About Tiger Brands

Tiger Brands is South Africa’s largest food company and a major manufacturer of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). Founded in 1921, the company is headquartered in Midrand, South Africa, and maintains a diverse portfolio covering food, beverage, home, and personal care products.

Job Purpose

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.