ReelFruit, founded in 2012, is the market leader in the healthy snack category, pioneering the introduction of healthy dried fruit as a snack in the Nigerian market. The company was founded on a mission to build a scalable agribusiness to add value to raw materials locally and produce, package and distribute locally made snacks that could sit on any shelf in the world!
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Production Manager
Location: Abeokuta, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time
Job Description
- The company is seeking an experienced Production Manager, based in Abeokuta, Nigeria to join the company in this exciting phase of its growth to build the first of its kind fruit processing company in Nigeria.
Job Summary
- The ideal candidate would manage and coordinate the Facility, Maintenance & Production Department (People, Plant, Process and Systems) in order to achieve the required standard of machine reliability, availability, product quality and output in the most efficient and effective manner to deliver on timelines and cost targets.
Key Accountability Areas and Outcomes
Plant & Capacity Utilization:
- Create and improve production, quality, and labor utilization throughout the facility
- Ensure delivery of daily planned output
- Deliver according to SOP
- Budget and manage manufacturing cost structures by developing and maintaining operational expenses within budget allowance {Production, Maintenance & Energy} usages cost per tons to benchmarks, and investigate cost-reduction measures i.e. Waste reduction initiatives.
Manage Plant, Process and Systems:
- Ensure conformance to specs and SOPs
- Ensure maintenance integrity
- Optimize process capability
- Lead production projects
- Plan, direct, and coordinate all manufacturing operations of production, machinery, processing, Product quality and packaging departments.
- Support maintenance integrity.
Production Records and Report Management:
- Ensure records are detailed and updated
- Ensure data integrity
- Ensure the reporting standards and integrity
Equipment Management:
- Production plant availability & reliability
- Asset management indicators {Generators & Machines}
Health, Safety, and Environment:
- Enforce the compliance to PPE policies
- Enforce General housekeeping
- Identification of unsafe practices
- Enforce safety inspections conducted and audited
- Enforce safe maintenance practices audited
- Enforce compliance with SHEQ {safety health environment & quality} systems requirements
People:
- Develop staff on-the-job technical skills
- Execute planned job rotation
- Create alternates for all critical roles
- Build team spirit
- Manage staff performance
- Give weekly/monthly staff feedback
- Document /or follow SOP/Recipe.
Educational Qualifications and Experience
- HND / B.Sc Degree in Engineering / Food technology
- 5+ years of experience as a Production Manager
- Leadership and teamwork
- Crisis Management
- Knowledge of plant operations managements and reporting
- Maintenance management systems & standards.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail
- Good interpersonal skills
- Understanding of the principles and practices of The TPM {Total Productive Management}.
Deadline: 21st April, 2023.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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