Extrusion Plant Manager - Kroonstad at Premier FMCG (Pty) Ltd

Main Objectives:

To lead a high-performance production team to deliver extruded products that meet desired quality and cost specifications. (The Premier Way).

Key Responsibilities:

• To ensure the extrusion process delivers consistent high-quality products in line with required specifications.
• Ensure cost-effective raw material and ingredient stock management.
• Ensure a high-performance culture in the production team.
• To ensure full statutory and regulatory compliance with health and safety and food safety requirements in line with Premier standards and SOPs, relevant personnel should be trained, and audits conducted. Collaborate with the risk function to implement corrective actions for all findings.
• Ensure the best cost production through planning, organising and managing the function in line with the agreed expense budget and resource plans.
• To ensure continuous improvement of the production process and function.
• To ensure optimal plant asset management through the implementation of timeous corrective and preventative maintenance in accordance with company SOPs and maintenance system.

Skills and attributes:

• Coping with pressures and setbacks
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Applying expertise and technology
• Planning and organising
• Entrepreneurial and Commercial Thinking
• Analysing
• Following instructions and procedures

Desirable:

• Adhering to Principles and values
• Persuading and Influencing
• Adapting and Responding to Change
• Persuading and Influencing
• Working with people

Qualification Requirements    

• Matric
• Extrusion operations processes and best practices (ExtruAfrica) fumigation will be an added advantage.
• Food safety requirements (FSSC 22000)

Experience Requirements    

• 5 Years’ experience in a similar role.
• Extrusion operations processes and best practices
• Milling background will be an added advantage.
• Fawema & FFS knowledge will be an added advantage.

Key Outputs    

• Pressurised environment
• 5-day position