Maintenance Planner at Seven Up Bottling Company

Main Purpose of Job

• The Maintenance Planner will report to the National Maintenance and Spares Planner and be responsible for developing and executing the maintenance strategy related to production lines.
• The role involves driving innovation and improvement of production lines and managing resources effectively to ensure safety, availability, and quality while minimizing environmental impact.

Responsibilities

• Establish, monitor, and reinforce control on maintenance strategy execution.
• Actively participate in organizing and scheduling annual overhauls of production lines and facilities.
• Improve efficiencies by increasing preventative maintenance across the plant to minimize breakdowns and reduce mean time between failures.
• Ensure optimal inventory management of spare parts and maintenance materials.
• Schedule routine and condition-based maintenance activities, considering the production program.
• Champion-related EATB processes like Performance Management and Team Maintenance.
• Conduct root cause analysis on breakdowns and evaluate the effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Maintain effective systems to ensure product and package quality.
• Update equipment tree and related components in Business Information Systems (e.g., SAP).
• Manage notifications and work orders closure using SAP PM or related systems.
• Track spare parts orders and ensure timely delivery using SAP or related systems.

Selection Criteria (Qualifications, Experience & Knowledge)
Essential:

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering.
• 3 - 5 years of relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
• Experience in budgeting and people management.
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health, and Safety.
• Operational planning expertise/experience.
• Understanding of the financial impact of decisions.
• Ability to select and assess first-line managers.
• Coaching direct reports and mentoring others.
• Ability to translate functional strategy into unit/section plan.
• Ability to lead and manage change, setting standards for managing performance.
• Ability to build and leverage relationships to improve results.
• Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things.
• Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environmental policy, and improvement initiatives.

Desired:

• Possession of CMRP Certification or similar Engineering certification.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations and project planning & implementation.
• Previous experience in new equipment or line installation or extension.
• Understanding of business case/cost benefits analysis preparation and basic financial analysis tools.
• Ability to influence situations without direct control of resources.
• Proven competencies with budgeting procedures and management of costs.
• Good understanding and experience of current WC manufacturing methodologies.
• Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes.
• Good understanding of GMP and GHK (5S) standards.
• Good oral communication, influencing, and relationship skills.

Key Competencies / Skills:
Generic Functional:

• Strong interpersonal skills to manage multi-level resources and operations.
• Problem-Solving Skill.
• Planning and Execution Skills.
• Negotiation Skill.
• Leadership.
• Communication.
• Change Management.
• Capability Improvement.
• Assertiveness.
• Teamwork.
• Emotional Intelligence.
• Delegation.

Functional:

• Equipment Reliability.
• Engineering Practices and Maintenance Management.
• CMMS, EXIM, MP2, MaintEdge, SAP PM, Navision.
• Cost Leadership.
• Spares Management.
• Project Management.
• Process Reliability.
• Maintenance Work Management.
• Business Management.
• Technical Leadership.
• Analytical Problem-Solving Skills.
• Training and Development.
• Negotiation Skills.
• People Management Skills.
• Cost Management Skills.