Main Functions
- Plans and coordinates production activities of all production units for optimal output and adherence to plan with the aim of achieving the following:
- Keep the plants running optimally (>70% Capacity Utilization)
- Ensures Raw and Packaging materials are always available for production
- Ensure availability of Finished Goods for sale
- Ensures the plants’ ability to supply demand plan
- Ensure accurate records of inventory for reporting and planning
Reporting Relationships:
- Peer Relationships
- Attach organization chart showing manager and direct reports as well as peers
- Reports to Head of Site, with dotted line relationship with the Production Managers
- Peers are Managers on similar grades from other Departments
- Direct reports are all planning data officers and planner
Dimensions:
- To operate within departments budget
- Current team size N/A
- Also has dotted line relations with all plant operators
Principal Accountabilities:
- Schedule usage of production materials to ensure optimal production levels
- Identify and resolve problems relating to inventory
- Manage deadlines based on project expectations
- Ensures stock levels of all raw, packaging, and finished goods products are in conformance to inventory policy
- Ensures loss due to stock shelf life of all raw, packaging, and finished goods products expiration is avoided
- Ensures items are purchased to maintain agreed stock norms/inventory positions
- Ensures planned Raw materials, Packaging materials, Oil quantities and requirements are adequate to for planned production
- Plans purchase of Raw & Packaging and oil
- Ensures production performs to plan
- Ensures Stock Norm adherence
- Ensures finished goods do not go out of stock
- Must be conversant with production processes and timelines to ensure production meets plan
- Jointly responsible with procurement for timely Purchase processes
- Enforces SHE, Food Safety, AIB and GMP rules and policies of the company
- To identify training needs of reports and develop training plans for leadership approval
- Maintains discipline in the team
- Renders appropriate reports to Head of site on timely bases, such as:
- Oil Plan
- Daily, weekly and Monthly Production Plans
- Purchase Request report for approval
- Business Planning inputs
- Planning precision report
- Inventory monitoring
- SLOB reporting
- Any other job assigned by Superior/leadership
Internal & External Relationships:
- Production team (Refinery, Packing Plant)
- Engineering and Maintenance Team
- Operation, Planning, Supply & Distribution Team
- Technical team (Q.A., SHE etc.)
- Warehouse/Stores team
- Human Resources (H.R.)
EXTERNAL:
- DELOG
- EZAK
- OTHER CONTRACTORS
- RM & PM Suppliers
Knowledge, Skills & Experience Needed:
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- Be specific about the experience needed
- Focus on type of experience not the time served
- Degree or Equivalent in Engineering, or Mathematical Sciences,
- 5-7 years work experience in a similar position
- Computer literate
- Good understanding of the industry market trends and conditions
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills
Job Context & Special Features:
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- Detail any language or mobility requirements
- Ability to take decision decisively.
- Ability to grasp complex concepts easily.
- Meticulous and diligent
- Excellent planning, negotiating, and organizing skills.
- Able to sit, stand and move around for long hours at a time
- Ability to motivate co-workers, colleagues and others.
- Ability to display self-confidence
- Ability to operate in a systematic and logical manner.
- Analytically sound
- Excellent communication abilities
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to PZ Cussons on pzcussons.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com to apply