Manufacturing Manager at The Coca-Cola Company

Job Description    

• To manage and execute the optimum utilisation of the CCBSA manufacturing plant, raw materials and technical resources, in order to produce quality product at minimum cost which meet customer requirements while complying with legislation and achieving business needs.

Level of interaction within and outside of the company as well as the nature and purpose of the interaction

• Manage relations with relevant municipal / provincial technical support departments to meet business requirements.
• Ensure effective alignment and shared performance with CCBSA Regional Logistics and Commercial teams.
• Interact with Material suppliers as required to ensure supply and product integrity.
• Interact with Equipment suppliers as required to ensure asset integrity.
• Manage delivery of 3rd party suppliers and service providers.
• Ensure effective relationships are maintained with Industrial Unions.

Key Duties & Responsibilities    
Operational Management

• Develop the one to three years plant business plan to ensure that customer service and productivity objectives are met.
• Manage the systematic and strategic coordination of all Manufacturing business functions as aligned with the Sales and Operational Planning process (S&OP).
• Manage the implementation of world class manufacturing processes across Manufacturing for the purpose of ensuring the continuous improvement of short to long-term performance.
• Manage the synchronisation of all aspects of Manufacturing including flow of materials and final goods.
• Management and maintenance of the Manufacturing assets at a productive basic condition.
• Measurement and monitoring of performance trends and the application of focused improvement initiatives in order to increase total system efficiency, effectiveness and reliability.
• Identification, development, and the implementation of the relevant enablers in order to deliver the Plant business plan and budget.
• Develop and implement people capability enhancement plans to ensure that business improvement objectives are met.
• Ensure that supply chain planning is aligned to meeting customer needs.

People and Stakeholder Management

• Manage the employee relations environment to proactively mitigate counterproductive industrial relations and optimise the relationship with the union.
• Manage primary engagement with local Labour Unions and all aspects relating to Industrial Relations in the region.
• Manage and ensure an engaged, productive and capable workforce aligned to deliver the strategic and operational business objectives.
• Lead and manage the development of a Health and Safety culture for all employees within the Supply Chain and Sales region.
• Develop and manage the relationship with relevant Local Government departments.
• Develop and manage the relationship with relevant Local Community and Interest forums departments.

Skills, Experience & Education    

• A minimum of an Engineering Degree or equivalent
• A Post Graduate degree in Business Administration or an equivalent degree would be advantageous
• A minimum of 10 - 12 years manufacturing experience.
• A minimum of 5 years management experience.
• Extensive experience in the deployment of operational excellence

General    
Assertiveness

• Be able to bring own views across clearly without damaging the relationship with the other party. Choose an appropriate stand in order to meet targets and best practice and encourage team members to be more productive.

Analytical thinking

• To analyse the relationships between events, circumstances and forces beyond the obvious and draws insightful conclusions, at a micro and macro level. Demonstrate the understanding of the inter-relationships between systems and processes and consolidate information into a coherent whole.

Business Acumen

• Knows how businesses work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting his/her business and organization; knows the competition; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.

Customer orientation

• Be dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Conflict Management

• Steps up to conflicts, seeing them as opportunities; reads situations quickly; good at focused listening; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and get cooperation with minimum noise.

Directing Others

• Is good at establishing clear directions; sets stretching objectives; distributes the workload appropriately; lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner; maintains two-way dialogue with others on work and results; brings out the best in people; is a clear communicator.

Good Communication:

• The ability to express oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others and tailors the content of speech to the level and experience of the audience. Ability to articulate in expressing business information in written form or communication.

Problem Solving:

• Use rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

Planning:

• The ability to apply planning skills to, schedule activities and prioritise resources in the achievement of an objective.

Strategic Agility:

• Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.a