Plant Manager SA at Cargill

Job Purpose and Impact

• The Plant Manager will provide strategic and daily operational oversight for all production and operating process for our plant in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. In this role, you will oversee safety, quality, operational effectiveness, capital deployment and financial performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensures employee, food and feed safety and environmental compliance program standards and goals are implemented. Lead and develop a team, coach and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance and employee compliance. 
• Leads strategic and tactical operations and quality management deliverables to ensure customer, product and quality standard requirements are met within specifications.
• Leads, directs and controls capital and operating budgets for the site to achieve medium term outlook financial performance objectives set by the business.
• Ensure and hold direct reports accountable for meeting and controlling operating expenses and established targets.
• Oversee the overall operational management and implement operational efficiency improvements which may include plant information manufacturing systems, quality control, safety, production reliability excellence and maintenance and operations best practices.
• Lead and develop a team, coach and make decisions related to talent management, hiring, performance, and disciplinary actions.

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of four years of related work experience
• Supervision of large teams in an Industrial environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Lean six sigma