Production Manager

• Minimum 3 Year Management experience
• Fluent in Afrikaans and English
• Preferably Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Operations.
• Milling or Food Process experience.
• Stock planning and forecasting skills.
• Code B drivers’ license.
• Food Safety knowledge.
• Occupational Health and Safety knowledge.
• Good technical insight and problem-solving skills.
• Willing to go on training courses relevant to the milling industry.
• Advanced skills in MS Office package.

• Recruitment - Sufficient and competent staff must be recruited in a cost-effective manner as required. Ensure proper induction training of new employees. Ensure that all employees have correct employment contracts.
• Training - Staff must be adequately trained to be able to properly do their tasks. Regular refresher training must also take place.
• Manage all workers' leave plans to ensure sufficient continuity.
• Company matters must be communicated regularly with staff.
• Ensure sound discipline in the department. Apply disciplinary procedures when necessary.
• Staff performance management
• Performance appraisals
• Employee job descriptions must be revised and updated to always be relevant.

• Departmental goal setting-Setting of innovative and creative departmental goals
• Goal achievement-Continuously monitor progress on goals Success of meeting goals

• Daily reporting - Quality,Completeness
• Monthly reporting - Quality, Completeness

• Member of the Technical Committee. Knowledge of all the production processes, Knowledge of all the production machines
• Stand in for the General Manager when required.- Know how to stand in regarding key issues in case of absence or emergency.
• Problem solving-Must play an active and innovative role to ensure technical problems are solved.

• Extraction - Ensure to achieve extraction goals. Continuous check-ups and corrections
• Volume - Ensure maximum milling rate to be maintained. Ensure minimum down time.
• Quality - Products to be of acceptable quality.Prevention of quality problems/customer complaints
• Plant problem solving
• Documentation - Milling documentation to be kept up to date. Creation of new milling documents as required. Ensure milling staff is familiar with documents and being used in the correct way.
• Reporting - Daily milling reporting. Ensure correct reporting
• Training- Ensure all milling staff are properly trained to do efficient and quality milling.

• Volume requirements to be achieved. Minimize down time.
• Quality-Products to be of acceptable quality. Prevention of quality problems/customer complaints
• Problem solving
• Documentation-Packaging documentation to be kept up to date .Creation of new packaging documents as required.Ensure packaging staff is familiar with documents and being used in the correct way.
• Reporting-Daily packaging reporting
• Training-Ensure all packaging staff are properly trained to do efficient and quality milling.

• Volume-Volume requirements to be achieved. Minimize down time.
• Quality-Products to be of acceptable quality.Prevention of quality problems/customer complaints
• Problem solving
• Documentation-Mixing documentation to be kept up to date. Creation of new mixing documents as required. Ensure mixing staff is familiar with documents and being used in the correct way.
• Reporting-Daily mixing reporting
• Training-Ensure all mixing staff are properly trained to do efficient and quality mixing.

• Schedule-Check-up that maintenance is done on schedule.
• Check up on completeness of maintenance.
• Quality-Check up on the quality of maintenance.

• Cleanliness of equipment and plant
• Ensure that cleaning schedules are followed.
• Fumigation management-Ensure required fumigation is done. Make sure and take responsibility regarding safety aspects of fumigation.
• Pest control management-Ensure sufficient pest control is done. Make sure and take responsibility regarding safety aspects of pest control
• Documentation-Ensure all hygiene and food safety control documents are filled in as required.

• Machine/Operational safety-Ensure machine and operational safety is properly exercised.
• Plant safety rules for staff-Ensure all staff are familiar and understand machine and operational safety.Training to be done with staff as required but also on a continuous way

• Clothing-Ensure clothing of staff is compatible with safety requirements.

• Production materials-Make sure there is always sufficient volumes of production materials (i.e. bags, adhesives, etc.) allowing unhindered max production volume.
• Ingredients and Pre-mixes - Make sure there is always sufficient volumes of ingredients and pre-mixes allowing max production volume.
• Quality - Make sure quality of production materials is according to specification and check up on the quality control with acceptance.

• Sales - Make sure sales of bran are maintained not to allow an overstock
• Load scheduling - Loads to be scheduled and pick-up

• Schedule in advance wheat deliveries as required for Production.
• Liaise with suppliers-Communicate delivery schedules with suppliers.Make sure loads are delivered as per schedule. Solve delivery problems with suppliers.

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