Glacier Products Limited, the manufacturer s of ice cream (Dairy land, Mio and Amore) seeks to recruit a Production Manager who will be based in our Nairobi plant.
The Production Manager will be involved in Planning, co-ordination and control of manufacturing processes.
Key Responsibilities:
- He /She will be in charge of drawing up a production scheduler on the basis of production planner on weekly basis.
- Monitoring production and adjusting schedules as required
- Ensuring that scheduled work output is per the set timescales and targets
- Assisting with Quality Control programs to safeguard product quality
- Managing different departments to ensure synchronization of expected daily output
- Ensuring SOPs are developed, maintained and implemented at the shop floor
- Review and improve existing systems and work procedures
- Initiate new systems to improve productivity
- Ensure health and safety guidelines are followed
- Monitoring set budgets.
- Working out human requirement.
- Managing employee performance and evaluation
- Ensure new employees are oriented and well trained on the job
- Dealing with disciplinary issues on the shop floor
- Leave planning management for production team
- Leading, motivating and develop production team
- Duty allocation in liaison with relevant supervisors
- Identify training needs for production team
- Oversee machinery maintenance schedules
- Ensuring overall machinery efficiency to reduce downtimes
- Responsible for selection of machinery
- Any other duty as assigned from time to time
The Production Manager will be reporting to the Managing Director.
- Experience
- Minimum 2-3 years in a busy FMCG environment.
- Posses’ people and processes skills.
Qualifications
- A degree or Higher diploma in Food Science and Technology
- FSMS will be an added advantage.
Interested candidates should submit their CVs through hr@dairyland.co.ke on or before 25th October, 2012.