Key Responsibilities:

Drive a Commercially Focused Country Manufacturing Agenda

• Develop and execute local manufacturing production strategies that support sustainable profitable growth, including production, quality and resource utilization.
• Enhance supply chain resilience, focusing on customer service, and improved efficiencies, building and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships and ensuring high standards of production and safety.
• Optimize supply chain processes to improve customer service and operational efficiency.
• Optimize capacity utilization, develop capacity plans, optimize scheduling of materials and manage new product development protocols ensuring seamless integration in existing processes.

Drive and Direct the Productivity Agenda through Effective Production and Planning

• Maximize return through efficiency by implementing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance productivity and reduce costs.
• Use KPIs to drive performance, communicate production status and address deviations.
• Minimize waste, optimize raw material usage and control costs.
• Develop and align departmental goals to reduce the total cost of manufacturing, oversee budgets, set targets, analyze P and L impact and ensure financial performance.

Drive and Ensure SHEQ Compliance and Continuous Improvement

• Implement the organization’s processes and policies across plants, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure compliance with KORE framework and safety standards.
• Conduct regular safety audits and address any identified unsafe work practices.
• Foster a culture of compliance and continuous improvement by implementing and enforcing safety and housekeeping procedures in compliance with the organization and legislative policies, promoting best practices and process optimization and ensuring all plants focus on sustainable operations.

Drive and ensure effective Engineering/Maintenance and continuous improvement

• Ensure equipment reliability and optimal performance through regular maintenance and adherence to engineering standards.
• Implement TRM/RCM Principles and maintain process and equipment integrity.
• Lead production support systems development and support technical skills capability.

Drive the sustainability Agenda

• Ensure full SHEQ adherence to safety and housekeeping requirements standards, implement the organization and legislative policies, and conduct regular safety audits.
• Integrate sustainability practices, monitor initiatives, and contribute to a sustainable future for the organization.
• Monitor and manage water usage and other sustainability metrics.
• Develop and implement initiatives to drive sustainable operations and reduce environmental impact.
• Ensure alignment with global sustainability standards and regulations.

Ensure Robust Manufacturing Development and Skills Sustainability

• Develop manufacturing capabilities to support strategic and growth objectives ahead of demand.
• Build sustainable talent capabilities to support manufacturing excellence.
• Define and implement manufacturing strategies and directions to support overall business goals.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent.
• 10+ years production, technical and leadership experience in an FMCG environment in a variety of Manufacturing and Technical roles – both generalist and specialist, with specific accountabilities in the value chain for manufacturing, technical asset management and SGE sustainability management.
• The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in senior operations leadership positions in the beverage industry with a strong focus on delivering sustainable, profitable results and a strong business acumen.
• Proven track record in manufacturing and technical results in the FMCG beverage industry.
• Understand and comment on macroeconomic impacts on supply and demand management.
• Experience in leading operations with a focus on costs, efficiency, safety, quality and high standards in Food Health and Safety, Quality and Compliance.
• Expertise in end to end manufacturing and technical management, demand fulfilment, and asset management.
• Proven ability to make critical decisions on functional capabilities and country-specific issues, leading capacity investments and defining Manufacturing and Technical strategies.
• Strong understanding of regulatory environments and a proven track record of driving quality through operations.
• Successful leadership in complex technology implementation and upgrades.
• Proven experience in driving sustainability initiatives, including emissions, reduction, water stewardship and responsible sourcing