1. Improve operational management systems, processes, and best practices to enhance efficiency andeffectiveness.2. Maintain optimal supply chain operations including inventory management at our regional depots throughout the country.3. Manage production or manufacturing process to ensure smooth operations and optimaloutcomes.4. Manage the organization’s operational budgets, ensuring efficient utilization of resources.5. Manage and supervise the workforce, including task allocation, setting deadlines, and monitoring performance.6. Purchase raw materials & manage strategic partnerships with suppliers and vendors, ensuring their compliance with the company’s needs and demands.7. Formulate strategic and operational objectives aligned with organizational goals.8. Conduct risk assessments and implement preventive measures to mitigate potential risks.9. Analyze financial data to identify opportunities for improving profitability.10. Perform quality controls and monitor production Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure consistent, high-quality output.

I was responsible for managing and maintaining a manufacturing operations, ensured best practices were adopted, advanced and ensured compliance to EHS legislation.• Responsible for management of Health, Safety and Environmental compliance and improvement implementation • Responsible for management of production activities and production staff• Responsible for capacity planning and toll processing • Responsible for raw materials and packaging sourcing• Responsible for warehousing and despatch activities• Responsible for 6S development and implementation• Responsible for handling and successful resolution of disciplinary and grievance issues as necessary • Responsible for development of training skills matrix and training for all shop floor activities• Responsible for planning and installation of production machinery including modification projects• Responsible for production efficiencies and downtime/breakdown analysis• Responsible for ensuring all legal and environmental compliance is implemented and adhered to, and develop & implement Prince best practice• Responsible for managing, coordinating, and controlling all aspects of engineering to meet agreed departmental objectives.• Responsible for managing and controlling of maintenance strategy on a day-to-day basis, including routine, special and stop period maintenance, and to develop and implement capital activities.• Responsible for identification of areas for engineering and financial improvement while whilst maintaining an appropriate level of availability and reliability of equipment• Responsible for identification of improvement opportunities • Responsible for managing capital and CI projects• Responsible for recruitment of new staff and succession planning

Overseeing HR, planning, warehousing, production and SHEQ functions for performance and improvement

1. Management of, and reporting of departmental SHERQ, unit budget and industrial relations 2. Departmental planning to drive performance to exceed production targets3. Leadership of departmental productivity and improvement activities4. Management of shift leadership, development, coaching and control of overtime5. Development and achievement of adherence to site and departmental SOP/WIPS6. Planning and control of departmental consumables expenditure7. Performance of reconciliations between production, warehouse and dispatch8. Approval of rework activities in conjunction with local lab testing specialist 9. Maintenance of world-class housekeeping to ensure safety10. Prioritize communication between field operations, bulk storage and dispatch operations11. Plan maintenance, approve changeovers and action requests (CAPAs) 12. Create a climate of improvement idea generation and execution.13. Execution of SAP transactions for raw and finished seed stock

1. Ensuring all conveyed finished goods are received and processed efficiently, without process disruption2. Performing reconciliations between production reported on the assets, finished goods received and processed, and filled pallets are handed over to distribution.3. Organizing and supervising staff working in the area, such that all problems are addressed timeously, coverage is unbroken, and operations are unhampered.4. Assisting with all maintenance and breakdown corrective action on equipment 5. Ensuring team compliance with all EHS rules and regulations at all times (e.g.10 critical safety rules and three obligations)6. Perform verifications using set standards to identify product quality defects and highlight if operator controls are functioning effectively.7. Maintaining world-class levels of housekeeping according to the 5S standard8. Prioritising continuity and communication between operations & palletising operations.9. Maintaining optimal machine condition through checking and reporting10. Identifying and conducting improvement ideas in the area

1. Performed all non-routine product tests for finished product2. Compared studies of branded products3. Trained laboratory staff 3. Conducted ISO 9001 and 140001 system internal audits4. Tested trial product samples 5. performed internal validation/verification of testing equipment6. Analysed and investigated customer complaints 7. Compiled feedback to customer complaints 8.Collaborated with production to effect corrective and preventative actions for existing and potential non-conformances.9. Ensure housekeeping and improvement in the quality laboratory10. Ensured adherence to safety, PPE and communication compliance

1. Compiled shift roaster, leave plans and coverage, overtime authorization and processed timesheets2. Discussed and approved production plan with planning department and made adjustments on the basis of machine health, volume, sales and maintenance schedules3. Motivated teams to achieve daily required volumes per plant and facilitated shift handovers between teams of operators and technicians4. Managed budget through waste minimisation, sparing usage of consumables and limitation of unnecessary overtime 5.Conducted employee probation and performance reviews and counselling6.Managed conflict through communication of work standards, expectation and discipline7.Conducted one-on-one refresher training for operators on quality, consumer complaints and safety8.Performed plant general inspection and ensures adherence to housekeeping standards

1. Organised labour: leave plans and sick leave ad hoc planning2. Solved daily potato processing defect problems by hiring casual potato peelers3. Trained casual staff on GMP, safety & food hygiene and Analysed operator process parameter check sheets and test sheets and took action for deteriorating trends4. Conducted daily reconciliation of stock of consumables such as frying oil, chemicals, cultivar every shift end and reconciled production tonnage with raw material stock5. Attended morning management daily and planning meetings and communicated plan changes to operators and Technicians 6. Approved product and packaging change-overs and analysed freezer and lab quality trends and implemented actions to amend

1. Led team that ran to quality, volumes and safety targets daily2. Performed organoleptic tests on coffee samples before batch release.3. Monitored production plan, deviations and suggested improvement actions to management4. Analysed production, floor reports, took corrective actions and analysed outputs and efficiencies 5. Facilitated rotation of people to create High Performance Work Teams6. Ensured continued compliance to HACCP, GMP, OHS Act, LRA, BCOA, and Food safety through ensuring that checklists and checks were performed on stated intervals7. Organised and compiled shift roasters and partook in incident investigation8. Conducted shift sensory panel that tasted and release coffee powder for filling and packing 9. Supervised plant sanitization (CIP) activities and ensure safety