Trainee Packaging Shift Manager at The Heineken Company

• To manage the packaging line operations, in line with the business goals and objectives, in order to maintain a high efficiency, low cost, good quality and acceptable safety standard operation. To implement company’s manufacturing processes, systems and procedures. Manage team of team of operators and technicians Ensure that SHE /ISO/HACCP/Legal/Heineken Procedures and requirements are followed.

Safety

•  Ensure all safety PPE audits, safety alerts, Tool box talks are done on time and in full according to safety Heineken Safety standards
•  Act as a role model for safety behavior and lead by example
•  Address unsafe behavior and situation
•  Ensure awareness to raising safety tags on shift and there is output in terms of tags raised and tags closed on shift
•  Liaise with safety department to timeously close out all investigations and gaps identified through incidents, accidents and near misses on your shift
•  Ensure adherence to stipulate 5s and housekeeping standards by doing daily Audits on Machines
•  Ensure that a reliable safety reporting for DCS and safety pyramid
•  Carry out risk assessment and safety audit in your line(s)
•  Packaging Quality Management & Control
•  Manage product quality in packaging
•  Ensure that ISO/HACCP/Legal/Heineken Procedures and requirements are followed
•  Monitor and communicate the packaging quality parameters within his/her team on daily basis in DCS
•  Restore basic conditions where there are deviations
•  Ensure all specified quality standards are adhered to on shift and adequate audits happen to ensure adherence
•  Ensure all tools needed for quality control on shift are available through liaising with all available support

Cost Management

•  Execute deployment of department an line cost according to TPM principle
•  Identify and manage areas of loss on the line through process area monitoring on shift
•  Form focus groups for all high loss areas identified on shift and plans to get back into control
•  ensure all counts are done after every brand change and raw materials are returned after each and every brand change
•  ensure all consumptions are done on time and in full daily
•  Manage overtime
•  Identify focused improvement projects for team members in specific areas
•  Measure losses per process area hourly and have action plans for OO’C

Management of Packaging process and Execution

•  Clearly communicate daily activities to the staff and correct when necessary
•  Monitor, manage and control daily packaging activities to make output requirements
•  Translate process deviations into corrective and preventative actions and communicate in a timely way to the team
•  Execute TPM improvement activities
•  Plan resources (people, materials, machines) adequately against production plan to ensure desired output by:
• Shift cover is adequate according to standards, raw materials are ordered to the right standard
• All people on training, leave or extended planned leave have planned cover for that period

Maintenance Management

•  Ensure effective use of CILT
•  Regularly checks and coaches team
•  Manage tagging and de-tagging activities
•  Participate in AM audits
•  Ensure all down time activities is properly recorded
•  Ensure 5 WHY is completed on shift for all DT within stipulated standards
•  Ensure prompt adherence of team members to standard escalation procedures
•  Operational resources are planned adequately to maintenance activities
•  Monitor and report machine daily and weekly performance and availability with improvement plans
•  Manage Planned Maintenance activities, especially shutdowns and star-ups in conjunction with central MTCE team and IC Support Exceptional Maintenance Activities
•  Identify opportunities on the shift and the line to drive KPI improvement
•  Ensure effective communication between production and Maintenance department

People Management

•  Spend 80% of time on the floor and 20% on administrative tasks
•  Hold daily consistent handover meetings with team Members
•  Ensure continuous handover across shifts and within the team members
•  Coach direct reports on gaps identified
•  Manage attendance and manpower requirements
•  Motivate shift teams to achieve production targets through focused meeting agendas
•  Identify opportunities on the shift and the line to drive KPI improvement
•  Apply Performance Management Practices consistently with direct reports
•  Manage and apply industrial relations, including disciplinary practices
•  Implement training and development initiatives for employees

Requirement 

• Studying towards an NQF 6 qualification
• Currently enrolled qualification via supply chain academy
• Leading Improvement/APM team
• 5 – 10 years’ experience working in the processing environment
• People management
• Must be proficient in Microsoft package and SAP