Vaga Para: Plant Lead- Manufacturing (m/f)

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) presents an exciting opportunity for Plant Lead- Manufacturing to join the CCBA Team. CCBA is the eighth largest Coca-Cola authorised bottler in the world by revenue, and the largest on the continent. It accounts for over 40% of all Coca-Cola ready-to-drink beverages sold in Africa by volume. With over 14,000 employees in Africa, CCBA group services more than 800,000 customers with a host of international and local brands. CCBA group operates in 14 countries: South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi and the islands of Comoros and Mayotte.

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Key Duties & Responsibilities

Drive a Commercially Focused Country Manufacturing Agenda

• Develop and execute local manufacturing production strategies that support sustainable profitable growth, including production, quality, and resource utilization.
• Enhance supply chain resilience, focusing on customer service, and improved efficiencies, building and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships, and ensuring high standards of production and safety.
• Optimize supply chain processes to improve customer service and operational efficiency.
• Optimize capacity utilization, develop capacity plans, optimize scheduling of materials, and manage new product development protocols ensuring seamless integration into existing processes.

Drive and Direct the Productivity Agenda through Effective Production and Planning

• Maximize return through efficiency by implementing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and reduce costs.
• Use KPIs to drive performance, communicate production status, and address deviations.
• Minimize waste, optimize raw material usage, and control costs.
• Develop and align departmental goals to reduce the Total Cost of Manufacturing, oversee budgets, set targets, analyze P&L impact, and ensure financial performance.

Drive and Ensure SHEQ Compliance and Continuous Improvement

• Implement CCBA processes and policies across plants, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure compliance with KORE framework and safety standards.
• Conduct regular safety audits and address any identified unsafe work practices.
• Foster a culture of compliance and continuous improvement by implementing and enforcing safety and housekeeping procedures in compliance with CCBA and legislative policies, promoting best practices and process optimization, and ensuring all plants focus on sustainable operations.

Drive and Ensure Effective Engineering/Maintenance and Continuous Improvement

• Ensure equipment reliability and optimal performance through regular maintenance and adherence to engineering standards.
• Implement TPM/RCM principles to maintain process and equipment integrity.
• Lead production support systems development and support technical skills capability.

Drive the Sustainability Agenda

• Ensure full SHEQ adherence to safety and housekeeping standards, implement CCBA and legislative policies, and conduct regular safety audits.
• Integrate sustainability practices, monitor initiatives, and contribute to a sustainable future for the organization.
• Monitor and manage water usage and other sustainability metrics.
• Develop and implement initiatives to drive sustainable operations and reduce environmental impact.
• Ensure alignment with global sustainability standards and regulations.

Ensure Robust Manufacturing Development and Skills Sustainability

• Develop manufacturing capabilities to support strategic and growth objectives ahead of demand.
• Build sustainable talent capabilities to support manufacturing excellence.
• Define and implement manufacturing strategies and directions to support overall business goals.

Skills, Experience & Education

Skills:

• Proven track record in Manufacturing & Technical results in the FMCG beverage industry.
• Understand and comment on macroeconomic impacts on supply and demand management.
• Knowledge of strategic planning, resource allocation, HR management, change leadership, and logistics.
• Experience in leading operations with a focus on costs, efficiency, safety, quality, and high standards in Food Health and Safety, Quality, and compliance.
• Expertise in end-to-end manufacturing and technical management, demand fulfillment, and asset management.
• Proven ability to make critical decisions on functional capabilities and country-specific issues, leading capacity investments, and defining Manufacturing & Technical strategies.
• Strong understanding of regulatory environments and a proven track record of driving quality through operations.
• Successful leadership in complex technology implementation and upgrades.
• Proven experience in driving sustainability initiatives, including emissions reduction, water stewardship, and responsible sourcing.

Experience:

• Qualifications: Bachelor of Science: Engineering
• 10+ years production, technical and leadership experience in a FMCG environment in a variety of Manufacturing & Technical roles – both generalist and specialist; with specific accountabilities in the value chain for manufacturing; technical, asset management and SGE Sustainability Management
• The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in senior operations leadership positions in the beverage industry, with a strong focus on delivering sustainable, profitable results and a strong business acumen.

Marcado como: Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa