International Breweries Plc – Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world. Beer, the original social network, has been bringing people together for thousands of years. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients.
Our diverse portfolio of well over 400 beer brands includes global brands Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois; multi-country brands Beck’s, Castle, Castle Lite, Hoegaarden, and Leffe; and local champions such as Aguila, Bud Light, Jupiler, Klinskoye, Modelo Especial, Quilmes, Skol, and Victoria.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Packaging Manager
Job Identification: 30070649
Location: Lagos
Key Purpose
- The Key purpose is to manage and co-ordinate the Packaging Department in order to achieve the required standard of product quality and output in the most efficient and effective manner.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Manage plant, process and systems
- Translates and implements packaging, manufacturing and business strategies across the packaging hall
- Ensure that all team members are fully conversant with the VPO
- Develop and drive implementation plans to progress our VPO Principles / agreed VPO Pillar Blocks in order to sustain results
- Ensures conformance to Plant and Packaging specifications and standards
- Drives maintenance integrity to maximize equipment availability and reliability while ensuring engineering integrity and close partnership with Maintenance
Maintenance Manager:
- Optimises process capability
- Leads packaging projects as required
- Coordinates Packaging logistics, shift patterns and run strategies to maximize GLY, FTE productivity and overall supply reliability
- Packaging Productivity
- Proactively control fixed and variable costs
Team Leadership:
- Lead the packaging team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
- Lead the development of packaging team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
- Conduct regular Packaging team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews
- Ensure training need analyses are conducted, and training plans developed for team members
- Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging team
Safety and Housekeeping:
- Lead the packaging team in a manner that engenders ownership, empowerment and team interaction
- Lead the development of packaging team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members
- Conduct regular Packaging team goal review sessions, and conduct regular one-on-one and performance reviews
- Ensure training need analyses are conducted, and training plans developed for team members
- Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure cross skilling occurs within the packaging team
Minimum Requirements
- BSc Engineering or equivalent Engineering degree
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Packaging Management with deep expertise in asset management
- Experience of managing and running a high-speed packaging line would be highly advantageous
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in managing people
- Demonstrated experience in driving commercial decisions in a packaging hall (financial, operational, people)
- Demonstrated experience in leading VPO in a Brewery environment
- A superior performance track record indicating a disciplined work ethic with passion at maintaining quality
- Demonstrated understanding of relevant legislation, specifically health and safety and labour legislation
- Proven experience in managing Industrial Relations within the workforce
- Managing people ability as well as ability to drive performance
- Leadership ability (ability to lead the packaging hall)
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to develop and control budgets
- Ability to implement appropriate HR processes to manage, motivate and develop people
- Ability to manage complex projects of a significant amount
- Ability to facilitate problem solving in a team forum
- High level of resilience and ability to operate in a high-pressure environment
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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