Site Project Manager at AVI Limited

Job Description
AVI Ltd. is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

An exciting opportunity exists for a Site Project Manager at NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED Isando, Biscuits factory. The successful candidate will form part of the Project Management team, be based on site and will report to the specific site Operations Executives with a dotted line to the Strategic Projects Manager.

The successful candidates will be expected to leverage their process expertise and ability to manage multiple complex projects within a manufacturing environment in order to effect capacity enabling changes in the plants. This role requires a perceptive, productivity-focused Project Manager to implement solutions across the production site. A proven track record in handling multiple projects concerning plant equipment is essential for success and a professional engineering qualification combined with keen business acumen and FMCG manufacturing experience is indispensable in this environment.

Key Performance Areas:

•  Champion site projects from feasibility studies to implementation
•  Analysis of project benefits and challenges
•  Write project motivations, raise capital requests and obtain approval for projects
•  Project planning and tracking to ensure deadlines and objectives are met
•  Execute project follow up and ensure successful implementation
•  Coordinate implementation of the project in terms of change management and training needs
•  Manage multiple, dynamic site projects
•  Manage multiple subcontractors during project execution
•  Report to management with progress of current and planned site projects
•  Manage sites capital spend to budget

Competencies

•  Meeting deadlines
•  Articulating information
•  Attention to detail
•  Planning and organising
•  Thinking analytically
•  Interpreting data
•  Maintaining productivity
•  Documenting facts
•  Upholding Standards
•  Minimising Risk

Knowledge:

•  MS Projects
•  AutoCAD experience
•  MS Office
•  In-depth knowledge of FMCG plant equipment
•  At least 5 years’ experience in project management
•  Presentation skills
•  Analytical/investigative nature
•  Excellent interpersonal skills

Experience/Qualifications:

•  5 Years’ experience within a similar role
•  Relevant FMCG experience preferably in the Food environment
•  Completed Higher National Diploma or BSC Engineering