Packaging Manager at International Breweries

The Key Purpose of this role is to manage and co-ordinate the Packaging Department in order to achieve the required standard of product quality and output in the most efficient and effective manner.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Manage plant, process and systems

• Translates and implements packaging, manufacturing and business strategies across the packaging hall.
• Ensure that all team members are fully conversant with the VPO.
• Develop and drive implementation plans to progress our VPO Principles / agreed VPO Pillar Blocks in order to sustain results.
• Ensures conformance to Plant and Packaging specifications and standards.
• Drives maintenance integrity to maximize equipment availability and reliability while ensuring engineering integrity and close partnership with Maintenance Manager.
• Optimises process capability.
• Leads packaging projects as required.
• Coordinates Packaging logistics, shift patterns and run strategies to maximize GLY, FTE productivity and overall supply reliability.
• Packaging Productivity.
• Proactively control fixed and variable costs.
• Minimise waste.
• Manage, measure and monitor packaging effectiveness through: Packaging efficiency, Trade quality, Raw material usage rate, Waste through beer loss
• IQMS parameters.
• Production costs per Hl to global benchmarks.
• Maintenance cost per Hl to global benchmarks.
• Responsible for the overall reliability of the packaging hall.

Team Leadership

• Lead the packaging team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction.
• Lead the development of packaging team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members.
• Conduct regular Packaging team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews.
• Ensure training need analyses are conducted and training plans developed for team members.
• Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging team.

Safety and Housekeeping

• Ensure that the packaging team apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks
• Ensure implementation of the appropriate SAB and legislative policies (such as OSH act) on safety and housekeeping
• Ensure that safety and housekeeping receive the appropriate focus through regular checks and safety audits
• Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the packaging manager is responsible for correcting this
• Ensures adherence to PPE policy
• General production housekeeping
• Safe maintenance practices audited
• Ensure adherence to the VPO safety pillar in the packaging department with regular coaching and OWD’s done
• Ensures adherence to SHE system requirements
• Drive Safety and legal compliance in the Packaging Hall

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
• Demonstrated understanding of relevant legislation, specifically health and safety and labour legislation
• Proven experience in managing Industrial Relations within the workforce
• Managing people ability as well as ability to drive performance
• Leadership ability (ability to lead the packaging hall)
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to develop and control budgets
• Ability to implement appropriate HR processes to manage, motivate and develop people
• Ability to manage complex projects of a significant amount
• Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
• High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high-pressure environment

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Packaging Management with deep expertise in asset management
• Experience of managing and running a high-speed packaging line would be highly advantageous
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing people
• Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a packaging hall (financial, operational, people)
• Demonstrated experience in leading VPO in a Brewery environment