ASSISTANT FACTORY MANAGER – African Deli 14 views

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African Deli, based in Walvis Bay. was founded in 2013 with the purpose of producing cost-effective ready to eat food as well as bringing consumer-friendly packaging solutions to the market. The consumer without a fridge or protected storing space can now store our products for 24 months in a room temperature environment. We strive to bring healthy foods into people’s homes.The Assistant Factory Manager is responsible for facilitating manufacturing of products by leading the Production and Maintenance department by ensuring that a standardized, optimum, efficient, and profitable world class manufacturing system is in place and maintained.

Education & Skills:
• Honors degree in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering OR Qualification ina relevant Production and Manufacturing Engineering field.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in Pouch Food Manufacturing industry (FMCG). Production and Maintenance.
Additional Competencies:
• Project management proof and experience will be an added advantage.
• Lean manufacturing or Six Sigma certification will be an added advantage.
• Working knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS1800. FSSC 22 000
• Advanced knowledge in Programmable Logical Control systemswill be a distinct advantage.
• Knowledge of customization of Enterprise Resources Planning systems in terms of general ledgers. Bill of Materials. Auto manufacturing and retailing.
• Attention to detail & Good with mathematical models and production models systems.
• Deadline oriented and point on planning skills.
• Depth knowledge of a vast range of industrial machinery.

Responsibilities:
• Responsible for new product development, production lines designing and installation, production process flows, and maintenance of production process systems.
• Maintaining manufacturing equipment through preventative and corrective maintenance.
• Providing technical support and training of employees on factory equipment.
• Implement continuous improvement methods, minimizing production waste and ensure cost effective manufacturing initiatives.
• Generation of departmental budgets, production and maintenance reports and projects management.
• Demand planning, capacity planning, material planning and manpower planning.
• Championing safety, health, and environment following regulative guidelines.
• Hazard and risk analyses and mitigation.
• Manage waste management systems.
• Compute or perform auto-manufacturing processes on SAGE system.
• Customization of SAGE system to suit supply chain of newly developed products and production processes.
Closing Date for Applications: 28 March 2024