Current Vacancies at Premier FMCG (Pty) Ltd

Purpose of the job:                

• To obtain good output, extraction Wheat quality by adjustments control of the milling plant. The target is to obtain optimum milling performance.

Responsibilities:

• Extraction and milling gain (Screens room set-up)
• Quality consistency
• Millers Maintenance & preparation
• Overall Plant Efficiency
• Safe working practices
• Housekeeping
• Standard operating procedures
• Invocom™ facilitation and coaching
• Ensure manufacturing according FSSC 22000 standards

Qualification Requirements    

• Matric
• GMF Module 4 and Trade Test
• Wheat grading and fumigation will be an added advantage
• HACCP will be an added advantage
• Experience Requirements    
• 5 Years’ experience after Trade test
• OEE Knowledge
• Be familiar with PLC operated plant
• Have worked at least in a 20 ton per hour Mill

Key Outputs    

• Competencies (knowledge, skills and attributes):
• Ability to function in a team
• Good communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to work under pressure
• Be self-motivated
• Ability to work under minimal supervision

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Job Description    

• To plan, direct and coordinate bakery operations by overseeing the HOD team responsible for sustained and profitable bakery operations including distributions and sales, in line with the requirements of the Bakeries strategy, budgets, also ensuring a high performance culture (The Premier way).

Qualification Requirements    

• South African Chamber of Baking Qualification
• Manufacturing Acadamy Qualification / equivalent National qualification
• Business related qualification

Experience Requirements    

• Plant Bakery Manager in FMCG at a plant producing min 5000-6000 loaves per hour, 5-7 years * Essential

Skills / Knowledge:

• Bakery manufacturing best practices and process requirements
•  Strategy translation, scorecard cascading and performance management
•  Financial acumen, planning, budgeting and cost control principles
•  Risk/ HSE requirements for industry
•  Leadership and People management principles
•  Sales and customer relations management principles and processes for formal and informal markets
•  Asset management best practices
•  Distribution management for all channels
•  Continuous improvement practices

Key Outputs    
What will you do:

• To drive profitable and cost effective operations through:
• ensuring the adherence to budget and financial targets,
• adherence to all management SOP’s and controls,
• reviewing financial statements, sales or activity reports, or other performance data to measure goal achievement,
• identifying areas needing cost reduction, improvements or corrective action.
• To ensure operational excellence through the management of outsourced service provider performance in line with agreed service level agreements.
• To ensure consistent top-quality product for our consumers by:
• creating a quality first mindset
• Implementing, maintaining and improving the quality management system
• fostering continuous improvement of the same
• To ensure continuous improvement of operations through the planning, implementation, management and optimization of the site equipment and processes for optimal productivity in line with the full capacity of the plant.
• To stimulate customer demand in order to utilize full capacity of the bakery by delivery cost effective quality products and ensuring cost effective distribution, sales, marketing, CSI and customer relationships.
• The ensure people capacity by creating a competent workforce able to deliver on their scorecards in line with the requirements of their roles and targets through training and development.
• To ensure an engaged and high performing workforce by owning, living and driving the Premier way through his leadership team, ongoing coaching and mentoring.
• To earn the right to operate in your community by ensuring:
• Good governance in terms of quality production
• Building relationships with key customers and distributors
• Ensuring proactive meetings with local retailers
• Supporting bakery sales team with problems/ customer complaints as needed
• Identifying and drive the implementation of CSI initiatives with the relevant stakeholders
• To ensure asset management on site through implementation of effective maintenance best practices
• To ensure effective health, safety, environmental and risk management by:
• advocating a health and safety culture
• implementation and adherence to all HSER policies, procedures and practices
• ongoing awareness and training
• implementing waste and loss control practices
• ensuring legal compliance.