Manager: Production

About Premier FMCG

Premier FMCG is at the heart of South Africa's FMCG industry, delivering trusted, iconic brands across our Bakery, Milling, Confectionery, Home & Personal Care and Culinary divisions. We are driven by innovation, collaboration, and a high-performance growth culture. We empower our people to strive for excellence ensuring that our products and people make a difference in the everyday lives of our consumers.

Job Purpose

Manage the production team responsible to manufacture bread to the desired quality specifications, on time and in full within the required costs, also ensuring a high-performance culture (The Premier way).

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure optimal production efficiencies and effectiveness by overseeing the production team and processes in line with agreed Premier standard operating procedures, food and health and safety requirements as well as cost and quality requirements.
• To ensure baking process delivers consistent high-quality products within specifications in collaboration with the maintenance manager
• Ensure cost effective raw material management
• Ensure high-performance culture and teamwork in the production team.
• To ensure full statutory compliance to all health and safety and food safety requirements in line with Premier standards and SOP's by ensuring training of relevant persons, audits and corrective action of all findings in collaboration with the risk function
• Ensure effective production through planning, organising and managing the function to support optimal production in line with design capacity of the plant, agreed budget, resource plans and targets.

Experience And Qualifications

• Chamber of Baking certificate
• Manufacturing Academy certificate or equivalent
• 3-year relevant degree / diploma relevant (Eg bakery manufacturing/ food science technology/ production management)
• 5-7 years' experience FMCG Plant Bakery Production management experience (plant size minimum of 5000 loaves per hour)

Skills and Competencies

• Bakery process quality requirements and standards
• Management and leadership principles and practices
• Function of Raw materials and quality especially flour
• Good housekeeping and hygiene practices
• Food safety requirements
• Financial acumen to support planning, budgeting and cost controls
• Performance management principles
• Disciplinary and grievance management process requirements
• Understanding Quality Management System Requirements
• Continuous improvement processes
• MS Office
• Production baking planning and resourcing
• Budgeting, costing and cost control

Working Conditions

• Required to work a 6-day week
• Will be expected to work weekends, public holidays & after hours as and when required
• Required to be on standby for 24/7

Diversity & Inclusion

Premier FMCG is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including people living with disabilities. By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI Act) for recruitment purposes.