Purpose of the job:
To lead a high-performance production/packing team to deliver our products that meets desired quality and cost specifications. (The Premier way).
What will you do:
To ensure Mixing and Packing process delivers consistent high-quality products in line with required specifications by:
Adapting process as required to optimise production efficiencies and product quality
Control process variations to ensure product quality
Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to ensure continuous operations in the value chain.
Optimize production gain (throughput)
Ensure cost effective raw material management by:
Understanding formulas challenges of the raw materials in the delivery pipeline
Optimizing the throughput in line with the product quality required
Monitoring stock levels in line with plans and demand.
Ensure high performance culture in the production team by:
building and motivating capability though competency-based selection
training and development, coaching, mentoring, performance management
effective communications
leading and participating in Invocoms and meetings as needed
ensuring good discipline and accountability
establishing good working relationships with union representatives
ensuring a conducive and safe working environment according to the Premier way.
To ensure full statutory and regulatory compliance to all health and safety and food safety requirements in line with Premier standards and SOP's by ensuring training of relevant personnel, audits and corrective action of all findings in collaboration with the risk function.
Promote employee safety culture
Ensure best cost production through planning, organising and managing the function in line with agreed expense budget and resource plans.
To ensure continuous improvement of the production process and function through:
Ensuring a culture of learning and continuous improvement in the Invocom
Perform route cause analysis when needed and ensure corrective action with relevant stakeholders
Driving continuous improvement of production processes based on the feedback from quality and the production team and doing internal and external benchmarking from time to time.
To ensure optimal plant asset management through implementation timeous corrective and preventative maintenance in accordance with company SOPs and maintenance system.
Job Knowledge:
Food safety requirements (FSSC 22000) Intermediate Essential
Supervisory and Management principles and practices Intermediate Essential
Financial acumen to support planning, budgeting, and cost controls Intermediate Essential Performance management principles Intermediate Essential
Disciplinary and grievance management process requirements Intermediate Essential
Continuous improvement processes Basic Desirable
Health, Safety, Environment and Risk Management principles pertaining to industry Intermediate Essential
Packing relevant experience
Qualification Requirements
LSS Greenbelt (Essential) Lean Champion (Desirable)
Manufacturing Academy Certificate or Leadership/Management Certificate equivalent (Essential)
Advanced OSHACT certificate (Essential)
Experience Requirements
Food safety requirements (FSSC 22000) Intermediate Essential
Supervisory and Management principles and practices Intermediate Essential
Financial acumen to support planning, budgeting, and cost controls Intermediate Essential Performance management principles Intermediate Essential
Disciplinary and grievance management process requirements Intermediate Essential
Continuous improvement processes Basic Desirable
Health, Safety, Environment and Risk Management principles pertaining to industry Intermediate Essential
Packing relevant experience
Skills and Competencies
MS Office (With Excel) Intermediate Essential Calculations (efficiencies) Intermediate Essential Performance management skills Intermediate Essential
Analytical thinking and problem solving Intermediate Essential
Internal FS Auditing Intermediate Essential
Budgeting, costing and cost control Basic Essential
Deadline:14th April,2026