Job Purpose

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the shift team in the Front End production area to ensure production parameters and standards are met in a safe and efficient manner.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and supervise the daily work and performance of each employee on the assigned shift, organize schedules, and assign work activities to achieve team and company objectives safely.
• Together with the teams, achieve shift, daily, weekly, and monthly performance targets for the Front End production area by ensuring tasks are prioritised and planned in a logical, systematic, and cost-effective way to optimise profitability.
• Together with the Production Shift Manager, develop the budget for the Front End production factory area with the Factory Head and Finance Business Partner, and manage costs effectively.
• Monitor performance and support and advise teams in solving problems and taking corrective action.
• Monitor standards for setting, operating, and maintaining equipment, ensuring instructions are adhered to.
• Identify areas where production performance and quality management can be improved and manage the implementation of systems and processes to make improvements.
• Provide technical and process guidance to respective teams.
• Leverage available support from the Illovo Group (Head Office and other countries).
• Ensure continuous improvement by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections.
• Identify learning and development needs within the team and manage training through business partnership.
• Inspect critical equipment and ensure adherence to minimum standards.
• Support country/site reactive maintenance needs.
• Ensure continuous improvement by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections.
• Work with Maintenance teams to solve problems and promote cross-functional engagement and teamwork.
• Ensure reporting is compliant with company policy and procedure.
• Provide input into best practices, frameworks, and minimum standards within the function through the Head Office platform, and provide additional opportunities for problem identification and knowledge sharing.
• Identify and monitor KPIs for the Front End production area to track performance and flag any issues.
• Verify delivery and maintenance of agreed Food Safety and Quality standards and specifications at shift level.
• Carry out root cause analysis of complex non-conformance and propose actions to address them.
• Propose, deliver, and review the effectiveness of internal planning and update where required.

Required Skills

• Communication skills.

Qualifications and Experience

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in production and maintenance, preferably in the sugar industry.
• Minimum of 2 years' supervisory experience.
• Ability to work methodically and systematically in a sugar mill environment.
• Ability to multitask.

• Plan and supervise the daily work and performance of each employee on the assigned shift, organize schedules, and assign work activities to achieve team and company objectives safely.
• Together with the teams, achieve shift, daily, weekly, and monthly performance targets for the Front End production area by ensuring tasks are prioritised and planned in a logical, systematic, and cost-effective way to optimise profitability.
• Together with the Production Shift Manager, develop the budget for the Front End production factory area with the Factory Head and Finance Business Partner, and manage costs effectively.
• Monitor performance and support and advise teams in solving problems and taking corrective action.
• Monitor standards for setting, operating, and maintaining equipment, ensuring instructions are adhered to.
• Identify areas where production performance and quality management can be improved and manage the implementation of systems and processes to make improvements.
• Provide technical and process guidance to respective teams.
• Leverage available support from the Illovo Group (Head Office and other countries).
• Ensure continuous improvement by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections.
• Identify learning and development needs within the team and manage training through business partnership.
• Inspect critical equipment and ensure adherence to minimum standards.
• Support country/site reactive maintenance needs.
• Ensure continuous improvement by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections.
• Work with Maintenance teams to solve problems and promote cross-functional engagement and teamwork.
• Ensure reporting is compliant with company policy and procedure.
• Provide input into best practices, frameworks, and minimum standards within the function through the Head Office platform, and provide additional opportunities for problem identification and knowledge sharing.
• Identify and monitor KPIs for the Front End production area to track performance and flag any issues.
• Verify delivery and maintenance of agreed Food Safety and Quality standards and specifications at shift level.
• Carry out root cause analysis of complex non-conformance and propose actions to address them.
• Propose, deliver, and review the effectiveness of internal planning and update where required.

• Communication skills.

• Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in production and maintenance, preferably in the sugar industry.
• Minimum of 2 years' supervisory experience.
• Ability to work methodically and systematically in a sugar mill environment.
• Ability to multitask.