Job Description
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Factory Manager to lead our Makhado site, responsible for managing staff across various departments and ensuring the delivery of high-quality products while maintaining a safe and efficient production environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage staff across production, quality, stores, and dispatch
- Accountable for the entire site
- Develop and implement people management strategies, including hiring, training, performance management, and developing supervisors and foremen
- Lead operational leadership of various teams, including foremen, QCs, mixers, stock controllers, packers, drivers, and dispatch team
- Scheduling: Factory-level production scheduling against assigned workload
- Site discipline, daily meetings, SOP enforcement, and bin tracking
- Compliance with site and factory-level safety, hygiene, and food safety execution
- Design, train, and supervise the daily 5am dispatch operation
- Serve as primary operations contact for key customers, handling scheduling, delivery coordination, and immediate issue resolution
- Coordinate maintenance activities with the Engineering & Maintenance Lead
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years management experience in food manufacturing, FMCG, or packaging
- Proficient in ERP systems
- Adaptable to digitisation – working smarter
- Proven IR experience and improving a team’s performance
- Minimum Matric Certificate (Grade 12)
- Relevant technical, engineering, or production qualifications strongly advantageous
Salary & Benefits
Not specified
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