Production Manager at Coca-Cola

ABOUT THE JOB

The Production Manager is responsible for driving the production plans for the Company's products to the highest quality standards at optimal cost. To drive continuous improvement of processes, productivity and efficiency in the plant and manage people resources to deliver.

IS THIS YOU?

• Coaching direct reports and mentoring others
• Ability to empower and manage change
• Ability to set standards for management performance
• High integrity
• Ability to build relationships to improve results
• Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things
• Process improvement skills
• Ability to disseminate and enforce safety, health & environment policy
• Ability to implement quality and health, safety & environment improvements
• University and/or Advanced degree relevant to Manufacturing (engineering, food & beverage processing related)
• 5-8 years working experience in the field of Production Management, Quality Assurance or Maintenance in Food or Beverage Industry
• Experience in people management
• Knowledge of a bottling organization: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Engineering, Health, and Safety
• Effective Delegation skills
• Full Knowledge of Supply Chain strategy
• Understanding of financial impact of decisions
• Knowledge of manufacturing technologies

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures continuous and effective assets management
• Ensures adherence to Food and Beverage Legislation, TCCC Standards, ISO certification, Good Manufacturing Practices, and other internal and external regulatory compliance
• Maintains effective systems to ensure CC Hellenic/TCCC products and package quality
• Ensures all production personnel meet the requirements of Good Housekeeping and Good Manufacturing practices
• Actively participates and ensures the implementation of various infrastructure or process optimization projects in Production
• Effectively applies business performance review (BPMS) management routine
• Ensures production of products with high quality, while providing optimal usage of labor and materials with maximized utilization of production lines
• Prepares, presents, and interprets Production KBI's, makes recommendations which result in increased productivity and efficiency; reduces cost and improves customer satisfaction while following production plans
• Analyses cost center variances and investigates ways to improve cost performance
• Builds production teams' capabilities through implementation of training and development programs
• Production strategy is communicated, understood, and accepted by all unit members
• Implements performance management systems with discipline to ensure that all first-line managers deliver full performance
• Promotes process automation and use of technology
• Implements and provides disciplined monitoring and reporting regarding the implementation of labor legislation, certification standards, CC Hellenic/TCCC CSR Practices and international agreements
• Ensure all Health, Safety & Environment policies and procedures are in place in Production and followed