KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, coordinate and monitor daily production activities to achieve production targets and customer demand requirements.
• Optimize labour productivity, raw material utilization, product yields and manufacturing costs.
• Monitor and control overtime, staffing levels and shift operations to improve operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, quality assurance, hygiene, HACCP, GMP and occupational health and safety standards.
• Coordinate equipment maintenance and minimize production downtime, wastage and rejects.
• Lead, coach and develop production teams, ensuring accountability and achievement of performance targets.
• Monitor production KPIs, prepare performance reports and implement continuous improvement intiiatives.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance, Engineering, Planning, Stores and Dispatch to ensure seamless production operations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science or a related field.
• 15 years' experience, including 3 years in management.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Strategic, results-oriented leadership with a strong focus on accountability, execution and achievement of operational targets.
• Advanced production planning, capacity optimisation and operational excellence in high-volume food manufacturing.
• Commercial acumen and data-driven decision-making, with the ability to optimise costs, yields, labour productivity and resource utilisation.
• Influential communication and cross-functional collaboration, with a strong commitment to food safety, quality, people development and continuous improvement.
• Experience in meat processing, FMCG manufacturing or a similar high-volume food manufacturing environment will be a strong advantage.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, food safety systems, production planning, cost control, yield management and labour productivity.