Packaging Manager Polokwane Brewery at The South African Breweries (SAB)

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership
• Lead the packaging team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
• Lead the development of packaging team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
• Conduct regular Packaging team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews
• Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members
• Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging team
• Safety and Housekeeping
• Ensure that the packaging team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks
• Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping
•  Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive the appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits
• Where unsafe work practice have been identified, the packaging manager is responsible for correcting this
• Ensures adherence to PPE policy
• General production housekeeping
• Safe maintenance practices audited
• Ensures adherence to SHE system requirements
• Drive the implementation of VPO in accordance with the Zone and Plant implementation actions.
• Drive Safety and legal compliance in the Packaging Hall

Manage plant, process and systems:

• Translates and implements packaging, manufacturing and business strategies across the packaging hall
• Ensure that all team members are fully conversant with the Voyager Plant Optimisation
• Develop and drive implementation plans to progress maturity in the manufacturing way principles and practices
• Ensure conformance to specifications and standards
• Drives maintenance integrity
• Optimises process capability
• Leads packaging projects as required
• Coordinates packaging logistics and supports engineering integrity
• Packaging Productivity
• Proactively control fixed and variable costs
• Minimise waste
• Manage, measure and monitor packaging effectiveness through: Packaging efficiency, Trade quality, Raw material usage
• Rate, Waste through beer loss
• IQMS parameters
• Production costs per Hl to global benchmarks
• Maintenance cost per Hl to global benchmarks
• Responsible for the overall reliability of the packaging hall

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc Mechanical Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Production Maintenance Management with deep expertise in asset management
• Experience of managing and running a high speed packaging line would be highly advantageous
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing people
• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a packaging hall (financial, operational, people)
• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
• Demonstrated understanding of relevant legislation, specifically health and safety and labour legislation
• Proven experience in managing Industrial Relations within the workforce
• Managing people ability as well as ability to drive performance
• Leadership ability (ability to lead the packaging hall)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to develop and control budgets
• Ability to implement appropriate HR processes to manage, motivate and develop
• Ability to manage complex projects of significant number
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high pressure environment