Production Manager

Michael Stevens Consulting - We are a long established and well respected multi-disciplinary management and financial consulting firm with offices in several locations across Nigeria.

We are currently recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Position: Production Manager (Packaging Material & Processing)
Job Location: Lagos

Job Descriptions

• Ensures adherence to Food and Beverage Legislation, ISO certification, Good Manufacturing Practices and other internal and external regulatory compliance.
• Ensures all production personnel meet the requirements of Good Housekeeping and Good Manufacturing practices.
• Actively participates and ensures the implementation of various infrastructure or process optimization projects in Production.
• Effectively apply business performance review management routine.
• Prepare, present and circulate daily production plan and ensures adherence.
• Analyse cost center variance and investigate ways to improve cost performance.
• Ensures production of products with high quality, while providing optimal usage of labour and materials with maximized utilization of production lines.
• Builds production teams' capabilities through implementation of training and development programs.
• Develop unit capabilities to achieve maximum utilization of technology and equipment.
• Ensure all Health, Safety & Environment policies and procedures are in place in Production and are duly adhered to.

Interfaces for Executing Day Job
Internal:

• Supply Chain Department
• Engineering Department
• Human Resources Team
• Health Safety Environment (HSE)Team

External:

• Service Providers
• Government Regulatory Agencies (NAFDAC, SON, CPC, etc.)

Key Behavioral Competencies Required

• Attention to Detail
• Very High level of system and process orientation
• Willingness to Learn and Adapt quickly
• Ability to manage complexity
• Ability to co-ordinate and relate with People
• Service Orientation
• Sense of Urgency

Experience/Knowledge/Technical Skills Required
Qualifications & Experience:

• Food Science/Technology graduate or other related courses with 10 years of work experience in FMCG Organization preferably Juices and Drink Production.
• Experience in workingwithsystems Packages, Preferably Navision.
• Work experience on Tetra Pak and Combi-Bloc machines amongst other Production Technology.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office

Skills:

• Analytical skills
• Team management skills