Senior Production Manager at Sendme Food Technology Ltd

PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Tensure a timely production and packaging of animal protein/meat products required by the business in the right quantities and quality at optimum cost in a safe and environmentally friendly way.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
1. Safety

• Ensure full PPE compliance among associates
• Ensure injury and accident free workplace
• Report and investigate all incident and accident
• Ensure good housekeeping practices
• Ensure solid and liquid wastes are managed effectively tprevent environmental pollution. Promote wastes segregation at production facilities and educate team members on waste management.
• Ensure workplace is kept clean and tidy always.
• Function as an emergency controller in the event of environmental or safety emergency in the production facility as laid down in the emergency procedure

2. Weekly Production

• Participate in weekly production planning and implement tmeet sales and distribution forecasts for products.
• Receive sales forecast and break forecast down for production purposes.
• Make and communicate production plans.
• Initiate provision of necessary production raw materials.
• Monitor implementation of plan and review in line with developments.
• Take decisions for unforeseen circumstances /occurrences

3. Maintenance

• Ensure production assets are properly maintained treduce breakdowns and downtime.
• Evaluate performance of assets, establish trends and variances in performance
• Discuss observations with Facilities Manager
• Ensure maintenance is carried out according tthe maintenance structure.

4. Product Quality

• Ensure product quality is maintained in order tassure consistency and meet the expectation of consumers in a competitive market.
• Identify aspects of production standards where improvements are possible and develop modifications with concerned parties
• Ensure routine quality controls are carried out by production personnel.
• Ensure that production operations are audited and findings fed back tproduction processes.

5. Strategic Function

• Ensure Sales and Distribution demands are met in the short, medium and long term tavoid stock out and loss of market share.
• Attend Production/Sales/Distribution meetings tevaluate trends and feedback tproduction.
• Monitor operations regularly tcheck impediments.
• Keep production losses at minimum levels.
• Optimize production resources without compromising quality standards.

6. Housekeeping

• Ensures good housekeeping tmaintain product quality
• Ensure process cleaning of all equipment and work area.
• Ensure products in process are wholesome and all access tlosses and damages due tinfection are checked.

7. Performance Management

• Generate and communicate operational and performance reports tmanagement for decision taking.
• Ensure performance figures are collated and prosecuted in the appropriate format.
• Ensure reports are up tdate and relevant.
• Explain reports at routine meetings.
• Address shortcomings at all levels when necessary.

8. Subordinate Development

• Ensure that dekpartmental organization has the continuous availability of sufficient motivated and well trained personnel.
• Recommend and follow up a management development plan for subordinates.
• Evaluate and control manpower requirements
• Assess the performance and potential of employees
• Maintain and develop internal communication
• Ensure the training needs of employees are met.
• Discipline and motivate as appropriate.

QUANTITATIVE DIMENSION

• Departmental budget
• Production volume
• Number of subordinates

RECRUITMENT & SELECTION CRITERIA
Level of Education:
University Degree (B. Sc)
Field of Education:
Biological/Chemical Sciences
Experience:
8 Years in Food/Animal Protein Production and Quality Control

Core Competencies

• Production strategy development and implementation
• Management of production process and execution
• Meat Products Quality Management and control
• Maintenance management
• Cost Management
• Project Management
• Resource planning
• Management reporting