Shift Miller at Tiger Brands

• Is responsible for managing departmental safety, environmental controls, development of production employees, packing efficiencies including quality control, protection of equipment, and departmental cost control

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

Asset Management:

• Co-ordinate machine availability for a proactive approach to Repairs and Maintenance programmes (dMS);
• Ensuring that machines are operated at the design capacity and report any deviations;
• Executing of daily production planning;
• Resource allocation.
• Tracking of daily machine running hours and nett mass variances;
• Complete various reports based on daily activities;

Inventory Management:

• Participate in weekly and monthly stock counts and investigate variances and take corrective measures to prevent re-occurrence;
• Ensure quality compliance of packing material;
• Ensure minimum consumable stock levels are maintained.

Financial supervision:

• Overtime reduction to improve on budget
• Control contract labour to improve on budget;
• Adherence to stores control and SoP’s as per company requirements;
• Participate in controlling the packing department budget;
• Maximise on production efficiencies;
• Minimise product rejects;
• Identify, implement and report on Continuous Improvement projects.
• Adherence to Company Policies and Procedures:
• Adds to the value of the company and is also beneficial to all stakeholders in the long term.
• Health and Safety / RISK / Environmental:
• Compliance with Statutory and Company requirements always.
• Achieving targeted scores in all audits

Quality Assurance:

• Housekeeping and Cleaning Procedures, Personal Hygiene, Sanitation and Plant Maintenance.
• Compliance to quality specifications.
• Compliance to FSSC program.
• Compliance to Consumer Protection Act and Trade and Metrology Act;

Staff Leadership and Teamwork:

• Provides the team with daily instructions based on production requirements and holds them accountable for completing the tasks correctly;
• Manage and develop packing employees to achieve established goals of safety, environmental
• performance, production volume, quality and cost;
• Performance manage and disciple all team employees under his/ her supervision;
• Adherence to Workplace Improvement and Operational Improvement Management initiatives
• Health and Safety / Risk / Environmental
• Attend and participate in Safety meetings;
• Ensure legal compliance by signing off all registers;
• Oversee that all team members are trained on all safety aspects of the equipment in the department and assures that it is functioning in a safe manner;
• Ensure that all subordinates are provided with the correct PPE’s and assures that it’s being properly used at all times.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TABLE:

• Minimum qualifications, skills and competencies required by the position:
• Matric – Grade 12
• 2 – 5 years supervisory experience on packing line or food manufacturing facility.

Added advantage:

• NQF 3 – Stores & Inventory Management
• NQF 3 – Manufacturing Management

Key Attributes and Competencies

• Assertive and diplomatic and a Hands-on approach;
• Self-starter with the ability to motivate and lead the employees on his/ her shift.
• Detail orientated;
• Exhibit verbal and written communication skills in English.
• To be able to work under stress;
• Computer Literate - Proficient in using office software systems and related programs.

End Date: January 15, 2026