Manufacturing Executive (ManExec070923) - Vredenburg at Oceana Group Limited

Purpose of the role:

To lead operations related to the manufacturing of canned foods.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the operations of the land-based factories
• Manage a Team of Mid-Senior level direct reports within the Lucky Star Operations
• Assume full responsibility for the Canned food operational efficiency and performance
• Lead production teams in the daily management decisions, driving performance in achieving production KPI’s such as efficiencies, product quality, and cost management
• Engage with raw material suppliers, ensuring quantity, quality and delivery is optimally aligned with production requirements
• Engage with customers to understand and meet their requirements
• Engage with regulatory bodies to ensure efficient release of products for the market
• In conjunction with Finance implement and deliver suitable real time production data/reports to ensure that KPI’s are monitored timeously for decision making
• Execute on capital projects, and ensure that deliverables and returns are achieved
• Drive compliance to key food safety standards, inclusive of FSSC 22000, HACCP, and health and safety and environmental standards
• In conjunction with HR, develop and maintain good relationships with relevant Unions within the Pelagic sector
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with cross functional leads across the group
• Possess strong leadership attributes and demonstrate experience in building highly effective multi-disciplinary production teams
• Developing and maintaining good relationships with external stakeholders, governmental authorities, suppliers, customers and industry counterparts
• Demonstrated ability to formulate strategy as well as implement action plans to achieve strategic objectives
• Extensive experience in a unionized labour environment
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, with experience in decision making re financial performance
• Collaborate with the senior human resources business partner to ensure requisite skills are placed in the operations

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, and/or production management/ food science/ supply chain management
• 10-15 years’ relevant experience, in an executive/senior management role, in food manufacturing and packaging, preferably canned foods
• Strong operational background