Production Manager Food Production - East London Verfied

R 25 000 per month East London, Eastern Cape East London, Eastern Cape more than 14 days ago 02-10-2014 11:48:49 AM
06-10-2014 6:42:55 AM
We are looking for an experienced Production Manager for our client, a food production company in East London, to manage production and packaging of the company’s products in line with company objectives.

Minimum requirements:
N Dip Food Production or similar qualification
A minimum of 5 years overseeing production in a food manufacture environment

Responsibilities include:
• Determining the most cost effective programme of production and packaging of the company’s product and plant maintenance
• Plan, organise, control, and co-ordinate all activities concerning production, packaging, warehousing, maintenance and immediate sub-ordinates
• Delegate responsibility and authority to immediate sub-ordinates
• Select, train, develop, motivate and guide immediate sub-ordinates
• Develop improved production, hygiene controls and cleaning procedure methods
• Ensuring that quality standards of products and raw materials are improved and maintained
• Ensuring a high standard of discipline and productivity is maintained
• Maintaining an adequate deployment of staff to ensure that programmes are effectively met with maximum staff utilisation
• Ensure that effective treatment procurement and storage of raw materials
• Arrange for the effective treatment and disposal of waste and effluent in accordance with health and municipal by-laws and regulations
• Monitoring production and packaging progress and ensuring that cost standards are maintained within budgets
• Preparation and presentation of prescribes reports reflecting the performance of production, packaging and maintenance sections
• Maintain daily production and stock records
• Ensure that appropriate safety standards are complied with according to NOSA and MOS ACT regulations
• All property is adequately safeguarded and attend to security measures
• Implementation and control of preventative maintenance and effective repairs to all plant and equipment
• Co-ordinating all production daily returns and paperwork
• Ensure wastage and stock losses are kept to a minimum by determining a correct production planning schedule, stock rotation and buffer stock capacities
• Perform admin duties e.g. personnel time sheets, duty rosters & ordering delivery rates
• Prepare annual capital, revenue and expenditure budgets
• Do forecast on budgets and recommend corrective action

We are looking for an energetic, focused, assertive person for this position. We are looking for a highly organised person with good communication skills and good people skills at all levels.

Salary is R25 000 per month negotiable on experience and includes medical aid and provident fund subsidies.

Please submit your CV via the Jobvine website. Please ensure that you comply with the minimum requirements for the position when applying.

Please ensure that on applying you provide:
Start and end dates for all previous employment
Reasons for leaving previous employment

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.