Manufacturing Capability Manager at Seven Up Bottling Company

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the development and delivery of capability development strategy across all plants for manufacturing staff 
• Support plant leadership team by acting as coach, mentor and trainer for the manufacturing team to embed sustainable and profitable learning culture.
• Be seen as subject matter expert in all aspects of manufacturing capability development and be able to provide such technical support as required from time to time.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement on capability development.
• Improve capability of operators, technicians, team leaders, and other plant manufacturing team managers by defining relevant up skilling and development programs for each staff category (ODP, STLDP, FMDP, LMDP etc)
• Interface with plant and P&C management to develop and execute capability improvements and deploy best practices and standards.
• Act as the driving force behind strategic, operational and organizational initiatives, in the plant, that relate to manufacturing capability development.
• Ensures integrity and sustainability of development plans and processes through conducting audits and process checks and initiating corrective actions where required. 
• Provide insight into manufacturing capability development progress especially of ODP and ESUT, through analytics and drive performance gap closures as metrics may show.
• In collaboration with other HQ Manufacturing staff, deliver training focusing on other lean manufacturing pillars (PM, Kaizen, SMED, RCPS, 5S etc.)
• Be able to and conduct periodic skills assessment of any set of manufacturing staff.
•  Participate in all plant risk and RCA analysis for the purpose of identifying areas needing capability enhancement.

REQUIREMENTS

• Relevant Engineering Degree or equivalent certificate (HND).
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing technical position most of which should be a managerial role combined appropriately with a shop floor oversight role.
• Proficiency in presentation and training skills
• Excellent organization skills. Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritizing and managing time effectively.
• Proven leadership skills particularly in creating possibilities & change management and managing people for success.
• Remain abreast with industry changes, new technology, systems and procedures as they relate to capability improvements. 
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning & implementation.
• Previous new equipment or line installation or extension could be an advantage.
• Understanding of business case/cost benefits analysis preparation and basic financial analysis tools.