Shift Team Leader

Location: Aba, Abia
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Plans, organizes, supervises and controls the activity of the production for their assigned area of coverage on his or her shift, in order to fulfil the production plan at a high-quality level, with high level safety compliance and optimum costs, according to company standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all quality control parameters and variables are within acceptable targets in his/her Shift (e.g. Brix, Fill Height, carbonation, torque etc.)
• Understands the monetary impact of raw material losses on product and plant profitability.
• Follows up with technical team to ensure that breakdowns are resolved promptly and permanently
• Ensures Production personnel wears clean uniform, 100% Compliance to PPE for all Personnel in the Production area.
• Understands and controls main cost drivers on the line, addresses excess manning in his shift.
• Tracks and ensure calibration of all the measuring and weighing equipment under direct control of the production department are carried out regularly.
• Leads by example and effectively communicates the actions which put the Quality First (product, behaviour, communication, etc.)
• Reports all near misses/Non-conformance in his shift and follows through with responsible persons for resolution.
• Responsible for reduction of all waste across the shop floor (crown, closure, syrup, sugar, label, shrink film etc.).
• Ensures that product is available as at when due and delays that may affect production continuity are promptly escalated to line manager.
• Drives compliance to food safety standards on the production lines. eg. No Jewellery worn in production areas, bearded cover to be worn etc.
• Serves as a coach to all operators on the shop floor.
• To submit the required data for the preparation of daily, weekly, monthly or any periodic reports to the line manager.
• Drives start up timing as per plan after every production run on lines in assigned area of coverage.
• Responsible for the conduct of operators and all shift team members in their area of coverage during shift production run.
• Ensures GMP/GHK standards are adhered to in his Shift, hands over his area with 100% compliance to GMP/GHK, executes GMP Audit as per planned weekly calendar, executes CAP as part of implementation from GMP/GHK Audit
• Ensures zero tolerance to drinking / eating on production lines, prompt cleaning of production lines is completed during his shift.
• Is responsible for raw and packaging material on the shop floor, ensures materials are properly staged and is accountable for the usage of same materials
• Manages, the return of all scrap materials like sugar bags, kegs, drums etc. for their area of coverage during shift production run. Ensures these scraps are properly documented and accounted for.

Requirements

• Good understanding and experience of current WC manufacturing methodologies.
• Good oral communication, influencing and relationship skills.
• Good understanding of HQSE modalities and codes.
• Understanding of financial impact of decisions
• Good understanding of achieving GMP and GHK standards
• Knowledge of bottling operations
• Open-minded and willing to experiment and try new things and improvement initiatives.
• 3– 5 years relevant hands-on FMCG operation and maintenance experience.
• A minimum of HND or Bsc in Food Sciences, Engineering or General Sciences.
• Ability to build and leverage relationships to improve results