Audit ready every day