Production Manager

Responsibilities:

• Supervise all facets of production facility performance to optimize efficiency and labour utilization.
• Creation and management of all production-related data, including information on downtime, waste, process sheets, non-conformances, and on-hold logs, with appropriate handling as needed.
• Consistently uphold compliance with food safety and quality assurance standards as dictated by the company, customers, and relevant legal requirements.
• Lead daily production meetings, convening with area supervisors, maintenance personnel, quality assurance team, and material supply teams.
• Guarantee that production parameters are fine-tuned to consistently manufacture high-quality products meeting the specified standards.
• Ensure all costs are monitored and controlled to ensure operation within budgets.
• Oversee attendance, punctuality, annual leave.
• Conduct employee appraisals and probationary performance reviews as well as ongoing performance management
• Address employee concerns and manage disciplinary matters in collaboration with the Factory Manager and HR department.
• Provide recommendations and propose new initiatives for an evolving process while establishing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and training matrices as needed.
• Guarantee that the handling and utilization of all ingredients and finished products follow a zero-waste approach, thereby minimizing the risk of write-offs to the business.
• Any other duties as required.

Requirements:

• 5+ years' experience leading a team in a flour manufacturing or similar Industry role.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Lead team-based problem solving
• Enthusiastic, energetic, optimistic, can-do attitude
• Must be a leader who can encourage others to take ownership and responsibility.
• Must be enthusiastic, energetic, optimistic, and have a can-do attitude.
• Demonstrate excellent problem-solving ability and process-type problems, with a demonstrated ability to get to the root cause.